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Introduction
In the year 2010, the academic staff and postgraduate
students of the Department
of Music at the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno implemented
the extensive empirical research project entitled “Research
on the Use of Multimedia
Technology in Music Education”.
The project was focused on the second grade of primary schools in the Czech
Republic, primarily aimed for retrieval of information
about the knowledge and the
way of use the music software, multimedia applications by
teachers and pupils in the
process of music education.
The presented studies builds on the project results and refl ects them theoretically
in various ways:
• A general evaluation of the contemporary situation
in music education in the
Czech Republic (Crha, Košut)
• Analyses of concrete music software from the educational and practical point
of view (Sedláček, Kunovová)
• The Internet applications in music education –
advantages, problems (Janeč-
ková, Hala, Obršlíková)
• The possibilities of using music software in educational concerts (Olbrzy-
mek)
• The critical analysis of Concept Yamaha Music School in terms of usability in
the process of music education (Veličková)
• The curriculum changes in music education from the
didactical point of view
(Knopová, Richter)
• The axiological aspects of music education in terms of the pupils (Prudíková)
Marek Sedláček
20 December 2010, Brno