Author urged music educators to develop principles of notation, and let children discover symbols on their own, eventually becoming readers of traditional music notation. (Author/RK)

In order to remove concerns about grades, evoke more openness, and switch the focus from the teacher to the students, the author experimented with a new approach in his college methods course for music education students. (Editor/RK)

The author suggests that the cooperating music teacher prepare the student teaching experience as a formal class, presenting the student teacher with a written syllabus and assignments. He discusses timing and procedures for the consecutive phases of the student teaching term: orientation, observation, practice lessons, and, finally, teaching…

Describes ways teachers can exploit student knowledge and interest in pop music by drawing examples from it to illustrate music theory and appreciation concepts. The author contends that, when students receive a broad exposure to all kinds of musical types, they develop their own valid standards for good music. (AM)

Article recommends imitating the logic and drama of a stage play and combining a variety of stimulating activities in a single thirty-minute period as one would expect to find in a good television play. The teacher would then stir creative thought within a motivating structure. (Author/RK)

Author describes a variety of innovative teaching methods designed to prompt students to learn and appreciate music. (RK)

Author proposes more freedom in all grades for pupils to exercise innate curiosity, make mistakes, help each other and experiment without constant evaluation. Teachers would become facilitators of self directed learning", participating (and making errors), suggesting ideas to put to practice and clarifying rather than judging from on high. (PD)

The author considers the appropriate content of a "music appreciation" course and how both the diversities and commonalities of the world's musics can be presented in terms of the basic concepts of rhythm, harmony, melody, timbre, intensity, and form. (SJL)