{"product_id":"9780190457655","title":"Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond","description":"\u003cem\u003eGrowing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom, regardless of content area (orchestra, band, choir, or general music). It provides a look at the importance of music courses in the lives of adolescents as they navigate the path between being a child and an adult. As every music student is completely unique, there is no one-size-fits-all prescriptive way of working with this age group. Rather, music educators must approach adolescents with high musical standards and aspirations to learn and achieve within music; a willingness to honor the individuality of each adolescent musician; a sense of structure, but an ability to be flexible; a desire to foster and promote a safe classroom environment where students feel empowered to be themselves and speak openly about what they think and believe; an understanding that music classes are not only safe places where students learn how to become better musicians but also better people through musical experiences focused on humanity and empathy; and a dose of humor, or at least the ability to acknowledge that adolescents are extremely funny whether or not they realize it. In addition, this book encourages pre-service and practicing music educators to mindfully examine and better understand their own teaching practices.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072554156272,"sku":"9780190457655","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780190457655_p0.jpg?v=1763659814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780190457655","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}