«Alle Kan Synge»: Sangglæde og social og faglig trivsel i indskolingen via klassekorpædagogik og tolærersystem

Abstract

The community singing project Everyone can sing (AKS) is based on the hypothesis that mandatory high-quality “class choir” from grade 0–3 can promote children’s singing and positively affect their social and academic well-being. Since 2018, AKS runs as a prototype project at Herstedøster School (Albertslund, a Copenhagen suburb). 25% of the children have an ethnic background other than Danish, and the school faces challenges related to children’s well-being and academic level. All 0.–3. classes form separate class choirs, with 1–2 hours per week over 4 years (n = 350). A repertoire of familiar and new songs is developed, and classes perform regularly in and out of school. AKS is a collaboration between the local primary school and parish church. The church recruits experienced choir leaders, who co-teach with a class teacher. The aim of AKS is to develop a generalizable, national model. The accompanying research in the prototype phase is based primarily on qualitative data, highlighting the specific class-choir pedagogy and its foundational co-teacher system as independent variable in the forthcoming controlled study of health effects of AKS. The AKS pedagogy is investigated through interviews, (video) observation and log-books. Based on qualitative data only, the chapter provides a preliminary characteristic of the innovative AKS pedagogy.