Academic Achievement and Emotional Education Using Music Learning in Spain

Abstract

In the current research work, we intend to analyse the effect of music on developing students' academic performance, self-concept and emotional development. We work with experimental data gathered from an application of special music lessons at schools aimed at developing students' learning and at educating their emotions in the academic year 2018–2019. These music lessons consisted of collective, cooperative, practical, and experiential musical activities. Our results show that this intervention had a positive influence on students' emotional development; nevertheless, it does not seem to influence students' academic achievement or their self-concept.