The Piano Teacher’s Guidebook to the Extra-Ordinary Student
For Learners Who Are Neurodivergent, Gifted, Twice-Exceptional, or Physically Diverse
The Piano Teacher’s Guidebook to the Extra-Ordinary Student
For Learners Who Are Neurodivergent, Gifted, Twice-Exceptional, or Physically Diverse
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Research-based pedagogical tools and practical information for piano educators teaching neurodiverse, gifted, and twice-exceptional students.
Extraordinary minds have always existed in the studio music setting, and these are, in many instances, minds which have produced important music: from Mozart and Satie to Billie Eilish and Florence Welch. This book illustrates the stark duality between the current, accepted piano pedagogical methods and the researched neurological, physiological, and developmental needs of the increasingly growing neurodiverse, gifted, and twice-exceptional student populations. The first part explores the historically rich world of keyboard pedagogy and where and why that world falls short for a large sector of the population that seeks training in the modern day. The middle section is divided by neurodiverse, gifted, and twice-exceptional learners. Each chapter contains examples of poignant student stories with research-based pedagogical solutions for class application. The last section addresses larger scale studio goals such as festivals and recital adaptations. Finally, a resource guide filled with links for supplies, musical examples, teaching resources, forms, and a recital checklist are included.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Note to Piano Teachers
Terminology and Language Use
Section I: Foundations: Why Adaptation Matters
1. Why This Book Exists: Reframing Piano Pedagogy for the Extra-Ordinary Student
2. Defining the Extra-Ordinary Student
3. Why Re-Invent the Wheel?
Section II: Conditions for Learning: Environment, Cognition, Relationship
4. Setting the Stage: The Piano Studio as Learning Environment
5. Establishing Rapport in Piano Teaching the Extra-Ordinary
Section III: Learner Profiles: Teaching the Extra-Ordinary
6. Neurodiversity and Music Theoretical Foundations
7. Extending Adaptive Pedagogy to the Gifted Extra-Ordinary Learner
8. Engaging and Challenging Twice-Exceptional (2e) Piano Students
9. Teaching Piano Students with Physical Variations
Section IV: Practice, Performance, and Professional Identity
10. The Piano Teacher as Mentor
11. Inclusive Festivals
12. Adaptive Piano Recitals
Section V: Sustainability, Ethics, and Boundaries
13. The “Extra” Demands of Working with the "Extra-Ordinary"
14. Staying in Your Lane
Section VI: Voices and Synthesis
15. Voices from the Studio
16. Conclusion: From Method to Meaning
Final Note to Piano Teachers
Epilogue: Listening Forward
Appendices
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | Feb 04 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9798216446378 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 1 line illus; 30 tables |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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