Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the s

Popular music has long been a subject of academic inquiry, with college courses taught on Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles, along with more contemporar

This pioneering book reveals how the music classroom can draw upon the world of popular musicians' informal learning practices, so as to recognize and foster a

A little girl and various animals sing their own version of this popular rhyme.

Popular musicians acquire some or all of their skills and knowledge informally, outside school or university, and with little help from trained instrumental tea