About

This book offers fresh insight, information, and understanding that challenge certain assumptions about children and how we teach them.
Each essay is designed to initiate thinking and reflection as a two-way dialogue between you and the text.
As you read, respond, comment, and question. Study. Talk to yourself. Make notes. Write in the margins. Discuss with colleagues. Explore ideas. Experiment with activities.
Share your thoughts and experiences here on the companion website!
Essays
Knowing the Children We Teach: Essays on Music Learning features interconnected essays as chapters:
Prologue
Essay 1: Born to Be Good
Essay 2: Music and the Aesthetics of Care
Essay 3: What Children Need
Essay 4: Music and the Spiritual Child
Essay 5: Children’s Play with Music
Essay 6: Wonder-filled Knowing and Learning
Essay 7: Knowing Those Who Teach
Essay 8: Toward a Pedaogy of Hope
Afterword