The cultivation of creativity in music through improvisation in C class primary school pupils

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Unit:
Department of Psychology
Library of the School of Philosophy
Deposit date:
2019-06-21
Year:
2019
Author:
Melissari Andromachi
Supervisors info:
Ρούσσος Πέτρος, αναπληρωτής καθηγητής, τμήμα ψυχολογίας
Original Title:
Η καλλιέργεια της δημιουργικότητας στη μουσική μέσω αυτοσχεδιασμού σε μαθητές Γ΄ τάξης Δημοτικού Σχολείου
Languages:
English
Greek
Translated title:
The cultivation of creativity in music through improvisation in C class primary school pupils
Summary:
In this paper we present the results of a short 2-month intervention on the music lesson on the benefits of improvisation in the development of creativity. The intervention took place in 3rd grade students of a private primary school in the northern suburbs of Athens. Before and after the intervention was conducted, we administered the Measure of Creative Thinking in Music, MCTM-II), which examines 4 Musical Parameters, defining Creative Thinking in Music (Webster, 1994). Specifically, Musical Extensiveness examines the length of time that a person will devote to a musical creation. Musical Flexibility examines the range of musical expression in terms of dynamic (slow/high), pitch (low/high) and tempo (slow/fast). Musical Originality examines the use of imaginative and novel musical ideas, and Musical Syntax examines the logical consequence of musical ideas in terms of repetition, contrast and sequence (Webster, 1994). The main finding after the intervention was that the two groups (experimental - control) had a difference in their performance. The experimental group scored a better overall score for the four musical parameters than the control group. However, the difference between them was not statistically significant, which could possibly be attributed to the duration of the intervention.
Main subject category:
Philosophy - Psychology
Keywords:
music, creativity, improvisation, intervention, creativity assessment
Index:
Yes
Number of index pages:
36
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
85
Number of pages:
154
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