A creative approach to preparing inclusive music lessons: the role of neuropedagogy in inclusive music education

Abstract

The article discusses the issue of music education for children with special needs in children’s art schools. It highlights the most relevant problem, namely, insufficient knowledge among music school teachers and art school teachers about the peculiarities of development and learning of such children. Besides, a significant gap in today’s music education is the lack of appropriate methods and techniques of music instruction that are suitable for learners with special educational needs. The article shows the most common disorders that allow for education in children’s music schools, reveals the difficulties encountered in teaching children with developmental delays and provides corresponding recommendations. The authors of this article believe that principles widely applied in corrective pedagogy can contribute to music education in children’s art schools. These principles include minimization, accessibility, cyclicity, intensification and comprehensiveness. When adapted to music pedagogy, they can be successfully incorporated into the educational process. Also, the article defines the category of children with special needs and describes a creative approach to preparing inclusive music lessons. Finally, it characterizes inclusion in music for children with developmental delays in mental and language abilities and identifies the role of neuropedagogy in inclusive music education.