FINDING MY MELODY!

Abstract

Background:
 For nearly 30 years I have worked as a music teacher in different positions, mainly as a
classroom teacher in primary and secondary school, but also as a principal in a «Culture school»
and with music students at the University of Stavanger.
 I have become more and more interested in the connection between creativity and learning
processes in general, also in order to meet the needs of pupils with different learning difficulties.
 The theoretical basis for my practical teaching are mainly the works of John Dewey
(especially his book «Art as experience»), Jean Piaget, Howard Gardner («Multiple Intelligences»),
Keith Swanwick («A Basis for Musical Education») and the Russian constructivist psychologist
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky.
Theme for the workshop:
Finding my melody!