Overview

This 470-page practical and comprehensive handbook is written especially for secondary school music teachers in New Zealand. Drawing on decades of classroom experience, Andrew Stopps provides clear strategies, curriculum frameworks, and wellbeing support that address the unique challenges of teaching music in Aotearoa. The guide covers curriculum planning, cultural responsiveness, digital technologies, assessment, and managing a music department. Unlike general music education resources from overseas, this guide is tailored to the New Zealand curriculum, NCEA, and the realities of local schools, including biculturalism and the Treaty partnership. There is currently no other published resource that brings together such a wide range of practical advice, cultural understanding, and curriculum expertise specifically for New Zealand secondary music teachers. It is an essential resource for both new and experienced educators who want to make a real difference in their students' musical lives.

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Ever wondered why we don't have an expansive document for our subject, specific to the contexts and challenges within which we strive and operate? Well... look no further! Andrew Stopps has done it. I am two-dozen pages in and can not stop nodding away in agreeance with this kaupapa. It's a 400-odd page tome of korero, inspiration, knowledge, hints and tips, ideas, projects, approaches, scaffolds and everything else you could want whether curious, starting out as a teacher or one of experience. Congratulations, Andrew. I believe this should be in every single secondary music teaching space in the country.

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Andrew Stopps is a New Zealand-based music educator, composer, and author with nearly 30 years of teaching experience across Australia, the UK, Canada, and Aotearoa. He is passionate about supporting music teachers and has developed curriculum resources, led national workshops, and advocated for wellbeing and sustainability in music education.

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