ABSTRACT
The paper looks into the analysis of theoretical findings for comprehending the transmedia and transmedia competence in the light of pre-service music teachers’ training. The paper’s objectives are to substantiate the transmedia educational projects in music art and disseminate the experience of its development and implementation for enhancing pre-service music teachers’ transmedia competence. The study is based on theoretical (analysis of scientific literature, generalisation and interpretation of project results) and empirical (developing transmedia educational project, conducting the survey for studying pre-service music teachers’ interest in transmedia activities) methods. Based on the theoretical findings, the authors present three stages of doing the transmedia projects (preparatory stage, practical and creative stage, organisational and reflective stage). The experience of implementing transmedia projects is highlighted in the example of the educational project ‘Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Life in Music’. The research effective in implementing the transmedia technology in pre-service teachers’ education.
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Ethical approval statement
Before conducting the study, ethics approval was obtained from the committee of ethics and academic integrity at SHEI ‘Donbas State Pedagogical University’. The study was organised as a natural educational process. All the university students, who participated in the study, were informed about the study aims. The data were collected by using the questionnaires developed in GoogleForms, anonymity was assured.
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Liudmyla Havrilova
Liudmyla Havrilova, Ph.D. in Art Studies (research into the development of opera in the early twentieth century), Dr. Hab. in Pedagogy (studying the potential of using computers in music education), Professor, Head of the Department of Primary Education Theory and Practice, SHEI ‘Donbas State Pedagogical University’, Sloviansk, Ukraine. Current scientific interests include the issues of education digitalisation, primary school teacher music training. Editor-in-chief of the electronic scientific journal ‘Professionalism of the Teacher: Theoretical and Methodological Issues’. Partner of the project ‘Enhancing Democracy Education in Ukraine, Norway and Palestine’ (CPEA-LT-2017/10037). Leader of Jean Monnet Module under Erasmus+ Programme ‘Ukraine – EU: Intercultural Communication in Education’ (620354-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE).
Olena Beskorsa
Olena Beskorsa, Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor of the Department of Primary Education Theory and Practice, SHEI ‘Donbas State Pedagogical University’, Sloviansk, Ukraine. Member of the editorial board of electronic scientific ‘Professionalism of the Teacher: Theoretical and Methodological Issues’. Internship within the project ‘Enhancing Democracy Education in Ukraine, Norway and Palestine’ (CPEA-LT-2017/10037). Academic coordinator of Jean Monnet Module under Erasmus+ Programme ‘Ukraine – EU: Intercultural Communication in Education’ (620354-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE). The field of research interests includes methods and innovative technologies of pre-service teacher training, developing pre-service primary school teachers’ socio-cultural competence, developing and implementing project activities in professional education, etc. In recent years, she has been interested in using digital technologies in music education.
Valentyna Oriekhova
Valentyna Oriekhova, PhD in Pedagogy, the Head of the Department of Mass Events and Leisure Organization at Donetsk Regional Palace of Children’s and Youth Creativity, Sloviansk, Ukraine. Valentyna Oriekhova has experience teaching musical courses at secondary school and higher education institutions. Current scientific interests are issues of pre-service music teachers’ professional training, investigating the concept of ‘transmedia’ in pedagogical theory and practice, developing pre-service music teachers’ transmedia competence.
Liliya Khmarna
Liliya Khmarna, Ph.D. student in Donbas State Pedagogical University; Senior Lecturer of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Education, Donetsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Current scientific interests are issues of music teachers’ media literacy development.