The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

A Well-tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn

A Well-tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn

by PPerret (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2004

    $3.29
Synopsis

A Well-Tempered Mind investigates the intriguing connection between music education and brain development in children. Peter Perret and Janet Fox use the details of an innovative music education program for elementary school students to explore this fascinating relationship. A Well-Tempered Mind describes how the students of Bolton Elementary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a local quintet worked together and then explains the ongoing research that focuses on how music engages the brain's cognitive capabilities, from memory and language to emotional processing. Music, A Well-Tempered Mind reveals, is a universal language that expands young minds in essential ways.

$3.29

Save:$17.06 (84%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 270
 Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 21 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 1932594035
ISBN 13: 9781932594034

Media Reviews
The authors put flesh on the feeling shared by all music teachers that the experience of music enhances thought and learning in unexpected directions, well beyond the simple act of enjoying the sound. It's exciting and necessary reading for all who are battling to ensure the place of music in the school curriculum. - Times Educational Supplement
Author Bio
Peter Perret was music director and conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony from 1978 to 2004 and teaches a graduate-level neuroscience and music course at Wake Forest University. Janet Fox is a freelance arts and education writer based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.