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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).
Music therapists are educated in how music affects humans and how to use music to create positive changes in people. Using the engaging, motivating music stimulus, music therapists create interventions to help students succeed.
- Anita L. Swanson
- 2020
In Edutopia’s 6 Smart Ways to Bring the Power of Music Into Your Classroom, educators share strategies for creatively and intentionally integrating music into the classroom. Some examples include exploring the historical events and periods in which songs were written, examining song lyrics to teach elements of poetry, and using music as a ...
- Tori L. Colson
- Moriah Smothers
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Music therapy is a lesser-known and used related service, yet it provides significant benefits to students that have language, behavioral, and social needs. This article reviews the literature on music therapy, discusses its historical and theoretical roots, and examines its use in educational setings. Special atention is given to therapeutic pract...
Incorporating music therapy in schools does not have to be only as a related service for students with IEPs. While its benefits are typically needed more in special education, its impact is not lessened by its inclusion in general education settings. In general education classrooms, music therapy can help students who are “at-risk” and students wit...
- Madison Riley, Tori L Colson, Moriah Smothers
- 2019
- Music speeds up learning. The 1960’s was the moment when scholars began to examine the possibility of increasing memory abilities with music. A series of creative experiments performed by Dr. Georgi Lozanov and Evelyna Gateva and their findings revolutionized teaching methodology.
- Music helps students to memorize learning material. To put it simply, when accompanied by music new information becomes easier to remember. Students can connect particular data to a rhythm, and then use their memory of musical elements to recall the information following their association.
- Music enriches learning experiences. Many teachers use music to serve as a soundtrack for various activities because it increases the interest of students in the learning material.
- Music motivates students to focus. Another great function of music in the classroom is that it impacts human emotions and mental states. It can set a rhythm to help students achieve a greater state of concentration.
Jun 27, 2022 · This paper presents a new approach for music therapists in schools wishing to support the work of teachers. This music therapy approach is underpinned by theoretical resources drawn from community music therapy and a critical inclusive approach to education.
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The power of music to evoke an emotional response is used by advertising companies, film directors, and mothers singing their babies to sleep (Levitin 2006). Early education teachers are familiar with using music and rhythm as tools for learning language and building memory.
