The project European Orchestra is a two- year Erasmus plus strategic school partnership.
This project brings together European countries and partners where the music education has a particular significance and importance, with a special emphasize on the positive influence it has on the special needs students.
-Thematic field of the project involves: Active citizenship, Inclusive approaches, School improvement and quality evaluation, European citizenship and dimension.
-Main language used for the trainings will be English.
-Profile of the participants: School education, Local body and Ngos
-Target audience will be: Teachers and students from Primary and Secondary schools, including special needs students.
Its main objective is to introduce and explore a wide range of free available music technologies and learning tools that provide extra motivation for students and is based on their interests and everyday reality . Participants in the project will work with sensitiveness to individual differences, in order to be prepared to meet different cultures. We first intend to enhance our learners’ motivation and investment in learning foreign languages and music skills since some of these skills are basic in the labour market and allow them to develop their future competences. On the other hand, we want to offer them an opportunity to meet their European neighbours, discover European cultures in native place, put forward their own culture, broaden their cultural horizons, and thus, build their European citizenship.
We consider studying different music from different cultures and comparing them as a crucial starting point in educational process nowadays. Music education in Europe is becoming more open to all, with a great emphasize on the International Global element that is recognizable in every song.
It may seem that young people intuitively use music in everyday life or are surrounded by it in local cafes, tv, e.t.c. and hence have no need of musical education or training. on the other hand, many teachers and educators would like to integrate music into their lessons, but do not know how.
All partners carried out a research in their countries to check if the students and the teachers are equipped in musical skills: it became clear that young people are not educated musically enough and teachers do not possess the skills for effective use of music that would make lessons more interesting for the pupils. what's more, they all underestimate the importance of musical integration into education and the positive influence it has on pupils with special needs since music tends to be one of the top motivators for children with special needs in the education system.
Using captivating instruments prompts a child to make requests, the use of different instruments encourages the development of motor skills and the child is more willing to work through an activity by using music in a challenging way. That is one of the reasons we think the this topic is very important in order to get familiar with the other best European practices and share experiences. Every country has different experience in using different teaching methods.
We consider studying different music from different cultures and comparing them as a crucial starting point in educational process nowadays. Music education in Europe is becoming more open to all, with a great emphasize on the International Global element that is recognizable in every song. Globalization, the vast increase in intercultural communication and interaction, and the cultural diversity in today’s classrooms create a demand for a new orientation in education and the implementation of school programs that will adopt global perspectives and promote intercultural understanding and respect.
-Reflecting on this need, we focus on discovering common melodies of folk songs of partner countries and publish a unique music education book with implementations and sample songs.
-Moreover, folk stories will be presented and turned to a play. Music teachers will be trained about multicultural music education and international teaching-learning techniques and approaches including special education needs.
-A common orchestra and choir will be established.
-Our project inspires and motivates students and teachers in the importance of music education through folk songs using cross cultural curriculum beyond borders. With the approval of our project, a collabrative environment is going to be created in order to improve soft skills of both students and teachers that encourage team work. Discussing these individual experiences and process in groups of national and international teams will hopefully lead to new horizons in student's and teacher's life-both mentally and emotionally.
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The project European Orchestra is a two- year Erasmus plus strategic school partnership. This project brings together European countries a...
