The school must have the objective not only to transmit competences, but also to lead students to acquire and develop a healthy critical sensibility as a keystone to pass from a passive attitude towards the surrounding environment (television, games on the computer,...) to an active attitude. This is the only way to become actors, protagonists, capable of leaving a mark on things with consciousness and competence.
The main objective was not only to make music strictly speaking through personal and collective experiences, but also to accept and help others achieve a high level of attention, concentration.
Every time we met, the students were the main protagonists because, by making music, they managed to express themselves and communicate to others and with others. Those who were in difficulty were helped to feel part of the group, which led the participants to feel gratified and satisfied in making music and accepting others.
The pieces used were drawn from a vast repertoire: classical music, original pieces for bands, pop music, folk music, traditional music.
Since the laboratory was conducted in a traditional lower secondary school, all the arrangements were tailored to the group and adapted on the basis of the students’ instrumental availability.
The skills, goals and training objectives selected by the teacher for this experience are shown below.
The attempt was to meet an implicit request of the society, that is to increase and stimulate the students’ aggregation and forming of associations, even with the parents’ collaboration, during after-school hours. The objectives pursued were are follows:
- to open up to new horizons for personal communication and expression;
- to activate and develop basic abilities: attention, concentration, perception, memorization;
- to become familiar with a musical instrument or the instrument of the voice in a pertinent and in-depth way;
- to learn how to play, sing, cooperate and grow together making music;
- to prevent situations of unease and marginalization of disadvantaged subjects;
- to enhance the patrimony of ideas and experiences (if present) within the students reality;
- to provide new and different opportunities for managing free time.
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