Embodied Learning Through and for Collaborative Multimodal Composing: A Case in a Finnish Lower Secondary Music Classroom
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyzes how embodied learning was enhanced in a project in which students made a music video with a tablet, combining music and movement compositions, in a Finnish seventh-grade music classroom. Student interviews and reflections, as well as researcher’s field notes were used as material for the analysis. In the project, embodied learning took place through active participation and multi-sensory perception and experiences. Learning was enhanced by focusing students’ attention to and awareness of each activity and their kinesthetic experiences, then by reflective assignments. Preparations for the music and movement compositions included explorative and improvisational Dalcroze-, Orff-, and Laban-based music-and-movement exercises, the rehearsal of movement material for composition, and the creation of a safe and comfortable social space. Making the video fostered embodied learning since it required students to remember, re-experience, and apply previous activities, and incorporated multimodal expression. Tablets served as easy and manageable digital tools for meaning-making and multimodal expression in addition to making achievements both explicit and shareable.
DOI: 10.26209/ijea21n29
Author: Juntunen, Marja-Leena
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3097087637