The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
About the Content of Estonian and Finnish Music Teachers’ Pedagogical Thinking
Table 1: Model of music teachers’ pedagogical thinking
| THINKING LEVEL | ESSENCE OF MUSIC TEACHERS’ THINKING |
| METATHEORY LEVEL | vision of music education’s task in the society and pupils’ everyday lifethe ability to consider critically the traditions of music subject didactics and reflect one’s own teaching through this critical analysisawareness about music education history, traditions, valuesunderstanding about the philosophical underpinnings of music education |
| OBJECT THEORY LEVEL | the perception about the music education syllabus as part of the school curriculumawareness of the theoretical criteria of the music subject: objectives, main concepts, formation of the content and structure in teaching – learning processability to reflect on music teaching techniques, methods, approaches in one’s own practice |
| ACTION LEVEL | basic knowledge of music subject content and skillsperception of different techniques, methods and models, that are most suitable for music teachingidea of the musical skills of the students and about the main problems connected with content learningvision of the main differences between different groups and its impact on the whole music teaching processcontextual solutions in music subject connected to content prioritization in the music syllabus of national curriculumability to create suitable music material and find appropriate repertoire |