Examining the Role of Music in the Growth and Development of the Child: A Focus on the Role of the Teacher
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https://doi.org/10.53555/ssh.v1i1.927Keywords:
Domains of development, Music education, kinaesthetic,, tactile, interactive; auditory, direct experience.Abstract
Music education is very important in the development of children. It helps children to develop culturally, physically, socially as they learn to sing and dance with other children, and respond to different rhythms. Music also contributes to language development. Music plays a critical role in the growth and development of a child. The main advantage of Music education is how it can be used in different subjects in the school curriculum. As such it can actually be used as a teaching tool. Music contributes to the development of all domains of development in a child. Such domains include the cognitive, physical, social and emotional domains. A variety of methods have to be used in the learning and teaching of music. The teaching and learning of music demand a child-centred approach, since music learning is practical by its nature. The paper assesses the applicability of Kinaesthetic, Tactile, Interactive, Auditory and Direct experience approaches in the learning and teaching of music. The paper also examines the role of the teacher and the school in the teaching and learning of music in children’s early stages of development. The paper analysizes the Zimbabwean ECD syllabus in terms of how it attempts to provide for the kinaesthetic, tactile, interactive, auditory and direct experience approach in the teaching and learning of Music and Dance at ECD level.
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