Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Michele Kaschub is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Teacher Education and Graduate Studies at the University of Southern Maine.

Janice Smith is Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at Queens College, City University of New York.

Together they are the authors of Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking (2009) and editors of Composing Our Future: Preparing Music Educators to Teach Composition (2013)

Section I: Current Challenges and New Opportunities
1. Music Teacher Education in Transition, Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith
2. Considering Both Curriculum and Pedagogy, David A. Williams
3. Starbucks Doesn't Sell Hot Cross Buns: Embracing New Priorities for Pre-service Music Teacher Preparation Programs, Frank Abrahams
4. Entrepreneurial Music Education, Janice Smith
5. Educating Teachers for 21st Century Challenges: The Music Educator as a Cultural Citizen, Cathy Benedict and Patrick Schmidt
Section II: Innovative Practices in Music Teacher Education
6. Juxtapositional Pedagogy as an Organizing Principle in University Music Education Programs, Frank Heuser
7. Where It All Comes Together: Student-Driven Project-Based Learning in Music Teacher Education, Michele Kaschub
8. Inquiry and Synthesis in Pre-service Music Teacher Education: A Close Look at Cultivating Self-Study Research, Mark Robin Campbell
9. Invoking An Innovative Spirit In Music Teacher Education, Carlos Abril
10. What If. . .: A Curriculum in Support of Technology, Curiosity and Play in Music Teacher Education, Gena Greher
11. 21st Century Musicianship through Digital Media and Participatory Culture, Evan Tobias
Index