Music Listening and Critical Thinking: Teaching Using a Constructivist Paradigm
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Music Listening and Critical Thinking Teaching Using a Constructivist Paradigm
Music, a universal human endeavor, offers a unique perspective on studying the humanities. Studying music combines the intellectual and emotional meaning listeners make from music, engaging them in aesthetically focused-activities. In this article, the benefits of teaching music using a methodology based on critical thinking are discussed. Additionally, the nature of critical thinking as an ins...
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1447-9508,1447-9559
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9508/cgp/v02/41267