Muzikos pedagogų autoritarizmo ir pedocentrizmo nuostatų specifika ugdymo kontekste

• Main Author: Gribačiauskas, Edvardas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Artide
• Online Access: http://su.lvb.lt/SU:ELABAPDB3322097&prefLang=en_US

The article deals with fhe negative phenomenon of the educator's authoritarianism in the context of the problems in musical education. It is hypothetically presumed that humanistic-democratic and authoritarian attitudes are theoretically as well as empirically contradictory. They are opposing and contradictory constructs of consciousness and sodai behavior. The proposition is made that current studies on authoritarianism in sociology and education and the phenomenon of authoritarianism itself have become the object of inter-disdpKnary researches and should be continued. The negative aspect of authoritarianism in the sphere of music has stronger consequences due to inherent humanism and subtly expressed spirituality in it. The artide presents fheoretical interpretations of authoritarianism, characteristic for teachers of music, the analysis of the survey, which involved 149 teachers of music, the results and also attitudes of general pedagogy towards authoritarianism and tendencies of its demonstration. The results of the research are analyzed and the preconditions for the demonstration of authoritarianism, spiritual humanism and educator's centrism are revealed. Inner dangers of the demonstration of authoritarian attitudes specific for musical education are also presented. A negative and a schoolchild discriminating factor-gender stereotype choosing the instrument to play music-is being discussed. The conclusion is made that the research provides wide opportunities in music teacher training fhus emphasizing humanistic aspect of education while eliminating tendencies of demonstration of authoritarianism.