Interactive games at music lessons in traditional and mixed educational formats

Abstract

This article describes the organizational and technological peculiarities how to use of didactic games which are based on various forms of group interaction at music lessons; it also highlights the contours of their classification according to the main lines of contents of general artistic education. By example of L. Rymar’s games such as "Song puzzle", “Concert by requests”, "Secular conversation", "What sounded at the concert", their teaching methodology in different educational formats (traditional, mixed and distance) has been demonstrated; the moderating factors of interaction, which provide the maximum involvement of pupils to the educational process and optimize the independent search of a solution of the problems, have been identified as well. L.Rymar’s games have been adapted and implemented in pedagogical practice of primary and secondary schools.

The effectiveness of these games depends on a clear definition of the basic idea, the rules of the game, well thought-out and detailed planning of the procedural component, specification of methodological tools of the each stage, coordination of actions of pedagogical interaction’s participants, reflection of educational activity. The challenges of the digital modernization of education stimulate the search for ways to rationally combine of traditional technologies, forms and methods of general music education with distance and mixed forms of learning activities, mastering the teacher's skills to work with various educational web services.

The authors present examples of using the resource capabilities of online educational platforms such as ZOOM, Google Classroom, "My Class" in the process of implementing group forms of interaction of the educational process’ actors at music lessons. At the same time they emphasize the significance of flexibility and criticality of the teacher's methodological thinking, focus the attention on the need for minimization of Internet risks.