幼兒音樂教育

中文摘要

    長久以來音樂教育一直是個塑造世界上不計其數生命之強而有力的力量。透過身為教育工作者和研究者的經驗，它也塑造了我的生命。

   【幼兒音樂教育】收集了我過去幾年來的工作和持續的研究。具體地，本書在探索著一個主要題材：音樂、語言、和文化之間的連結。這項工作從我在美國哥倫比亞大學教師學院的博士論文開始，在臺灣我持續發展並擴展此項研究題材。

    本書中給予這樣的方法、理論、和用於書中多元智能之架構一個詳盡的解釋。這個概念能夠提供父母親和教育工作者，以一種新思維方式去幫助他們的孩子學習和發展。本書不僅做為幫助讀者透視新世界和開啟對教育新視野之指南，也為實施此種新技術提供了一個實用指南。

Abstract

Music education is a powerful force that has shaped countless lives throughout the world over the millennia.  Through experience as an educator and researcher it has shaped my life as well.

 Music Education, Culture, and the Development of Multiple Intelligences in Preschool Children: A Handbook for Teachers and Parents collects much of my work and ongoing study over the past few years.   Specifically, this volume explores what has been a central theme: the connection between music, language and culture.  This work began with my doctoral dissertation at Columbia University Teachers’ College and expands on the themes that I have continued to develop through research in Taiwan.  

What follows is an in-depth explanation of this approach and the theory and framework that is used, that of “multiple intelligences.”  This concept can provide parents and educators with a new way of thinking about how their children learn and develop.  This book is meant to serve as a guide, one that helps to open up new worlds and perspectives on education for readers; but also provides a practical manual for implementing new techniques.