Journal for the Interdisciplinary Art and Education
Yazarlar: ["Sandra SİNSCH"]
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Anahtar Kelimeler:Music education,Music therapy,Music geragogy,Alzheimer,Senior citizens,Music pedagogy,Music in old age
Özet: Music educational processes in old age require a specific approach. Methodological and didactic approaches from music education traditionally target children and adolescents in research and teaching. In Germany, the independent academic discipline of music geragogy emerged a few years ago. This article highlights the scientific background and practical applications of this new discipline. Music geragogy is located at the interface of music education and geragogy, the study of education and learning in old age. Since life expectancy is continuously increasing, it is necessary to understand, on the basis of methodological principles and best practice examples, what musical work with seniors must look like in order to promote the quality of life of the 60+ age group and to enable educational participation into old age, even with physical and mental ailments. 60-year-olds today are much more active and healthier than the previous generation. As a result, the demands on the quality of life in retirement age have also increased. For a long time, ageing research only focused on what seniors could no longer do due to physical and mental losses. Due to a paradigm shift in research, the focus is now on the competences and resources of seniors that are still available. Under the umbrella term of “successful ageing”the focus is on the abilities and experiences still available from one’s biography, which are linked to educational offers. Music is an excellent field for transferring this resource- and competence-oriented perspective on ageing into practice. Studies show that more than half of 80-year-olds are still convinced that it is possible to acquire or develop artistic skills in old age. Apart from the motivation to be artistically active by playing an instrument or participating in a choir, social contacts or personality-building elements are important for the older generation. In addition to music activities with like-minded people, playing instruments and singing together with younger people, for example the grandchildren, also plays a role, the so-called intergenerational music-making.The methods and insights of music geragogy make it possible for actors such as educational institutions, institutions for the elderly, hospitals and private providers to adapt to the specific needs of the clientele. The spectrum ranges from activities for engaged, healthy seniors to musical support for dementia patients. Interdisciplinary networks of music geragogy exist with disciplines such as geropsychology, geragogy, geriatric medicine, social work, music therapy and nursing sciences.