The Value That Music Education Adds To The Learning Process

Music is universal and is found in various forms across all the cultures and nations of the world. Even the remotest of tribes deep in forests such as the Amazon are found to have their own musical preferences. A lot of research has been done on music to discover the reason why it seems to be present all over the world. Over the years, music has been found to have amazing benefits to the wellbeing of the human race. General benefits of music Music has been found to aid in children’s development, that is, those who got early exposure to music were found to have better cognitive skills. It is also being used in the medical practice to aid in the healing process through music therapy. Classical music has been reported to have amazing health benefits such as treating heart ailments, brain dysfunctions, depression and many other health complications. Arts vs. Sciences Apart from the general benefits that music has brought into our lives, there is a special place that music education plays in the life of those who get such training. Nevertheless, there has been a trend toward phasing out the arts from education systems. The following post describes the challenges that music education has been facing for quite a while now: In 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act identified music as a ‘core subject’—just not one worthy of testing. This meant that schools struggling to improve math and reading scores in order to retain funding found that their arts programs were the easiest ones to divert resources from, or to cut altogether. Via Sonic Scoop The question is therefore raised: why is it that arts programs seem to be given less emphasis compared with science subjects? Could it be that we have misconceptions about arts and sciences altogether? A keen look into the finer benefits of music education offers a host of reasons why this preference of sciences over arts ought not to be so. The following post explains this in detail: A CHILD’S BRAIN DEVELOPS FASTER WITH EXPOSURE TO MUSIC EDUCATION A two-year study by researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at the University of Southern California shows that exposure to music and music instruction accelerates the brain development of young children in the areas responsible for language development, sound, reading skill and speech perception. The study of 6-7-year-old children began in 2012, when neuroscientists started monitoring a group of 37 children from an underprivileged neighbourhood of Los Angeles….The results showed that the auditory systems of the children in the music programme had accelerated faster than the other children not engaged in music. Via Music Education Works It is clear that music education is of great benefit to children’s development and isn’t it obvious that exposure to music and the arts will be beneficial to their sciences as well? How Music Education And Sciences Work Together With the ongoing debate on arts vs. sciences and which one should be given more emphasis, those who […]

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