Abstract
The university textbook Chapters on Creative Music Education is a publication of the project Creative Interaction as a Source of Motivation and Innovation in the Teaching of University Teachers and in Undergraduate Preparation of Music Education Teachers. It was implemented by the Department of Music Education of the Faculty of Education of Charles University in the period from October 2022 to June 2023 and produced with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the National Renewal Plan and NextGeneration EU.
It presents a compendium of diverse topics concerning music education didactics and music activities, linked by the creative aspect, and focuses both on the development of students' creativity in the teaching process and on the motivated creative approach of the teacher to instruction. The introductory part of the publication is based on the theoretical principles of contemporary music education, including current trends and needs of music education practice.
Special attention is given to aspects of creative music education in the context of music activities and their complex interconnection. Various ways to facilitate the creative development of vocal as well as music and movement activities, inspiring stimuli for the active perception of music, elementary improvisation and composing are presented.
Musically creative stimuli are identified in the context of the application of modern technologies or inclusive education. The textbook contains a set of model music educational situations with the application of vocal, instrumental, music and movement or listening activities, and with an emphasis on creative activities.
The model didactic situations are supplemented with musical examples, schematic and thematic illustrations and additional creative ideas. The textbook appendix provides documentary photographs of the project implementation.
The authors of the textbook are mainly university teachers in the field of music didactics, education or disciplines related to the didactics of music education, both from the Czech Republic and abroad. In addition to these university teachers, lecturers from the Society for Music Education of the Czech Republic and the Czech Orff Society also contribute to the presentation of model music educational situations.