| Throughout the years, I’ve published a series of books that further express – and expand upon – my primary scholarly interests. I use these music textbooks as information sources for my classes. Learn more with the descriptions below, or just link to a full amazon.com description for each book. | ||
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Collaborative Learning: A Handbook for College Faculty Elizabeth F. Barkley, K. Patricia Cross, and Claire Howell Major Jossey-Bass, 2004 <amazon> Engaging students in active learning is a predominant theme in today's classrooms. To promote active learning, teachers across the disciplines and in all kinds of colleges are incorporating collaborative learning into their teaching. Collaborative Learning is a scholarly handbook that guides teachers through all aspects of group work, providing solid information on what to do, how to do it, and why it is important to student learning. Synthesizing the relevant research and good practice literature, the authors present detailed procedures for 30 collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs) and offer practical suggestions on a wide range of topics, including how to form groups, assign roles, build team spirit, solve problems, and evaluate and grade student participation. |
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Crossroads: Popular Music in America Elizabeth F. Barkley Prentice-Hall, 2003 <amazon> Crossroads celebrates the diversity of American music through coverage of a wide spectrum of musical styles, including folk music, gospel, spirituals, the blues, jazz, Cajun, Zydeco, rock and roll, rap, salsa and Tejano. Providing the tools to better understand and appreciate the multicultural complexity of American music, each music is discussed in three stages: 1) the roots in the ethnic traditions of a specific immigrant group, 2) the development into a uniquely American music, and 3) the evolution into new forms that retain their vitality and relevance in contemporary society. Crossroads provides both detailed music analysis, and a discussion of the historical and social context in which these music genres developed. |
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Great Composers and Music Masterpieces of These three volumes condense the most important information in music history and present it in a way that is accessible and appealing to the average student. Each volume covers specific periods of music history, and is intended to equip students with three primary tools to help them better understand and appreciate the expressive intent of ‘classical’ music. These are 1) understanding the social/historical context in which the music was written; 2) learning more about the composer of the music; and 3) developing a descriptive vocabulary that will assist students in perceiving the specific characteristics of a piece of music. |
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