Мusical Education in Elementary and Sekondary Schools in the Republic of Moldova and the Possibilities of Shildren of Bulgarian Etnos Studying Native Folklore Cover Image

Музикалното възпитание в общообразователното училище на Република Молдова и възможностите за изучаване на родния фолклор от децата с български етнос
Мusical Education in Elementary and Sekondary Schools in the Republic of Moldova and the Possibilities of Shildren of Bulgarian Etnos Studying Native Folklore

Author(s): Slavka Petkova-Marchevska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Preschool education, School education, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”

Summary/Abstract: The study investigates the possibility that the children of Bulgarian ethnos in Bessarabia (today in Moldova), to study their native musical folklore in the general music education at school. The main educational documents are analyzed – the curriculum for I – IV grade and V – VIII grade. Their place and role in the folklore – the Moldavian, and other nations’– are minutely outlined. The method of introduction to the folklore as a specific cultural phenomenon and its seizure through singing, playing basic instruments and dancing is also analyzed. The differences between the sanctioned classification of folklore genres in Bulgaria and the one presented in the program and the textbooks in musical education in Moldova are pointed out. The principles and methods of education are compared. The problems impending the realization of studying the native Bulgarian folklore in the places with compact settled ethnic Bulgarians in Moldova are examined. Based on the conclusions recommendations for the creation of accessible for the students and pursuant of the local settings program are given. Knowledge of the native folklore and the seizure of a song repertoire for the calendar and family customs is examined as a premise for the successful inclusion of the students in the celebrations of the whole society.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 217-254
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Bulgarian