INTEGRAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF

TEACHING MUSIC

Tena Čačić, PhD

OŠ Josipa Zorića, Dugo Selo, Hrvatska

Content

• Integral theory - Ken Wilber• AQAL• Four quadrants• Integral education• The use of integral model in teaching music -

analysis of songs through four quadrants

Integral theory - Ken Wilber

WHY

Picture 1. AQAL map. source: formless mountain, an integral atelier. www.formlessmountain.com

Four quadrants

Picture 1. Four quadrants. Source: www.kheper.net

Intentional Behavioural

CulturalSocial

feelings, thoughts

Quadrants are four perspectives through which we understand the world, the four dimensions of ourselves, our lives and personal experience.

Example: at the moment you can be aware of your feelings, observe your behavior, physical characteristics, you can understand somebody else or share mutual feelings with someone to whom you care and also be networked with various social groups such as family and colleagues at work

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psychoanalysisintrospectionmeditationstructuralismphenomenologymathematics

anthropologyhermeneuticsethno methodologycritical theory of culturesemanticshistoryclassical structuralism

behaviorismcognitive sciencechemistry,biologyneuroscienceempirical science

sociologyecologysystems thinkingfunctionalismcomplexity theoryinformation theoryengineering

Integral education

• “It is understood that the development takes place in a specific waves of growing comprehensiveness and inclusiveness”

(Wilber, 2004.)• www.ciis.edu

Instructions for the analysis of the songs through four quadrantsINTERIOR INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICSHow do I experience the song and how influence me certain external characteristics does it invoke certain feelings? How do I perceive changes in the melody, causing a change of mood?What I want to do when I hear that song?How do I feel when I hear song’s distinctive riffs, rhythm or memorable part in a sudden situation, on an unusual place pr. bank, train station, school, street, restaurant, etc.? How the change of dynamics in the song affects me?Do I understand the lyrics? Can I "find myself" in the text? Does it in invokes in me the desire for a certain lifestyle?

EXTERIOR INDIVIDUAL FEATURESMelody (sung, speeches, large or small scale, uniform, jumpy, long, short, repeated whether, if so, how much time, is there a song recognizable chorus, “if it enters in the ear“) Tempo (fast, slow, moderate, changeable, where changes, is the change of tempo connected with the text of the song..)Dynamics (uniform, sudden changes, gradual changes..)Rhythm (uniform movement, diverse, distinctive, more important than melody, more important than the text..)Text (what is the song’s story, does it tell something...?)

INTERIOR COLLECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Does the song have meaning for the community in which you live?What is the general opinion of the vast majority of members of your class, school, wider circle of acquaintances about that song? What does your family think about the song?Is there any association of your group binding with this singer? What evokes that song in your family?What your family members associate with that singer band?

EXTERIOR COLLECTIVE CHARACTERISTICSWhat is the music style of that song?(rock, pop, rap, r&b, soul, jazz...)When was it created?Who published it? Whas it self published? Who was involved in the release of the album, the making of the video? (professional dancers, actors, people from the street, passers-by, models, friends singer / singers / groups, the spot is homemade ...)Is there a particular style of dressing and appearance of a person connected with that song / group? Describe that style in detail (eg. Baggy pants, tight shirts...)

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