Music, social learning and senses in university pedagogy: An intersection between art and academe

Julie Borup Jensen*

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    Abstract

    Integration of music in an academic university teaching setting is an example of how artistic practice and competences have potentials to resonate beyond the immediate discipline. The article explores music activities as contributing to learning environments for university students, creating shared experiences in groups of diverse learners with different needs. The music activities are discussed in light of challenges in today's university concerning student diversity. Two empirical examples of experiments with music in university teaching at a Danish university are presented. Empirical data were collected by means of qualitative research methods (teaching logs and qualitative surveys) and analysed in a socio-cultural learning perspective. The first empirical example presents music as supporting students relate to each other in the classroom. The second example describes how music may support students' sensory awareness when practising qualitative research like fieldwork. Both examples imply interdisciplinary potentials of putting music into play in university pedagogy.
    Translated title of the contributionMusik som bro for inkluderende undervisning og læring på universitetet
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalArts and Humanities in Higher Education
    Volume18
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)311-328
    Number of pages18
    ISSN1474-0222
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2019

    Keywords

    • Music integration
    • senses in teaching and learning
    • interdisciplinarity
    • university pedagogy
    • music learning

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