--- product_id: 4406393 title: "Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction" price: "€ 54.50" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/4406393-intelligent-music-teaching-essays-on-the-core-principles-of-effective store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction **Price:** € 54.50 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction - **How much does it cost?** € 54.50 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/4406393-intelligent-music-teaching-essays-on-the-core-principles-of-effective) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this collection of insightful essays, the author describes fundamental principles of human learning in the context of teaching music. Written in an engaging, conversational style, the individual essays outline the elements of intelligent, creative teaching. Duke effectively explains how teachers can meet the needs of individual students from a wide range of abilities by understanding more deeply how people learn. Teachers and interested parents alike will benefit from this informative and highly readable book. Review: A great book for anyone who teaches people - parents, teachers... for all subjects, not only music - I am going to recommend this book to both my grown kids. Everyone at some point in their lives is a teacher of sorts. For me, the "meat" in the 2nd half of the book was most fascinating. The discussions explain how teaching the transfer of knowledge for the student to apply in many contexts is more important than the teaching of knowledge itself. In addition, you must not just teach, but observe the student using the knowledge themselves to assure that when they are working alone, they will be working correctly. This will help set them up for success. Reasons are given for how and why to set up lessons for the students' success. Repeating what they can do correctly is key for reinforcement of knowledge. A good teacher can control a student’s success experience. It is of utmost importance to know when to impart new information. It may or may not be somewhat intuitive for teachers. Bob Duke says that "positive" or "constructive" feedback is given by well-meaning people, but honest, mostly positive feedback is most important to plan. A teacher can and should control the lessons such that most of the feedback will be positive for a positive learning experience. The essay on Feedback was so interesting that telling my art class about it in a zoom meeting inspired an hour-long discussion. Becky Chaffee Review: Do not hesitate to buy this text. - This isn't just an excellent text on music teaching, this is an excellent text on teaching from a holistic perspective - music just happens to be Duke's medium. When reading any non-fiction work, particularly those of an informative nature, I tend to go through and highlight salient points that jump out at me, bits of wisdom, etc, that I would like to be able to quickly find in the future for my own personal reference. With Mr. Duke's book, I do have a great deal of trouble... I struggle greatly not to highlight too much! Entire paragraphs are clear, concise, on point, and effectively distill large amounts of effective pedagogy down into short clips of texts. I can think of few educational authors so clear and quotable on such a consistent basis. Truly, every single page has a gem! While some may see this as a criticism, to Mr. Duke's credit he keeps his text in broad stroke and mostly on the philosophy of teaching and approaches, not on the minutia - if you want minutia, there are other texts out there on the subject. Mr. Duke is concerned with the learning process, how we as educators engage with the learning process, and we can utilize this to the effect the greatest success with our students. To this end the book is broadly generic enough that it can be applied to any and all teaching and as such I would truly recommend any educator with even a cursory knowledge of music pick this book up and delve into it with an open mind... your life will be richer for it and, if you're willing to truly examine your own practices against his standards and recommendations, you'll be a better educator as a result. As a music educator, I truly can't say enough good things about this book. Absolutely fantastic. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #82,606 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #325 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) #1,964 in Schools & Teaching (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 343 Reviews | ## Images ![Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51W+HMvBj6L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book for anyone who teaches people - parents, teachers... for all subjects, not only music *by S***M on March 5, 2021* I am going to recommend this book to both my grown kids. Everyone at some point in their lives is a teacher of sorts. For me, the "meat" in the 2nd half of the book was most fascinating. The discussions explain how teaching the transfer of knowledge for the student to apply in many contexts is more important than the teaching of knowledge itself. In addition, you must not just teach, but observe the student using the knowledge themselves to assure that when they are working alone, they will be working correctly. This will help set them up for success. Reasons are given for how and why to set up lessons for the students' success. Repeating what they can do correctly is key for reinforcement of knowledge. A good teacher can control a student’s success experience. It is of utmost importance to know when to impart new information. It may or may not be somewhat intuitive for teachers. Bob Duke says that "positive" or "constructive" feedback is given by well-meaning people, but honest, mostly positive feedback is most important to plan. A teacher can and should control the lessons such that most of the feedback will be positive for a positive learning experience. The essay on Feedback was so interesting that telling my art class about it in a zoom meeting inspired an hour-long discussion. Becky Chaffee ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Do not hesitate to buy this text. *by J***N on December 27, 2016* This isn't just an excellent text on music teaching, this is an excellent text on teaching from a holistic perspective - music just happens to be Duke's medium. When reading any non-fiction work, particularly those of an informative nature, I tend to go through and highlight salient points that jump out at me, bits of wisdom, etc, that I would like to be able to quickly find in the future for my own personal reference. With Mr. Duke's book, I do have a great deal of trouble... I struggle greatly not to highlight too much! Entire paragraphs are clear, concise, on point, and effectively distill large amounts of effective pedagogy down into short clips of texts. I can think of few educational authors so clear and quotable on such a consistent basis. Truly, every single page has a gem! While some may see this as a criticism, to Mr. Duke's credit he keeps his text in broad stroke and mostly on the philosophy of teaching and approaches, not on the minutia - if you want minutia, there are other texts out there on the subject. Mr. Duke is concerned with the learning process, how we as educators engage with the learning process, and we can utilize this to the effect the greatest success with our students. To this end the book is broadly generic enough that it can be applied to any and all teaching and as such I would truly recommend any educator with even a cursory knowledge of music pick this book up and delve into it with an open mind... your life will be richer for it and, if you're willing to truly examine your own practices against his standards and recommendations, you'll be a better educator as a result. As a music educator, I truly can't say enough good things about this book. Absolutely fantastic. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book: Highly recommend it! *by L***A on March 6, 2022* I had to get this book for a graduate class I was in, but I enjoyed it so much that I've been recommending it others who are not in the class. It really gets you thinking about your approach to the classroom and how you want to present yourself as an educator. It's a very easy read and I would suggest even non music educators read it because there are so many great life lessons throughout the entire book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/4406393-intelligent-music-teaching-essays-on-the-core-principles-of-effective](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/4406393-intelligent-music-teaching-essays-on-the-core-principles-of-effective) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-09-26*