Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme

Son Serra (Son Serra State Primary School), in Mallorca, is the first state-run school in the Balearic Islands to offer integrated music and non-integrated pathways to students in the same class. This study aims to compare the results of students from the fourth year of primary education from both...

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Main Authors: Llorenç Gelabert Gual, Noemy Berbel Gómez, Víctor Alejandro Sanchez-Azanza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Complutense 2023-09-01
Series:Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RECI/article/view/83091
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description Son Serra (Son Serra State Primary School), in Mallorca, is the first state-run school in the Balearic Islands to offer integrated music and non-integrated pathways to students in the same class. This study aims to compare the results of students from the fourth year of primary education from both pathways in a maths, Spanish, Catalan and English language level tests. Socioeconomic information on the children's families was also gathered. The results showed students from the integrated music group always outperforming their peers from the non-integrated group in the four assessed competences. Having established that the families’ socioeconomic status does not condition these results, the benefits of receiving more music practice were discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-c6d6c20c37b04fa8a481d9458d32b8262023-09-28T22:10:57ZengEdiciones ComplutenseRevista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical1698-74542023-09-012010.5209/reciem.83091Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music ProgrammeLlorenç Gelabert Gual0Noemy Berbel Gómez1Víctor Alejandro Sanchez-AzanzaDepartamento de Pedagogía y Didácticas Específicas, Universitat de les Illes BalearsDepartamento de Pedagogía y Didácticas Específicas, Universitat de les Illes Balears Son Serra (Son Serra State Primary School), in Mallorca, is the first state-run school in the Balearic Islands to offer integrated music and non-integrated pathways to students in the same class. This study aims to compare the results of students from the fourth year of primary education from both pathways in a maths, Spanish, Catalan and English language level tests. Socioeconomic information on the children's families was also gathered. The results showed students from the integrated music group always outperforming their peers from the non-integrated group in the four assessed competences. Having established that the families’ socioeconomic status does not condition these results, the benefits of receiving more music practice were discussed. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RECI/article/view/83091primary educationmusic trainingintegrated centrestests of basic competencesskills transfer
spellingShingle Llorenç Gelabert Gual
Noemy Berbel Gómez
Víctor Alejandro Sanchez-Azanza
Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme
Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical
primary education
music training
integrated centres
tests of basic competences
skills transfer
title Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme
title_full Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme
title_fullStr Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme
title_full_unstemmed Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme
title_short Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme
title_sort music as a tool in learning improvements in basic competences in children studying an integrated music programme
topic primary education
music training
integrated centres
tests of basic competences
skills transfer
url https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RECI/article/view/83091
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