Hosted by , contributed by Kyriaki_Vakkou on 13 December 2022
Some students often have low interest and motivation for specific lessons. For example, in a rural school in Bulgaria, students had low interest and motivation for music lessons. In these cases, teachers often look for ways to increase students’ motivation and attention by implementing innovative approaches and digital technologies.
To overcome this challenge, the teachers of the Bulgarian school implemented some non-standard solutions, which at the same time were very creative. Specifically, special equipment was installed for broadcasting a music TV channel, some students have been encouraged to form their own rock band and others to conduct podcasts with musicians. In addition, a video clip editor software was used by students to create their own video clips. Inspired by this action and searching for free of charge video editing software someone can find plenty of those, such as the InShot or Filmora for phone video editing, and OpenShot for computer video editing. Another action that was taken by the teachers in the Bulgarian rural school was the adaptation of the assessment methodology for Music. In particular, they evaluated students’ learning artefacts produced when they applied all the above new practices in their lessons.
The main impact of all these actions was that students’ performance in Music was increased, they had the higher motivation and acquired creativity skills. At the same time, the good practice followed in the school was communicated on public television and as a result, the school’s popularity increased and other teachers and schools have been inspired to follow similar practices for teaching Music.