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Listening to music in the first three grades of primary school

Since school year 2006-2007 music lessons in primary schools have been carried out by the open model, which considers the music field of listening to music as a default activity. In fact, only active listening to quality music can empower pupils to critical and aesthetic evaluation of music and that is how they become competent users of musical culture. This paper reviews the thinking of different authors about listening to music as a teaching area and also research that was conducted in three different elementary schools in the city of Slavonski Brod during March 2012. In every elementary school music classes were observed in the first, second and third grade. Systematic observation led to the conclusion that some teachers still do not access to activity of listening to music in the artistic and aesthetic way, and that the music lessons continue to contain many tasks that are non- musical so pupils are encouraged to imagine non- musical content while listening to music, although the music itself is non-display art. It is important that teachers are aware of this fact so pupils can develop musical taste and a critical attitude towards music from an early age, which is the ultimate aim of teaching music.

listening to music actively ; open model ; primary education

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