Vocal expression in early year education: a didactic experience with the students of University of Zaragoza

Abstract

This project is about an educational intervention with the early year student teachers in the University of Zaragoza. Through the voice and songs we find tools to develop different learning in a global and interdisciplinary way. New strategies are established to develop competence for learning acquisition using active and collaborative methodologies and taking in account the diversity of the students. In the process of this study participate students trained to be Early year teachers and professors from different areas in the Education faculty of the University of Zaragoza (Spain). The song will be used to stimulate emotions, develop sensibility, memory and imagination. Our principal objective with the course Musical expression development will be to transmit the 3 rd year students the importance of the voice and songs as a way of expression in the learning process through a global and interdisciplinary approach. The results show the students lack of music knowledge, the importance of a good material selection and the change on the participant attitudes when they understand this process, as a positive experience.