UNIVERSITY MUSICAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEGREE

It is an obligation for all university teachers to improve the quality of the educational process offered in their subjects. This general maxim is even more important in the field of the training of students of Early Childhood Education Degree, future teachers of students from 0 to 6 years old. They are in charge of creating the learning bases of our future society. With this goal, this study of theoretical reflection is carried out. This document, part of a larger study, focuses on analyzing the musical training that is being offered to these students in eight Universities in Spain, selected for their geographical and curricular diversity. The objective is to understand what is the underlying educational philosophy, what position occupies the teaching of music in the field of Early Childhood Education and what is the learning sought in students, future teachers of this educational stage, checking whether there are significant educational differences depending on the institution. For this purpose, the teaching plans of these Spanish Universities are analysed. Methodologically, it is a study of theoretical reflection, in which a descriptive and comparative analysis is made of the data obtained through documentary sources, from a qualitative perspective. The data referring to three defined categories have been analysed: the musical profile offered, the musical teaching load and the curricular content. Through the analysis and discussion of the data obtained, the document offers proposals of those lines that can be better valued for their possible positive repercussions in the musical training of the students of Early Childhood Education Degree. In this way, it is hoped that this study will serve as a guide for proposing improvements in the study plans in relation to music and its didactics in this Degree.