Music Composition in Contexts of Early Childhood: Creation, Communication and Multi-Modal Experiences Through Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030916916)

This book explores the narratives of a group of four-year-old children in a composition project in an Australian early learning centre. The participants, centre staff and a composer, Stephen Leek, contributed a number of music sessions for the children, including five original songs. The book showcases young children's communicative ability and sensitivity to wider issues. The staff in the centre have a strongly voiced philosophy that is enacted through arts-based pedagogy and incorporates significant themes including a respect for Aboriginal culture and custodial responsibility towards a sustainable future for the earth. Examples of adult and children's ideas are illustrated through music making, singing, dancing, words, drawings and paintings, which provide insights into a world where children are viewed as active citizens and the arts have rights. The book describes the context of the centre, the history of projects and details one project as an example of "lifeworthy learning".


Author: Aleksandra Acker, Berenice Nyland, Jan Deans
ISBN-10: 303091691X
ISBN-13: 9783030916916
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2022
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d