Culturally responsive teaching in music education : from understanding to application / Vicki R. Lind, Constance L. McKoy.

Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.

Culture, education, and culturally responsive teaching -- Understanding how culture informs the development of teachers -- Understanding how culture informs learners' experiences in the music classroom -- The intersection where teaching and learning meet -- Applications in the classroom -- School culture -- Community -- A vision for culturally responsive music education.

Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education presents teaching methods that are responsive to how different culturally specific knowledge bases impact learning. It is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students' cultural references in all aspects of learning. Designed to be a supplementary resource for teachers of undergraduate and graduate music education courses, the book provides examples in the context of music education, with theories presented in Section I and a review of teaching applications in Section II.