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Interpreting the New Milenio Editor: José Antonio Gurpegui, Assistant Editor M. Carmen Gómez Galisteo Date Of Publication: Jan 2008 Isbn13: 9781847184115 Isbn: 1-84718-411-1 Interpreting the New Milenio is a collection of essays analyzing the past, present and future directions of Chicano Literature. Beginning with the presence of Spanish conquistadors in the U.S. and ending with contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Interpreting the New Milenio covers well-known Chicano authors as well as lesser known 19th-century Hispanic writers. The essays in the collection examine Chicano literature as well as its precedents as a whole, so as to find the keys for the interpretation of the challenges posed by the new millennium. José Antonio Gurpegui (San Adrián, 1958) is Director of the IUIEN (Research Institute for North-American Studies) at the Universidad de Alcalá (Spain). He has published extensively on Chicano and American literature. He is the editor of Alejandro Morales: Fiction Past, Present, Future Perfect (Bilingual Press) and the author of Narrativa chicana: Nuevas propuestas analíticas (Universidad de Alcalá Press). He was Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (1994-1996) and a regular contributor of the literary supplement of El Mundo newspaper, “El Cultural.”
M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo is currently a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. Studies at the IUIEN at the Universidad de Alcalá. She is board member of ADECHAN as well as corresponding editor for NeoAmericanist. She has published on Native American Studies, women’s studies and is a contributor to The Literary Encyclopedia. Her research interests include 16th- and 17th-century American literature, women’s studies and popular culture. Price Uk Gbp: 34.99 Price Us Usd: 52.99
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From Navigating Music and Sound Education
“We rarely have the opportunity and time to engage with the practicalities of music teaching through the lens of evidence-based practice. This book provides us with a wonderful exception that is accessible to beginning and established teachers. It contains a wide range of stimulating and thought-provoking material that draws on real-world experiences and events, which are contextualised, informed and structured by theory. This is a powerful combination that we can visit again and again for insight and inspiration. Congratulations to all involved, particularly the editors for shaping such a valuable contribution!” —Professor Graham F. Welch, University of London; President, International Society of Music Education
“Navigating music and sound education draws together a range of issues increasingly acknowledged to be at the basis of reflective and effective music learning and teaching: social settings, cultural dimensions, gender, indigeneity, varying cognitive approaches, inter-disciplinary connections, technology, types of learning, and creativity. It opens up areas of pedagogy that go beyond classroom methodology to acknowledge student individuality and encourage music learning and teaching grounded in the reality of students’ musical and social lives. It will be invaluable for those training to become educators and for teachers already in the field.” —Associate Professor Peter Dunbar-Hall, University of Sydney
“This book brings an important contribution to music teacher education as it challenges the readers to rethink their paradigms of music education. It highlights the importance of preparing a reflective teacher, autonomous, creative and conscious of the multifaceted and multicultural locus in which they will work. The book also draws on the importance for music teachers to consider the context in which they work, and establish a dialog between local musical traditions, informal music practices and global trends of music teaching and learning. Most importantly, all chapters are in one way or another derived from research carried out on specific areas, thus stressing the importance of the research informed practice in music education.” —Professor Liane Hentschke, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; International Society of Music Education Immediate Past President
Many readers will appreciate Steve Dillon and Kathy Hirche’s description of the future of education in their work with dynamic technological contexts.
Navigating Music and Sound Education is a wonderful guide and resource for pre-service music teachers, for teachers in the field, and for teacher educators.
It offers a range of fresh perspectives on the state of music education as it is and as it might be. Kari K Veblen
Navigating Music and Sound Education is an ambitious project which features current research from 20 individuals whose professional identities run the gamut from musician to songwriter to student to educator to music therapist to ethnomusicologist. The book’s scope is perhaps the most exciting aspect of Navigating Music and Sound Education. Kari K Veblen University of Western Ontario British Journal of Music Education October 2011
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