La música contemporánea en la educación secundariacaracterísticas, prácticas docentes y posicionamiento del profesorado

Abstract

In this article we present the results of the cuantitative research we carried out amongst teaching practicioners of Secondary Education (pupils age range 12-16), in The Basque Autonomous Community (Spain). The main objective of the study was to find out how the staff feel about contemporary music and its use in classroom. The investigation analyses the teacher´s knowledge of, and evaluation of, the musical aesthetics of the 20th and 21st centuries. It also looks at the practical use of contemporary music in the classroom, the didactic potential it offers teachers, as well as an analysis of the relationship between these characteristics and other features intrinsic to teaching music at this level. A general lack of knowledge amongst teaching practicioners is evident. Another observation is that the teachers own musical education has a positive influence on the use of contemporary music in the classroom, as does having an open and enthusiastic attitude towards the new languages. The teachers who have a more favorable view of contemporary music use it more in the classroom.