Music and Literacy Connection

Dee Hansen is Professor Emerita of Music Education at The Hartt School, University of Hartford, USA. She served as Director of Hartt Graduate Studies, Chair of Graduate Studies in Music Education, and was Director of The Hartt Summerterm graduate program.Elaine Bernstorf is Professor of Music Education and former Associate Dean of Fine Arts at Wichita State University, USA, with specializations in general, special/adaptive, and early childhood music education.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Foundations I: Structure, Functions, and Implications of Music and Literacy Learning and the Brain2. Foundations II: Literacy through Music: Memory, Cognition, Motivation, and Fundamental Decoding Skills 3. Decoding: Structured Literacy for Reading and Music4. Comprehension: The Key to Long-Term Understanding5.Composing and Writing in the Music Classroom: A Gateway to Artistic Literacy6. Considerations, Adaptations, Enhancements7. Learning Language through Musical Play8. Common Connections: Skills and Concepts for Lifelong Learning9. Literacy Connections for Secondary Ensembles and BeyondAppendix I Appendix IIAppendix IIIAppendix IVIndex

With a comprehensive approach to conceptualizing literacy, The Music and Literacy Connection provides practical ideas that can be easily tailored to specific learners and contexts. Readers from various fields and educational backgrounds will value the plethora of engaging, research-informed suggestions to concurrently enhance students’ literacy across multiple disciplines.