In addition, music increases students’ abilities to listen and learn. Martin Gardiner at the Center for the Study of Human Development at Brown university reported a connection between early language skills and musical ability. Giving children education in music as young as possible can help them to have the ability to be successful in learning language. In another study done by Columbia University, it demonstrated that students who participate in the music are usually more cooperative with teachers and peers, have more self-confidence, and are better able to express themselves. Moreover, the social benefits of music education can continue throughout a student’s life in ways one would never suspect.
Music education is not just learning music theory and basic skills, which many programs forget. Creativity is a tremendous aspect in music. Developing a consciousness of deficient, even nonexistent, music programs and their facets allowed music journals globally to bring
Music is that one tool that easily elevates the spirits of people and creates a special bond between people of different backgrounds. According to George Rachiotis, “music is the greatest creation of man, which touches the soul and also helps man to sympathetically manifest unspoken desire…” Music greatly affects people not only emotionally but also with education and life skills. And as Gerald Ford said, “Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them — a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” Music education is a necessity in every child’s education. To begin with, music helps in education and aids people to develop sharper skills that will help academically and mentally.
Research has shown that music not merely a hobby, but that the practice of music education enables the cultivation of valuable life skills. When a child is in school, the impact of music can be seen in the way they learn. Since music is so dynamic, the brain is constantly
Music is global and in every part of your studies whether its history, science, literature or arts you can learn something different which can enhance your knowledge and skills to apply to your daily life. Music is an art. Therefore, it has many benefits to my life depending on how I choose to pursue it as a career or something I enjoy doing or listening to in my spear times. Since, I haven't chosen music as a career; it can also be use in my life as a form of relaxation, comfort, reduces stress and anxiety, improvement of my social skills, and quality of my life by both active and passive music experience such as free improvisation If I were to design a curriculum for a music class the goal would be for students to develop an understanding of music by singing, playing instruments, preforming rhythms, dancing, composing and listening to music. I would want to include its history and evolution of music, and how it influenced the people.
Introduction: Music is a way of communication. An average person spends several hours a day listening to music either from a library where they select tracks or from their surrounding such as games, television, radio or even other people singing. There have been a great amount of studies dedicated to the effects that music has on people and our society yet there is another important fact: music reflects us and our society as well. As human beings we take experiences, we build new concepts from our knowledge and create from there. Music is no exception, musicians sing about their lives and subjects of great matter to them.
In our modern society people are constantly trying to evolve their brains using various methods of development. One method that has gained significance and has begun to be accepted by educators is music as a therapy for stress, performance and individuality. The issue under discussion is whether music as a tool for academic succession should be used in education. There are some students, which cannot comprehend the material of the class within an hour, but if they listen to a song several times they will immediately memorize it and can sing it all, and even remember it for life. Although music was primarily rejected by teachers due to unawareness of the subject, they now opt for it, as the advantages of music as a pedagogical approach start to be apparent.
Additionally, Arias et al. (2015) state that the use of songs increase children's participation when repeating the vocabulary used during the classes. These multimedia tools allow students to learn more effectively because they are involved and encouraged to participate in class, exploring the materials and establishing a communication with their environment. This is evidenced when the in-service teacher expressed that songs were the strategies that children liked and enjoyed the most
The said curricula gives positive indication for effective learning through active experience, participation, performance, creativity, expression, aesthetic, critical response and valuation. The skills that are developed include reading/analyzing, listening/observing, performing like playing instruments and singing, movement and acting. This theory, then conceived the idea of methods and ways to make music education in general a fun, productive, progressive approach to enhance children’s learning. Alcodia (2012) underscores that there are three most popular music education methods that focuses on teaching music and movement, namely: Orff Method, Kodaly Method, and Dalcroze Methods. They are also related to acquiring the rhythmic skills.
Studying the lyrics of music can teach students about syllabification, phonics, vocabulary, imagery, history, myths, folktales, geography, and culture. Studies show there is a direct correlation between continued