RT Journal Article
T1 (Re)connecting music and ecology. Teacher’s knowledge and perceptions of an interdisciplinary approach for environmental education
A1 Tojeiro Pérez, Laura
A1 Gillanders, Carol
K1 Music
K1 Ecology
K1 Environmental education
K1 Interdisciplinarity
K1 Creativity
AB Although in the past, Music and Ecology have been deeply intertwined; nowadays, they do not usually cross pathways. In the process, great opportunities for their integration in educational settings have been lost, and, thus, their potential for promoting natural, cultural, and social values. This research represents a meeting place between sciences and music, analyzing the historical connections between both subjects, contemplating the relationships of music with nature, and understanding music as part of the environment. Combining both quantitative and qualitative data from music teachers’ surveys and interviews, a mixed-method analysis is presented addressing the main study dimensions: teacher’s knowledge and training in the environmental field, and perception of music teachers about an interdisciplinary approach to the environmental issue. The empirical results of the triangulation, combined with the interdisciplinary theoretical framework, enable to establish didactic analogies between ecology and music, encouraging the re-connection of both disciplines and getting back a scientific approach to music and a musical approach to ecology.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0926-7220
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38242
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38242
LA eng
NO Tojeiro-Pérez, L., Gillanders, C. (Re)connecting music and ecology. Sci & Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-024-00601-4
NO This preprint has not undergone peer review or any post-submission improvements or corrections. The Version of Record of this article is published in Scienc & Education, and is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-024-00601-4
NO This study was funded by Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Educación) in the context of the Support Grants for Pre-doctoral Stage in the universities of the SUG (University System of Galicia)
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026