Disadvantages Of Music In Schools

Music programs are being cut from an increasing number of schools across the country each day. Making the choice to rid a school of its music program is like making the choice to rid a school of its education all together. Music in schools is much more than an elective, and few people know this. It is a tool that affects students in a way that will help them succeed and become more intelligent members of society. It alters the way the brain develops, the way someone learns, and strengthens motor-skills. It increases brain activity, changes how people feel, and leads to better memory retention. Overall, music strengthens the brain and gives a person life long advantages. Listening to music, playing music, and singing have too many educational …show more content…
A study performed by Lisa Korenman and Zehra Peynircioglu (2007) found that, in general, auditory presentation leads to better learning and memory than does visual presentations. This explains why the catchy, simple songs learned in preschool and kindergarten, such as "The Alphabet Song", "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes", and "Days of the Week", are still so easy to recall even years later as adults. They also found that although initial learning benefits more from auditory presentation, longer-term memory benefits more from visual presentation. Auditory presentation is a vital method of education. Any class and any teacher at any school may use visuals as a part of teaching a lesson, but while using the visual, it is explained verbally and audibly. In Catherine Kirk 's article, 12 facts about music affecting the brain, from Angela Hampton 's article entitled "A cognitive Crescendo - How Music Affects the Brain", were listed. One of those facts says that research was done on the link between musical training and verbal skills. The research found that language processing areas of the brain are involved in musical processing (2012). This is why students who are involved with music, have greater language skills than those who are not involved with music. This is also why music students have higher reading and english test …show more content…
The younger the child is when they begin playing, the greater the benefits are. As the child grows and learns, the child is at a critical point in development. Instruments such as the piano, help with dexterity, which is the skillful use of fingers. It also helps with fine-motor skills like the hands and feet. Children who play instruments have a head start on improving their motor-skills. Since these children are improving those skills faster than other children, they tend to have an easier time in preschool and are typically ahead in other areas of development because there is more time that can be spent working on these other areas since the motor-skills are more than