Muic in edncafion
can only produce results if the musical sense of the child and the
musical potentialities of the adolescent are taken into account.
A course in music will benefit the children only if it makes due allow-
ance for their attitude to music. When this is done, the teacher will have
the gratification of finding his pupils really absorbed and genuinelyinter-
ested. The results will be better than he or even his superiors expected.
It is encouraging to note the result obtained and to observe that the
musical knowledge acquired also reacts on the whole mentality. There
is a correlation between progress in the subject and the general un-
folding of the mind.
Orgunixution of mmic teuching. It is absolutely necessary that, in the
course of their training, teachers should be instructed in the use of
music for educational purposes.
It is inadvisable for musiclessons in kindergartens and primary schools
to be given by specialists and the teachers in such schools can be given
the musical knowledge relevant to their purpose in the training colleges.
In secondary schools, whether ‘middle’, ‘teacher-training’, technical
or professional, music is taught by a specialist trained both as a teacher
and as a musician. His standing on the staff must be equal to that of
his colleagues in the schoo1.l
Having regard to the needs of our age, it is important that the author-
ities in charge of education in non-specialized schools should be
thoroughly convinced of the educational value of singing. They
should give it an important place in the school curriculum.
Primary schoolteachers and music masters in secondary schools must
have the strength of mind to give up once and for all the very idea of
showing off their pupils on school ‘occasions’. Show performances of
this kind only serve for publicity purposes and are of little use from
an educational standpoint.
The school curriculum must be interpreted in such a way that the
rhythmic arts can exercise their influence on the physical and psychical
aptitudes of the pupils.RESULTSIf music is thus integrated into general education, it becomes a useful
auxiliary to the other subjects of the syllabus. It will have a great- See article by Miss Ingeborg Kindem, p. 124.