Explore an aspect of primary education relating to your experience in school and/or your personal development. How has your thinking and understan...

This assignment aims to explore an area of primary education relating to my experience within the classroom. It will specifically address the importance of music education on emotional development and how music can be incorporated in other areas of education. Furthermore, this assignment will also discuss how my thinking and understanding of the importance of music education has changed and developed as a result of my experiences so far.

The Department for Education says that; “…It is a requirement that every child in the Early Years Foundation Stage are provided with opportunities to explore music using a variety of songs and instruments…” Before my placement my view and understanding of the teaching of music was limited; I was failing to see the significance or importance of music education. My thoughts were that the teaching of music was not as important as other subjects such as English or maths and that it had no influence on the emotional development of children. My understanding was that music education was merely an opportunity for children to sing and make unnecessary noise with a variety of instruments and that no significant learning was taking place. However, my experience in schools alongside the music module and current job as a nursery practitioner have changed my views and understanding of the importance of music education dramatically. Ofsted state that; “children’s involvement in music engages and re-engages pupils; increasing their self-esteem and maximising their progress in education and not just in music”.

In my current job as a nursery practitioner (working with children from six weeks to five years) I have seen the important role music education has on the emotional development of children from a very ...

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