Music as an inclusion tool: can primary school teachers use it effectively?

Abstract

The music education subject, which is part of the curriculum area of arts, and music as a whole, as an educational activity by the teacher, is necessary to be used in activities with students for effective teaching in primary schools. It is very important that the teacher, during educational activities, includes, in every subject, music as a teaching tool with the aim of inclusiveness for all students in the classroom. The purpose of this research is to get teachers’ opinions on whether they can use music as a tool for inclusiveness for effective teaching in primary schools. This research was carried out with primary school teachers, grades 1-5, with the aim of incorporating music in all subjects as a tool for inclusiveness. The research methodology is oriented to the review of the literature that deals with this topic, and the semi-structured interview with primary school teachers in Kosovo. From this research, we have obtained satisfactory results, which argue our topic that music is an effective tool in inclusiveness on primary school education.