THE USE OF MUSIC AS A PANACEA TO THE CHALLENGE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Felix Sunday Yakdughur, & Dutse Ishaya Abari
College of Education, Gindiri,
Girls’ High School, Gindiri,
Email: ajalam2003@yahoo.com
Abstract
The need for an effective tool for teaching and learning, which is the yearning of both teachers and students, has necessitated this paper. This effective and viable tool is known to be Music and it has been proven over time. This paper seeks to define the concepts music, teaching and learning in the 21st century. It also suggests how necessary it is to encourage music education in the classroom for effective learning. The paper states how education can be brought home, using the instrumentality of music, enumerating its effects when intentionally used in the classroom. Again, it spells out specific ways music can be used in the classroom and recommends training of teachers on the principles of using music , and the need to introduce music as a subject at all levels of education and the corporation of both the teachers and the learners for motivation. Finally, it indicates how music is used to retain and sustain concepts in Nigeria that have been held in high esteem.