Psychological and Managerial Aspects of Music Teacher’s Social-Emotional Competence

Abstract

At the present stage of education development, new competencies are being put forward, which requires serious changes in teacher training. In the context of holistic and social constructivist approaches to the process of the development of students’ creativity and self-expression across musical activity, music teacher’s social-emotional competence has become especially relevant nowadays, which, in turn, puts forward the need to revise and strengthen the psychological and managerial aspects in the content of the training of a future music teacher. Objective of the study: psychological and managerial aspects of music teachers’ social-emotional competence. Aim of the study: to investigate psychological and managerial aspects of music teacher’s social-emotional competence in the content of music teacher training programs according to social and emotional goals in modern music education. Analysing European documents and scientific works of the last decades, as well as data from focus group (11 music teachers) discussions in which Latvian music teachers participated, the main results of the study are: a) social and emotional goals in modern music education; b) psychological and managerial aspects in competence profile of music teacher. Author concluded that due to global changes in society, philosophy and humanitarian sciences, the field of education needs to be transformed, including the content and process of teacher training. For creation of a positive and supportive emotional environment in the classroom, it is necessary to include music teachers’ curriculum a) live musical communication; b) building an understanding about the value of music as cultural heritage of family, community and the nation as a whole; c) psychological and managerial basis in support of cooperation between teacher and students as equal partners in musical, research and other kinds of activity.