RT Journal Article
T1 Songs and singing songs in early childhood education: A review of Spanish curriculum policy
A1 Casal de la Fuente, Lucía
A1 Gillanders, Carol
K1 Curriculum
K1 Early childhood education
K1 Policy
K1 Singing
K1 Songs
AB This paper aims to explore Spanish curriculum policy related to song in early childhood education. By means of a document analysis, the different state governments' guidelines were reviewed. Song and singing songs are included in the official documents as curriculum content, as a pedagogical tool to approach curriculum content, and as an activity that helps promote personal and social development. In the first case, song is associated with the interpretative, aesthetic or artistic values to be enhanced in the early childhood; in the second case, singing songs is identified as a means to approach foreign languagelearning and as a way to gain a better understanding of culture; and lastly, as an activity that can help strengthen group cohesion, interpersonal relationships and the sense of belonging to a community. The present study findings suggest that song is takeninto account as a valuable educational means in early childhood curriculum. Further study is needed to analyse how singing is approached in teacher education and how it is integrated into teachers' daily practices
PB John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PB British Educational Research Association
SN 1469-3704
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/28796
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/28796
LA eng
NO Casal de la Fuente, L., & Gillanders, C. (2021). Songs and singing songs in early childhood education: A review of Spanish curriculum policy. The Curriculum Journal, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.134
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026