This is how to achieve self-directed learning in your music classes for 9th and 10th grade. Differentiate your teaching and promote self-directed learning in music education for 9th and 10th graders. How can you inspire your students in the subject of music and convey the content of the lessons in a way that goes beyond mere cognitive understanding? Additionally, how do you handle a highly diverse group of learners? Station-based learning makes modern music education possible, as it allows for self-directed, self-structured, and cooperative learning. The introduction briefly explains the method of station-based learning and its practical implementation in the classroom. In the practical section of the book, five topics are engagingly prepared for your students: "A Baroque Opera Under the Microscope: Dido and Aeneas," "New Music," "Music and Its Effects," "Film Music," and "Music with Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Laptops." Students will be introduced to each topic through eight to ten mandatory stations, along with numerous additional stations. Through creative text work, many audio examples linked via QR codes, a product-oriented approach, and numerous opportunities for internal differentiation and personal expression, you will quickly and easily motivate your learning group to participate. The digital supplementary material provides a "Final Summary of Station-Based Learning" for each station to assess what has been learned, as well as the solutions to the stations. This supplementary material will be made available to you free of charge in your customer account immediately after ordering.