프로젝트형 초등 음악영재 교수․학습 프로그램 개발: 다문화 음악 프로젝트 활동을 중심으로

Abstract

In this twenty-first century’s knowledge-based society, what’s more important is to excavate creative men who can produce higher level thinking and original thinking skills based on integrated thinking. Hence, nowadays, many counties have great interest in early education to cultivate men of ability who can lead the present and future society initiatively and pour utmost endeavor to foster men of ability in various fields. Among them, education for the musically gifted provides students with excellent musical potentials with educational opportunities to get music education proper for their own level. Thereupon, this study aims to develop project-type teaching and learning programs for the music subject with the topics of multicultural music activities that can enhance musically gifted elementary school students’ musical potentials and creativity based on their disposition and interest. To develop a teaching-learning program for this, first, this paper analyzed the elementary school music curriculum and textbooks and extracted teaching contents and learning elements applicable to enrichment learning for the musically gifted. Second, based on the selected topics, this study designed a six-step learning process including setting up a topic and planning, deciding on the topic, planning activities, exploring and expressing musically, summing up, and evaluating. Third, this paper developed detailed teaching-learning lesson plans for 8 sessions and portfolio evaluation tools based on the organized topics and learning contents. Meanwhile, the multicultural music project-type teaching-learning program with the topic of “Asian Folk Music Festival” developed in this research has educational effects to not only enhance understanding of musical knowledge but also improve musical expression, creativity, and higher order thinking skills.