Uso y valoración de la música como herramienta didáctica en Educación Primaria

Abstract

Music has traditionally been considered as a valuable didactic tool in the teaching-learning process of students. The empirical studies carried out on the use and evaluation of music as a transversal resource in the school environment are minimal. A total of 258 teachers (74.2% women and 25.8% men) in active Primary Education in the Community of Castilla y León (Spain) have participated in this research. 74.4% of the participants carry out their work in public schools and 67.1% had 10 or more years of experience. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study presented by means of a survey through an ad hoc questionnaire in which the respondents had to reflect on the use and assessment of music in their classes. The results show that there are differences in the use of music depending on the areas where teaching is taught; thus its use is very frequent in English, Plastic, Special Education / Hearing and Language or in Religion / Social and Civic Values, and infrequent in subjects such as Natural Sciences or Mathematics. 90% of the teachers surveyed and who have specialized musical training make regular use of music in their classes, compared to 51% of those who do not. 85% of the teachers surveyed consider that, in general, music is insufficiently valued in the stage. Finally, the data are discussed and the need to improve the musical training of teachers is justified in light of the usefulness and benefits that this entails in the comprehensive training of children.