MUSIC TRAINING INFLUENCES ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING IMPROVEMENT

ABSTRACT

TEACHING METHODS ARE NOT ENOUGH IN TODAY'S SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. BY STUDYING THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BY PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MACAO, WE CAN FIND A DIRECTION TO PROMOTING EDUCATORS' DEMAND FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION. THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE ATTITUDES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MACAO TOWARD INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, AS WELL AS THE FEASIBILITY AND NECESSITY OF DEVELOPING A CREATIVE CURRICULUM, THROUGH IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH THE EXPERIENCES AND REACTIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MACAO. SIMULTANEOUSLY, ENCOURAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MACAO TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL METHODS SO THAT MACAO SOCIETY CAN RETHINK THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH LIES IN IMPROVING TEACHERS' AWARENESS OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND PROMOTING TEACHERS' UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATION. IN EDUCATION, INNOVATION INCLUDES NEW TEACHING THEORIES, METHODS, TECHNIQUES, AND RESOURCES. THEREFORE, THE EDUCATION INNOVATION IS TO THINK ABOUT THINGS CREATIVELY, AND INNOVATION IS TO DO CREATIVE THINGS. BY INTERVIEWING ELEVEN LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MACAU, WE LEARNED THEIR VIEWS ON INNOVATIVE EDUCATION TEACHING METHODS. ALTHOUGH, A LIMITATION OF THE STUDY IS THAT ONLY A FEW FACULTY MEMBERS WERE SELECTED, WHICH MAY NOT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE PRIMARY TEACHER IN MACAU.  THE STUDY DRAWS FOUR MAIN CONCLUSIONS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE VIEW OF PRIMARY TEACHER IN LOCAL EDUCATION, IT CAN KNOW THAT MACAO PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDERSTANDING AND COGNITION OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION. THOUGH OF UNDERSTANDING OF MACAU’S PRIMARY TEACHER’S ATTITUDE IN INNOVATION TEACHING, WHICH CAN FIND THE FEASIBILITY OF INNOVATION TEACHING IN MACAU. AT THE SAME TIME, UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT FACTOR IN MACAU INNOVATION EDUCATION, IT CLARIFIES THE MAIN CHALLENGING OF PRIMARY TEACHER PRACTICE INNOVATION TEACHING IN MACAU. ON THE OTHER HAND, THOUGHT OF UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHER’S ATTITUDE, WE CAN MORE UNDERSTANDING THE REAL SITUATION IN MACAU’S EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND ENCOURAGE THE TEACHER PROMOTED EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION IN MACAU