Development of vocal and creative abilities of modern adolescent schoolchildren as a condition for their acquisition of musical and aesthetic culture

Abstract

The article addresses a relevant issue of general music education as a component of general secondary education, namely the development of vocal and creative abilities of Chinese and Ukrainian adolescent school students in new socio-cultural conditions. Based on the analysis of philosophical, sociological, musicological, music-pedagogical, and methodological literature, as well as pedagogical observations conducted in general secondary education institutions of Ukraine and China, interviews and surveys of experienced music teachers, and future bachelor students majoring in 014 Secondary Education (Music Art), the article presents the main results and conclusions of the study. In particular, the relevance of developing vocal and creative abilities of adolescent students as a component of their musical and aesthetic culture is substantiated; scientific interpretations of the key research categories—musical and aesthetic culture of students as the primary goal of general music education in general secondary education institutions, and vocal and creative abilities—are analyzed; the content of the concept of vocal and creative abilities of adolescent students is clarified; scientific approaches to the study of the phenomenon of “development of vocal and creative abilities of modern adolescents” are examined; and pedagogical conditions for the development of these vocal and creative abilities in new socio-cultural contexts are identified. The study concludes that there is a need for a significant improvement in the quality of music lessons and extracurricular musical activities in both countries, particularly with regard to the purposeful development of vocal and creative abilities of adolescent students. The findings also confirm scholars’ conclusions about the importance of increasing the effectiveness of professional training of future bachelors of music art, especially in terms of developing their vocal and vocal-pedagogical competence. The high relevance of the research topic for both countries is emphasized, and prospects for further research in this field are outlined.