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Oct 9, 2023 · The use of music therapy techniques has recently extended into the educational realm to help overcome learning difficulties, support emotional management, and assist students to develop necessary social skills. This is known as educational music therapy (EMT).
Aug 3, 2024 · Music therapy in the classroom. The implementation of music therapy in educational settings has been shown to offer significant benefits beyond traditional music learning. Here are some of the key impacts: Exploring emotional development through music: Music therapy provides a safe space for students to explore and manage their emotions ...
Of all the technologies available there are four main categories that are most suitable for musical education to enhance customized learning: apps, digital instruments, practice aid technology, and wearables.
Aug 9, 2024 · Integrating music into classroom settings enhances cognitive development, memory retention, emotional well-being, and overall academic performance. Music supports both emotional expression and social skills, fostering a sense of community and promoting teamwork and empathy among students.
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- The Music For Classroom Wellbeing Professional Learning Program
- Practice Principles
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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the immense pressures faced by teaching professionals. Understanding the experiences teachers face is important for music therapists working in school settings who wish to implement music therapy programs with outcomes that are sustained without the music therapist present. Within this article, any pr...
First author Meg offered The Music for Classroom Wellbeing Professional Learning program to teachers at a culturally diverse primary school in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Meg’s introduction to the school community had taken place the year before through her role as a participatory observer in a research project exploring school arts programs...
Focus on the Teacher
The first principle that guided the practice of supporting teachers was to “focus on the teacher.” As discussed previously, music therapist teacher support programs have tended to foreground student needs rather than the needs of the teachers involved. Traditionally, music therapy teacher support programs commence by identifying the needs of students and subsequently addressing student needs through musical strategies. In contrast, this approach suggests that focusing directly on teachers can...
Focus on Teachers to Enrich Musicality
Teachers were supported to enrich their musicality throughout the program by developing confidence in playing and leveraging the affordances of music with their students. Consciously attempting to promote the enrichment of teachers’ musicality rather than training teachers to develop music skills was a new approach used in this program. While a subtle distinction, this shift is worthy of note as it marks a departure from the focus on training teachers to replicate musical activities or techni...
Focus on Teachers to Develop Inclusive Teaching Practices
Other teachers, typically those early in their career as educators, were supported to develop their inclusive teaching practices. Supporting teachers according to teacher practice standards is yet to be described in the music therapy literature base. This intention thus marks a change from previous music therapist teacher support programs in that the development of teacher pedagogical abilities was perceived by teachers as a valuable sustained outcome from the program, even if they did not re...
Music for Classroom Wellbeing Professional Learning was a teacher-focused process that enabled sharing of music, knowledge, and the personal across school communities. Actively focusing on teachers supported them to enrich musicality; develop inclusive, engaging, and reflexive teaching practices; and foster self-care. While it is not suggested that...
Rather than marginalizing these students, music technology can be adapted to allow even the most severely impacted student a means to music participation in school settings. Providing music education students with context-specific field experiences working with a variety of special needs populations can help students realize the musical ...
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Aug 21, 2023 · Investigate how music technology mediated music teaching and learning can provide an effective pedagogy in music education. Tunearound, Movie Maker, and ALsong Tunearound creates a new music learning environment encouraging students to express their own music sensitivities through music composition.
