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List of Authors
Doc. PhDr. Bedřich Crha, CSc.
Doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D.
Mgr. Dagmar Janečková
PhDr. Blanka Knopová, CSc.
Prof. Michal Košut, Ph.D.
Mgr. Lucie Kunovová
Mgr. Petra Obršlíková
MgA. Marek Olbrzymek
Mgr. Markéta Prudíková
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Richter
PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D.
Mgr. Magda Veličková

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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

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