A Sample Program Offer “the Music in Pre-school Teaching” in Post Graduate Programs in Music Education

• Published in: Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2013-12, Vol.106, p.229-233
• Main Author: Gülşen G., Erdal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: music education; post graduate music education; Pre-school education
• ISSN: 1877-0428; 1877-0428
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.026

Human's indicating variety in terms of source, type or function causes him to comprehend and analyse main requirements and to convert them into some expression styles. The one with the aesthetics basis of these styles is art. Music, which is an important branch of art, has played a great role in human's effort to shape himself and, it has been an indicator of the societies’ development level by gaining importance in individual's education and adapting himself to his society. Music is an aspect in which the child interacts with his natural environment. Since the ancient age theorists, doctors, psychologists and educators have indicated the importance of music in individual's development. The children's musical sensitivity starts in pre-school period. The children react to the sound from their babyhood onwards and express this reaction with their gestures. The children respond to music from the moment they were born, and they encounter lullabies and rhythmic movements in the first months of their lives. By means of music education, not only child's musical but also non-musical(tuneless) skills can be developed.