Conceptual Cartography for the Systematic Study of Music Education Based on ICT or EdTech

Abstract

Music and its study have always been present among people. Its learning is significant, as it provides benefits and helps in the acquisition of many abilities and skills. However, didactic, methodological, and pedagogical changes have begun to appear that nurture and provide new challenges to their learning. Fully adapting to the 21st century and abiding by the great demand for technologies, we have seen the rise of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), which have also been conceived as educational technology (EdTech), when applied to education. Due to these reasons, the need to conduct a systematic literature review in four databases has arisen to find out whether the use of technology in music education helps to facilitate the teaching-learning process of students. Evidence from this research has been collected using concept mapping to organize the training process. Finally, it is relevant to comment that evidence has been found and verified that the use of Edtech helps in the learning of Music Education; given that, in various documents, it is observed that they increase motivation, musical-technological thinking, critical thinking, creativity, musical practice, and musical improvisation and that they give rise to fun, playful, enjoyable, and stimulating learning.

Use of Technology-Supported Educational Tools in General Music Education and Its Contribution to the Process of Music Education

“…Zhou (2020) found in his study, that technology-supported music education positively impacted the students' participation in the teaching process. Furthermore, there are some other different studies in the relevant literature on the positive effects of technology applications in the music education process (Okay, 2016;Karaöncel & Çiftçi, 2022;Hernandez Bravo & Cardona Molto, 2015;León-Garrido et al, 2022). Based on this, within the framework of the constructivist approach in today's education programs, clearly it is essential to prepare and present active learning environments in which technology is incorporated within the education process in order for the student to be involved in the process and make sense of the knowledge and information.…”