Le potenzialità della musica per promuovere l’inclusione nel curricolo della scuola del primo ciclo: dati da una ricerca nazionale

Music meets educational needs of all pupils and it is a great opportunity to promote inclusion within the curriculum. In an interdisciplinary perspective, music allows to improve the inclusiveness of the curriculum even in presence of severe disabilities because it promotes an integrated and holistic growth, it motivates participation in collective activities and it helps to develop the respect for differences. In the international overview, music is considered an indicator of inclusion and a significant aspect of the human functioning. In consideration of this framework, the paper presents the first results of a national theoretical-exploratory research about the use of music to promote inclusion in the curriculum in the first cycle of education (primary school and lower secondary school). The results prove that music is a context factor that allows the participation of all students, even with special educational needs, it facilitates the development of transversal skills useful for learning other subjects, and it promotes the well-being at school.