Potřebujeme speciální hudební výchovu?
Do we need special music education?

Author(s): Alois Daněk
Subject(s): Education, Music, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: special music education; El Sistema; children's home;
Summary/Abstract: This paper informs the professional public with the results of the cooperation between the orchestra of the Harmony Foundation and the Children's Home Klánovice. We will evaluate this project, which brought to the Czech Republic the ideas of the Venezuelan youth program El Sistema. A combination of qualitative research tools has been used. Interviews, document analysis, and, above all, long-term observation. Although the children involved in the orchestra benefited from music activities provided, the project was abandoned after two years due to lack of theirs interest. The article attempts to identify the reasons why children did not sustain in the orchestra through their initial enthusiasm. The results obtained could help to modify similar current and future music education programs for children with specific psychosocial and social needs.

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