Teaching Music from the Perspective of First, Second and Third Grade Students of Primary School

Abstract

This article examines the preferences of first, second, and third grade primary school students towards activities carried out in music teaching. The results of the research showed that in music teaching, singing activities are most commonly performed, and students prefer to participate in musical games. The results also showed that there were significant differences in students’ responses to their satisfaction with playing Orff instruments and musical creativity activities according to their age.

The impact of teachers’ listening habits on how much listening activity is used in music lessons

“…Classes are held for one hour per week, which is 35 hours per year. In the first three grades of primary school, music teaching is taught by class teachers, and from the fourth grade, it is taught by specialised music teachers (Svalina and Zelić, 2020). The 2006 Curriculum states that students in primary education should be introduced to listening to all types of music: ‘from the so-called artistic (classical) music, through traditional (folk) music (domestic and foreign), to jazz and popular genres of all kinds’ ( Primary School Curriculum , 2006, p. 66).…”

“…In doing so, they pay special attention to the duration of the compositions due to the children’s limited attention span:‘Listening to music should be performed in such a way that the listening is repeated several times, and each time a new task is set to refer to the stated musical expressive components. Students need to come up with their own solutions to the problem solely by hearing’ (Svalina and Zelić, 2020, p. 178).…”