Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
30th EAS Conference 9th ISME European Regional Conference, Lyon, Fransa, 24 - 27 Mayıs 2023, ss.38-39
In
the growing digital world and with the rise of mobile technology, mobile
devices such as smartphones and tablets have become enormously powerful tools
for teaching and learning in schools. Therefore, many schools in different
countries provide tablets for all their students and teachers to use in
classrooms. This research examines different apps suitable for music learning
to promote children’s creative and innovative skills. As music educators, we
often ask how we can help our students learn to think in musical ways,
essentially through a creative and innovative approach. One of the ways in the
current digital world is using technologies, especially educational apps in the
music classroom, that would enable music learning and entertainment, along with
composition and production. However, choosing the right apps developed with an
educational syllabus adapted to children’s specific characteristics and needs
is vital for teachers. An educational app must foster active, engaged,
meaningful, and socially interactive learning. In this context, various music
apps in Google Play were selected according to the highest rating and download
scores. Besides, music teachers were asked for their most commonly used music
apps in the classroom. In analysing the music apps objectively through a
quantitative approach, a reliable rubric called REVEAC (Rubric for the
Evaluation of Educational Apps for Preschool Children). A descriptive
methodology, including content analysis, was conducted to evaluate the apps
within the context of music learning, creativity, composition, and production.
The findings were also analysed to determine whether the music apps provide a
music pedagogy for developing children’s creative thinking abilities through
Torrance’s (1977) three concepts of creative thinking: fluency, flexibility,
and originality. The findings of this study and some implications will be
discussed in terms of educational content within creativity and innovation in
the music classroom, including design, functionality, and technical
characteristics.
Key words: educational apps, music
apps, creative and innovative thinking, rubric, mobile apps