Autoperception of the development of musical competencies of future generalist teachers: a diagnostic analysis

The study programmes of the Primary Education degree include a compulsory subject related to basic aspects of music teaching. The purpose is to provide future generalist teachers with tools to use music as another didactic resource in the classroom. The main objective of this study is to analyse the self-perception of specific musical competences of the students of this subject., specifically in the Primary Education degree of the University of Barcelona. An evaluation of programs has been carried out through an ad hoc questionnaire, applied before and after the completion of the subject, to a sample of 72 students. The results obtained indicate the acquisition of basic musical skills by the students who did not have out-of-school musical knowledge, but there are some factors that could be improved, such as the low score in musical skills that require more time for their consolidation or the little evolution of the students who did have previous musical knowledge. Based on the analysis of the results, some proposals for improvement are made that may be applicable not only to the subject analysed here but also to other subjects that work similar in other universities.