Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1. PreK-12 CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 01. Opening Spaces in the Instrumental Music Classroom -- Chapter 02. Guitar Class and the Popular Music Ensemble -- Chapter 03. Toward a New Conception ofbWorld Music Education: ThebVirtual Field Experience -- Chapter 04. Discovering World Music and Children's Worlds: Pedagogy Responding to Children's Learning Needs -- Chapter 05. The Lakewood Project: Rockin' Out with Informal Music Learning -- Chapter 06. Music Tech, Adaptive Music, and Rock Band 101: Engaging Middle School-Age Students in General Music Class -- Chapter 07. Rock 'n' Roll High School: A Genre Comes of Age in the Curriculum -- Chapter 08. Lead Lines, Licks, and Everything in Between: Popular Music in a Preschool Music Classroom -- Chapter 09. Starting Young: Developing a Successful Instrumental Music Program in Kindergarten -- Chapter 10. Music in Cyberspace: Exploring New Models in Education -- Chapter 11. Exploring the Creation of Music through Film Scoring -- Chapter 12. Alternatives to Music Education: East Meets West in Music Education -- Chapter 13. Steel Drums in a Middle School Setting -- Chapter 14. Talkin' Turkey: Incorporating Music from Turkey in the Elementary General Music Class -- Chapter 15. Enhancing the Instrumental Music Program with Creativity -- Part 2. SCHOOL TO COMMUNITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 16. O Passo (The Step): A Critical Pedagogy for Music Education from Brazil -- Chapter 17. Cultural Bearers in the Children's Choral Ensemble -- Chapter 18. A Unique Collaboration: The Fairview Elementary School String Project -- Chapter 19. New Wine in Old Skins: Making Music with Older Adults -- Chapter 20. Compose Yourself: Older People and GarageBand -- Chapter 21. Democratic Jazz: Two Perspectives on a Collaborative Improvisation Jazz Workshop.

Chapter 22. If the Shoe Fits: Tapping into the Potential of an Undergraduate Peer-Teaching Experience to Promote Music Teacher and Music Teacher Educator Socialization and Identity -- Chapter 23. Crossing Borders: Building Bridges for an International Exchange in Music Teacher Education -- Chapter 24. The Rock Project: Informal Learning in Secondary General Methods -- Chapter 25. Rekindling the Playful Spirit: Learning to Teach through Play -- About the Contributors.