Three fields of activity are interconnected in the MUS-E programme.
Artistic
Art is all too often given minimum attention in the school curriculum, but is is a powerful tool to awaken and stimulate children’s curiosity for learning. The MUS-E programme is a meaningful, effective and unique addition to existing music and art classes offered by schools..
Pedagogical
MUS-E’s artistic approach to school education helps children to enjoy school as a place ot learn and socialize. It also helps teachers to discover an additional teaching strategy focused on every child’s needs, abilities, level of development and cultural background. MUS-E activities are based on the premise that children have their own way of processing knowledge and culture, so that if schools are able to leverage this, they become key social agents. The partnership between teachers and visiting artists enables the teacher’s function of heloping children in their quest for knowledge. Moreover, teachers can use the MUS-E experience and practice to support teaching other subjects on the school curriculum.
Social
The schools benefiting from the MUS-E programme are mainly located in lower income districts with few cultural stimuli and/or high concentration of diverse backgrounds. By triggering children’s creativity, their capacity for resilience to adverse social circumstances is strenghtened. MUS-E optimizes the creative resources of the children and families, and the wealth of their cultural diversity.