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Using Music and Musical Activities in Special Education

2012

Music, as an expressive art, plays a significant role in the lives of all children and it can be used in education to improve nonmusical educational objectives as well as the musical ones. Music has also positive contributions to the development of children with special needs in terms of feeling the sense of achievement, giving self confidence, and teaching academic concepts. Enriching educational programs with music would contribute to academic, social, emotional and cognitive development of these children. This paper begins with the overview of the related literature on the effects of music and musical activities in educating children with special needs. It focuses mainly on the practices and studies in Turkey, The authors are attempted to identify the developments of using music and musical activities in education of children with special needs in Turkey.

The Effects of Music On The Outcome of Learning On Children With Disability

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2020

This research tends to study two of the ideas as the objectives as (i) how music affects the learning outcome on the children with disability and secondly, (ii) what are the complications the teachers face in dealing with teaching those challenged learners. In order to achieve the objectives the researchers made a descriptive type of case study research design as a qualitative research. The study population was a special school of learners with disability in the village of western Tobago. Due to the homogenous nature of the population three learners among the 35-40 students were chosen as per the direction of the school principal who were observed for a month at three days per week. Three teachers were directed to make three lesson plans on teaching them with the help of music for a month and the lesson plans were revised by the researchers before implementation and then two of the teachers were deep-interviewed with guided open-ended questions. This was done with the approval of the principal and an indication that all protocols were being followed along the design and collection of the study. Thus, natural observation over the learners and focus group interview helped to collect the data for the purpose of the research. These observations and interviews were thematically analysed to understand the issues related to using music as an intervention tool in the teaching and learning of students with disabilities.

Use of Music in Special Education and Application Examples from Turkey

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014

Music, as in the case of every individual, is an essential element which makes life liven up and raises its quality for the individuals with special needs as well. Music, besides being entertaining, provides educators and/or therapists with a lot of opportunities for using it with the purpose of education and therapy on various aspects. Many researches related to these functions of music show that using music in the educational programmes of the individuals with special needs yields effective and useful results just like in the case of normally developing individuals. Music can be used in different ways with individuals with disabilities. Both in "music education" in which the musical knowledge and skills are in the centre and the development of these skills through voice and instrument training is the aim and in "education through music" where the music is used as embedded teaching to support the other developments of kids (like cognitive, sensual, psychomotor), the existence of music in the education programmes of the individuals with special needs increases the effectiveness and permanence of the education and facilitates conducting more enjoyable and highly motivating activities. "Music therapy", which indicates the use of music for therapeutic purpose is also important as a complementary element in training activities. Whether with the aim of education or therapy, the use of music both in the individual and group education creates an important, inclusive, integrative and stabilizing atmosphere. Conducting music activities using multi-sensational music education approaches which offer opportunities for creativity and improvisation is a factor that improves efficiency. In this study, by mentioning various uses of music in the field of special education, some examples of application in the field of special education in Turkey are cited.

Using Music and Musical Activities in Special Education: Developments in Turkey

International Online Journal of Primary Education Issn 1300 915x, 2012

Inclusion of children with special needs through music in Arts education programs

Abstracts Book of the 4th World Conference on Qualitative Research, 2019

In order to contribute to the Inclusive Education of Children with Special Needs in Specialized Artistic Education, in 2018 an action-research project was started to change the practices of promoting inclusion. To this end, a short-term training course was held to learn about the real needs and difficulties experienced by professionals involved in the educational and rehabilitation processes of students with Special Needs and to provide teachers in training with specific tools and knowledge to teach music to students with special needs. Once the training was completed, a questionnaire with semi-open questions prepared and validated for the occasion was applied to the 60 participants of the training. The present work reveals the results of this questionnaire, whose answers were subjected to qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Children with special needs in music Arts education programmes: challenges

String teaching in 21st Century: Bridges between research and practice, 2021

In order to contribute to Inclusive Education of children with Special Needs in Arts education programmes in Portugal, an Action-Research project started at the University of Aveiro in 2018. We intend to find solutions for children with motor disabilities due to Cerebral Palsy who enter in music Arts education programmes in the First Cycle of Basic Education, to develop their music potential and abilities through the use of Digital Technologies and Assistive Technologies. We used the Action Research and Content Analysis supported by Computer-assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software webQDA platform throughout our study. We present what has been done so far: literature review, short training workshop and characterization of the child. With the compiled information it was determined that it is necessary to carry out an Intervention Programme in the Artistic School of the Conservatory of Music Calouste Gulbenkian, Aveiro. This includes a music teachers' intensive Training Workshop focused on the use of Digital Technologies and Assistive Technology, to promote the inclusion of children with Special Needs in music Arts education programmes. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/32444

INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

AD ALTA, 2024

This research explores the impact of musical activities on at-risk children with special educational needs. The study uses qualitative research methods. The findings point to the inclusive potential of music education, especially for children with special educational needs, and highlight the benefits of music education. The research addresses communication barriers in music education and the need for specialized training of teachers. By presenting the positive results of including children with special educational needs in music education, the paper advocates for an inclusive educational model that values creativity and encourages equal access to the arts, emphasizing the essential role of music in education and its universal accessibility.

Introduction to the theory and methods of musical education of children with developmental problems

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PANDEMICS New trends and prospects, 2021

The integrative processes that take place in society, art, science, including medicine and pedagogy, have led to the emergence of border branches of knowledge: integrative medicine, medical psychology, educational psychology, ethno-pedagogy, curative pedagogy, art pedagogy, rehabilitation pedagogy, etc. grow in the field of pedagogy and psychology, dissemination of pedagogical thinking, create new concepts of education, develop educational standards, develop educational standards, the theoretical bases and technologies for raising both children with normal development and children with disabilities are studied; the features of the educational process in the correctional education institutions of different types are investigated. The new paradigm of education focuses on a person of a new culture, the formation of a personality subculture, the reproduction and preservation in the educational space of both the values of culture and the values of the human subculture. Determining the place of the child in the cultural space, this is the main value and object of culture. The knowledge of the world by the child takes place along the entire path of his development in the process of education and growth in the cultural and educational space. Since the development of a child with disabilities will proceed differently than normal, he needs cultural forms specially created to achieve his cultural development.

Music: A tool in transforming the Social Status of Special needs Children

International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies, 2018

There are some attempts to politically encourage the rights of social status to Special Needs Children by both Thai government and non-government organizations. Practically, the fact indicates that the Special Needs Children’s social status and roles are vaguely partial in terms of whether opportunities or social rights. The researcher has experimented by organizing traditional Thai musical activities to Special Needs Children, the case study of Panyawutikorn School. Pre-test and post-test results and observation evidently have shown that the musical skills are increasingly improved. Similarly, an empirical data presents they took pride proudly when they are being praised in their developing skills by teachers, parents as well as H.R.H. Mahachakri Sirindhron princess, has been at Panyawutikorn school in order to attend Thai musical performance of Special Needs Children, the attention of princess can encourage them to be more engaged in musical performance of Special Needs Children a...

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