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MUSIC TEACHING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: FOSTERING CREATIVITY AND UPGRADING MUSICAL COMPETENCES

The contemporary school in Croatia, beside the acquisition of knowledge and the development of abilities, is oriented toward the development of pupils` creative potential. When encouraged to be creative, pupils are able to perceive things and phenomena from another angle, to find different solutions, to be innovative. Being capable of using ICT is considered one of the most important competences for teaching (Lavrnja, 2000 ; Matijević, 2000) because it makes possible for the educational outcomes to be reached in a simple way (Vidulin-Orbanić, Duraković, 2012). Therefore, contemporary teaching should provide a balance of traditional and new technologies together with a creative approach which will aid in the modernisation of music teaching. In the present article, the authors explore in which way the students of music pedagogy can express their creative pedagogical ideas in teaching music. With the purpose of innovating music lessons and making them more interesting, the students from the Academy of Music in Pula made four educational films and a web and mobile application, which may be applied in school by using ICT. After the analysis of pedagogical and musical competences that students have gained upon completing the said assignments, and also of competences acquired by pupils through using these projects in the classroom, one can see that by designing and using such multimedia tools the teaching process becomes adapted to the needs of pupils, which indirectly enhances the comprehension, acquisition, and application of musical knowledge and skills, and also the general and musical culture.

competences ; creativity ; didactic teaching aids ; ICT ; music teaching ; students.

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