Teaching Gifted Children Music in Grades One Through Six.

Overview & Synopsis

The booklet provides research information and criteria from which administrators and music educators may draw guidelines for developing music programs for mentally gifted children in grades 1 through 6. Seven chapters focus on the following topics: introduction to music education for gifted children (including the nature of music, literacy in music, and music programs for gifted children in the elementary school); directional, academic, functional, and behavioral values of music education for gifted children; identification and education of gifted children (including characteristics of musical talent, effective use of the rating scale for musical talent, and development of creative intelligence through music); contemporary methods of music education for gifted children (including the Kodaly Method, Suzuki Method, Orff-Schulwerk Method, and conceptual approach to music education); establishment of music education programs (including grouping, scheduling, and providing facilities; and qualifications for teachers); content of music education programs (including subject-matter content, formation of concepts, and principles underlying an art form); and scope and sequence in music education programs (including interpretation of scope and sequence charts). (SBH)