Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tariq Batto: Music


Studying Music In Schools
Music might be incorporated in school because it was powered by researches done that listening to classical music may increase and improve the ability to perform certain tasks; for examples, listening to Mozart compositions may help some painters improve their skills and abilities of drawing pictures; while investigations on school children revealed that listening such music ameliorated and enhanced their capabilities of understanding academic subjects, especially mathematics.
On the other hand, music creates a sense of community among students. Therefore, teaching music in schools with the other subjects is important both students and community.

Scientists and psychologists in many parts of the world are conducting experiments on students to explore the relationship between music and solving mathematic problems. Further studies done on spatial reasoning; which is the ability of understanding how things fit together in space and time, for example putting together a puzzle. They founded that listening to Mozart’s music enhances their talents resolving mathematic exercises and spatial reasoning tests. Other studies about the sequential skills through doing activities such as counting and putting the events of a story in order, showed that children can develop and boost their natural sequence by listening to music. Works on students and children of different ages during various periods of time has been done in the University of California Irvine, U.S.A. by Frances Rauscher and Gordan show, and the same researches were carried on in Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. by Christopher Chabis. They studied the effect of music on intelligence; the task demonstrates that music registered higher scores in IQ tests in the research subjects.


Through music students can understand others and share feelings.
Interventions of music between students contribute to wiring in their feeling and melt in one pot. For instance, during birthday parties, children enjoy themselves by listening to music and songs, or playing some musical instruments. These activities sooth their minds and fortifies their proficiency to work harder in the school. Furthermore, construction of a successful and balanced relationship between friends in the school is required from the elementary school till the graduation from university. Continuation of these relations and feelings, will lead to an opportunity to be concluded by marriage and to enjoy a pleasant and fascinating life. Also this affinity is important to build self-esteem, which helps them in their practical life.


To summarize, one can say that music has a great influence on the performance of students in school, their skills and intelligences during studying period, and then in their logical and practical life. Many articles have been published concerning music and proficiency of school children. I guess studies on the effect of music on the workers in their factories ( if doesn’t done till nowadays) could be performed. If these positive results were applied on the workers, it could play a role in the progression of the country, by increasing and improving the production.

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