Musicmotricity: Music as psychomotor tool for Physical Education

Abstract

Music stimulates emotions, the lack of inhibition and the mood. For that reason, it is considered as a very interesting educational resource. Nevertheless, its application seems to be little developed in school didactic schedules, apart from music subject. Its utility brings to light in the area of Physical Education as a pshycomotor complement, regarding the relationship between emotions, knowledge and motricity, which benefits a holistic competence development of students. However, there is some lack academic support in that sense, and the educational community presents doubts about how to implement musicmotricity in their classes. It is noted that the use of music in Physical Education is usually reduced to an accompaniment of dance classes, missing this way its creative and communicational characteristics. Therefore, it is here justified the proposal of its use, and both tools and resources are offered, as well as an example of a teaching unit to help its implementation.