The Effect of Electroacoustic Music in Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships in School Community An Empirical Research for Secondary Education

Abstract

Electroacoustic music, as the contemporary art of sounds originating from the human environment, is selected to play a unifying role of interdisciplinary study areas in school, but also be the vehicle for the school community to form links with the wider society for enhancing students' learning, emotional skills and carrier orientation. Electroacoustic music learning methods are empiricaly proved to play an important role in students' education and in future citizens' attitude and ethics. This paper is based on empirical practices and statistically analysed results. Previous studies, worldwide, have shown a positive relationship between music and academic achievement. This study explores the possible reasons why electroacoustic music positively affects interpersonal relationships in school environment. Educators and curriculum developers may want to include electroacoustic music in their instructional units, on an international level. Bioscientists and psychologists may extend this empirical research to scientific. Since 2012 different empirical educational programmes in Greek European and public schools under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, have aimed to enhance learning and intra-school interpersonal relationships in Secondary Education. The programmes reffered to in this paper discribe the results of electroacoustic music effect on interpersonal relationships in the school environment.