Where in Musicotherapy Should Music Educators Be?

Abstract

Education has been developing since the day man originated as one of the basic requirements for each field and training each individual who has entered social life by teaching the requirements in this life, education furnishes them with a chance to be a part of the society. On the other hand, there are numerous people in this social life facing various difficulties every day either innate or acquired and teachers are those who encounter such people most frequently. The fact that music educators lack training in therapy is a significant deficiency and how much and in what way should therapy be in music education and how much and in what way should music educators be involved in the process? How can appropriate studies be achieved without mixing education with therapy and by directing those in need of therapy to learn what kind of a therapy they need? In this study, what a music educator can contribute to and in what cases s/he can be of help are dealt with as well as analysing the requirements of musicotherapy with an educator’s perspective to enable music educators to get acquainted with and interested in this area

Keywords

• Music therapy  Music education  Teachers

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