Eläkeläisille suunnatun soitonopetuksen taustoitus, suunnittelu & käyttöönotto : reunaehtoja kartoittamassa
Honkkila, Tuomas (2020)
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Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to examine music education given specifically for retirees. Music education is regulated by the Finnish national board of education in their curriculum for basic music education. The purpose was also to plan a pilot group for pensioner students in Sastamala school of music. Theoretical framework of this work discusses laws, the curriculum and a precedent lawsuit as they pertain to music education. Also in the examination part a questionnaire was sent to music schools in Pirkanmaa and Satakunta area in order to find out how much music education is currently offered to pensioners. Some statements in favor of expanding the mission of Finnish music schools to include more diverse groups as students were introduced. Music-induced health benefits and specific third age-dependent factors were studied in the planning section. Findings from these were applied to in a pilot group of pensioner piano students that was implemented in Sastamala school of music. The group was set up in accordance with the aforementioned curriculum requirements.
The number of retirees currently applying for music basic education is low, as is the amount of opportunities for them to study. Little age-specific marketing for third-age students is to be found. It is not legal to discriminate applicants based on age. As people are living increasingly longer and healthier lives, it is justifiable to seek to expand music education to include this growing number of adult students. Music as a hobby can also help to maintain physical and psychological health.
As awareness of availability of music education is low among pensioners, music schools should be active in their efforts to offer study possibilities specifically for them. Marketing may require extensive emphasis. If participation is low, already existing implementations are in danger of withering away. The main differences in learning when adults and children are compared seems to be their way of processing new information. It is easier for adults to learn if they can incorporate new information easily to their existing thought patterns. According to studies and information gathered with the pilot-group there are no major age-related impediments for the ability to learn music in an advanced age. The differences are largely individual, as they are in any age.
The number of retirees currently applying for music basic education is low, as is the amount of opportunities for them to study. Little age-specific marketing for third-age students is to be found. It is not legal to discriminate applicants based on age. As people are living increasingly longer and healthier lives, it is justifiable to seek to expand music education to include this growing number of adult students. Music as a hobby can also help to maintain physical and psychological health.
As awareness of availability of music education is low among pensioners, music schools should be active in their efforts to offer study possibilities specifically for them. Marketing may require extensive emphasis. If participation is low, already existing implementations are in danger of withering away. The main differences in learning when adults and children are compared seems to be their way of processing new information. It is easier for adults to learn if they can incorporate new information easily to their existing thought patterns. According to studies and information gathered with the pilot-group there are no major age-related impediments for the ability to learn music in an advanced age. The differences are largely individual, as they are in any age.