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Imagination and Understanding in the Music Curriculum Tom Gamble

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Tom Gamble
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Music is unique in its power to involve the whole person, intellectually as well as emotionally and kinaesthetically. Our ultimate aim in music education, therefore, should be to develop musical imagination and understanding. We can achieve this by making composition and improvisation the central focus of the music curriculum, with listening activities carefully related to children's work. Musical experiences in the classroom should be adventurous, challenging, joyful yet serious, taking place in an atmosphere of warm, sympathetic, tolerant, and respectful relationships. In this environment, children are more likely to value music, and to develop sensitivity not only to music, but to other people. Schools too often underestimate children's potential. In music we can help all children to experience a sense of achievement, leading to greater self-respect.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 7 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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