Musical competences of preschool and early childhood educators

Poticanje senzibiliteta za glazbu i razvijanje glazbenih sposobnosti u predškolskoj dječjoj dobi neposredno je povezan uz glazbene kompetencije odgojitelja i njihovu kreativnost u realizaciji glazbenih aktivnosti s djecom vrtićke dobi. Ovaj je rad stoga u svom istraživanju usmjeren na utvrđivanje glazbenih kompetencija odgojitelja djece rane i predškolske dobi, ispitivala su se i utvrđivala stečena glazbena znanja i vještine odgojitelja i studenata kroz formalno obrazovanje, te je izvršeno i propitivanje učestalosti primjene glazbenih aktivnosti, napose pjevanja i sviranja u svakodnevnom radu s djecom predškolske dobi. Empirijsko istraživanje, koje je provedeno u Dječjem vrtiću „Vladimira Nazora“ u Zagrebu, pokazuje nam da su odgojitelji uglavnom zadovoljni stečenim znanjem i kompetencijama na fakultetu, a u neposrednom radu s djecom često provode glazbene aktivnosti. Isto tako, ispitanici iskazuju da često pjevaju dječje pjesme, ali vrlo rijetko ili nikada ne sviraju glazbeni instrument.Encouraging sensibility for music and developing musical skills in preschool children is directly related to the musical competencies of preschool teachers and their creativity in the realization of musical activities with children of kindergarten age. This paper is therefore focused on determining the musical competencies of early childhood and preschool educators. It also examined and determined the acquired musical knowledge and skills of preschool teachers and students through formal education, and examined the frequency of use of music activities, especially singing and playing musical instruments in daily work with preschool children. An empirical study, conducted at the Kindergarten "Vladimir Nazor" in Zagreb, shows that preschool teachers are generally satisfied with the acquired knowledge and competences at the faculty, and often organize musical activities in direct work with children. Respondents also say that they often sing children's songs, but very rarely or never play a musical instrument