음악교육이 교과 학습 및 정서 발달에 미치는 영향

The Influences of Music Education on Academic Achievements and the Development of Aesthetic Sentiments

This paper aims at finding how an important role music education plays in school where music education is pretty much ignored and recognizing music education makes great contributions not only to the development of aesthetic sentiments but also to academic achievement. The issues focused on in the research are the effect of music education on academic performance, the influence of music education on character-building, and the influence of music education on the development of aesthetic sentiments in the course of a person s growing. The results gained from the analysis of the survey are as follows. First, the earlier music education is started, the more influences it have on the development of aesthetic sentiments. Second, students who have received music education continuously show relatively higher academic achievement. Third, music has great influences on emotions. Fourth, music education in adolescence helps students greatly to develop aesthetic sentiments. The results of the survey show that music education offered in childhood has a powerful influences on the students academic results and development of their aesthetic sentiments as well. So, it is desired that students be given as many chances as possible to take more active part in getting closer to music in their preferably earlier stage.