Music has a place in everything – from education to the future.

Music is in everything. Humans have incorporated music into their rituals and routines for millennia. Whether through singing or playing musical instruments, compositions have become so ingrained in our concept of humanity that it seems impossible to dissociate them from our lives. 

Several scientists have studied the impact of music on our bodies and minds. It is already known that listening to (or playing) music increases blood flow to brain regions that generate and control emotions. Music can affect our mood by secreting dopamine while we listen to it. The connection between memories (good or bad) and music happens in the same brain region that links music to memories and emotions.

There are various correlations between music and education, such as reading acquisition. The processes involved in the general perception of music are very similar to the process the brain goes through while reading, which involves first recognizing individual letters or sounds and then extracting the meaning of sentences and paragraphs, or melodies. Using music as a pedagogical methodology, the teacher stimulates spontaneity, imagination, creativity, attention, memory, and concentration. The functions of psychological and cognitive aspects constitute the various ways of acquiring knowledge; in other words, they are the mental operations we use to learn and to reason.

Music also contributes to mathematics teaching since both disciplines share the same type of reasoning. Ken Alexander, professor of mathematics at USC Dornsife, says there is a strong connection between the skills needed to play an instrument and those required to solve mathematical problems. Learning to play a musical instrument depends on understanding concepts such as fractions and proportions, which are essential for doing well in math. 

Music education includes listening to, making, and thinking about music (i.e., identifying harmony, tonality, musical forms, and structures). For our tutors at WorldEd School, music can be used to develop musical and social, problem-solving, cognitive, dispositions, and critical thinking skills, improving individuals' academic performance. 

However, the most significant benefit of incorporating music into the school environment is memory stimulation. Several studies have demonstrated the advantage of the association between listening to music and studying, such as increased understanding of the content learned, promoting relaxation, and reducing anxiety.

When educating a Future Thinker, all the resources promoting self-sufficiency and independence are essential. The benefits of incorporating music learning as an extracurricular activity are immense, and the results appear in the short term. 

To form global citizens and future leaders, WorldEd School offers music-related subjects in its curriculum, focusing on both the historical perspective and teaching how to listen to music. Considering developing Future Thinkers, music as a stimulus for critical thinking allows individuals to engage more fully as lifelong learners, independently and collectively, which can be achieved with a high-level educational system.

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