
Topic(s) addressed
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Promoting inclusion through the universal language of music
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Petting our students experience music in an active way
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Creativity and self-expression according to students’ abilities
Target groups
Students from primary to high schools with social and cultural disadvantages and with disabilities
Methodologies
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Multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches– the issue of inclusion analysed by focusing on music and its multiple sides
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The activities designed and implemented to gain knowledge, improve skills, and form (or even change) attitudes to diversity and inclusion
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Creating a fairy tale as an important means to learn about cultural and social diversity through cooperative activities.
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Honing positive skills in the target group through a Maieutic method
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Generating students' creativity, emotions, feelings and ideas through Music Therapy
Environments
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Making music accessible for the many thanks to the activities carried out by 8 institutions
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Innovative cooperation between the music conservatory and music associations for disabled people involving students from various backgrounds
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Combating the prejudice of the “gifted” in learning an instrument
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giving the disabled a chance to learn and experience music
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The final show gathering on the stage people with various disabilities- blind and visually impaired, with Down’s Syndrome, the quadriplegic demonstrating the true inclusion
Teachers
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All teachers shared the common vision of opening new opportunities for all students and fighting prejudices in their schools.
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Professional musicians taught music composition along with curricular subjects.
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Disabled musicians taught to build simple musical instruments adjusted to their physical disabilities.
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Teachers cooperated in activities involving the whole school community.
Impact
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Teachers evolved on professional and personal levels.
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Teachers reinforced their skills in the field of inclusive education.
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The project improved the quality and efficiency of education in schools through innovative
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teaching practices.
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It increased students' competencies in music and Braille music.
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Vulnerable students improved their chances to continue their education, gain a profession and integrate into society.
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The involvement of AccordiAbili association and Portuguese Conservatory emphasised the importance of an alternative way of teaching music.
- Reference
- 2017-1-IT02-KA201-036699
- Project locations
- Italy
- Project category
- Secondary education
- Project year
- 2022
Stakeholders
Coordinators
Scuola Secondaria Statale di Primo Grado " G. Bianco- G. Pascoli"
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- Italy
AccordiAbili
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- Italy
Etablissement Régional d'Enseignement Adapté aux Déficients Visuels Cité scolaire René Pellet
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- France
EPAL KALAMARIAS
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- Greece
Stowarzyszenie Pozytywnych Zmian
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- Poland
• Escola Artística do Conservatório de Música • Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga
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- Portugal
Agrupamento de Escolas de Maximinos
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- Portugal
Denbigh Primary School
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- United Kingdom