Engaging Students with Music Education

With an insistence that the starting point for music education should always be the interests and experiences of the learners, DJing in the Secondary Music Classroom explores how the use of DJ equipment in schools, for the specific purpose of re-engaging disaffected learners, can enhance understanding of and enthusiasm for music more generally. It discusses inherent tensions in music education and curriculum, and examines tried and tested methods for encouraging DJing and MCing in the classroom. Illustrated with case studies of the author‘s experiences in a range of schools, it shows how DJing and MCing can sit successfully alongside the National Curriculum and exam board requirements.