Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly di[...]

Music education takes place in many contexts, both formal and informal. Be it in a school or music studio, while making music with friends or family, or even while travelling in a car, walking through a shopping mall or watching television, our myriad sonic experiences accumulate from the earliest m[...]

Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes an approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are of[...]