Music education can play an important role in equipping children and young people with a ‘wide range of skills’, a new report has revealed.
The power of music, - a research synthesis of the impact of actively making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people, a new study by Professor Susan Hallam MBE, UCL Institute of Education, claims that there is ‘compelling evidence’ that music should play an important role in the education of every child.
According to the study, the benefits are best when music activities start early and take place over a long period of time.
Professor Susan Hallam, MBE said: ‘The research shows there is compelling evidence for the benefits of music education on a wide range of skills including: listening skills which support the development of language skills, awareness of phonics and enhanced literacy; spatial reasoning which supports the development of some mathematical skills; and, where musical activities involve working in groups, a wide range of personal and social skills which also serve to enhance overall academic attainment even when measures of intelligence are taken into account.’
This latest report follows Professor Hallam’s earlier work The power of music: its impact of the intellectual, personal and social development of children and young people (2010).
Visit the MEC website to view an executive summary of the report.
The power of music, - a research synthesis of the impact of actively making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people, a new study by Professor Susan Hallam MBE, UCL Institute of Education, claims that there is ‘compelling evidence’ that music should play an important role in the education of every child.
According to the study, the benefits are best when music activities start early and take place over a long period of time.
Professor Susan Hallam, MBE said: ‘The research shows there is compelling evidence for the benefits of music education on a wide range of skills including: listening skills which support the development of language skills, awareness of phonics and enhanced literacy; spatial reasoning which supports the development of some mathematical skills; and, where musical activities involve working in groups, a wide range of personal and social skills which also serve to enhance overall academic attainment even when measures of intelligence are taken into account.’
This latest report follows Professor Hallam’s earlier work The power of music: its impact of the intellectual, personal and social development of children and young people (2010).
Visit the MEC website to view an executive summary of the report.
