Education and Human Development

This research group has as its guiding principle the ideal of human development and the promotion of social well-being mediated by music. It adopts a philosophy of science based on working formulas that articulate Research, Training, Creation and Intervention in the community, integrating a group of researchers with experience in teaching, performance, therapy and artistic intervention in the community. Within the scope of Music Psychology and Pedagogy, she is dedicated to reflecting on the processes of learning, cognition, perception and musical fruition from an interdisciplinary and comprehensive perspective, considering formal, informal and non-formal learning contexts. She has encouraged the creation of methodologies and community intervention projects suitable for populations with specific needs in different educational, social and therapeutic contexts. At national and international level, research into the processes of communication and musical development from birth, the design of educational practices aimed at children based on Edwin Gordon’s theory of musical learning and the intersection with Art for Children stand out. LAMCI-LEC [Laboratory of Music and Communication in Childhood – Laboratory of Scenic Experimentation] has unique logistical conditions that allow it to study musical interaction behaviours similar to naturalistic observation situations. This space provides services to the community, including prenatal singing for pregnant women and couples and the Música de Colo programme for parents, babies and children, which has been running uninterruptedly since 2013.