Work-capacity care
Pedagogy
Music
Welcome to my Website!
During my lessons, children inspire, develop and teach me to the same extent as I am trying to teach them. They make me learn more about myself, about flexibility and acceptance. They motivate me to develop. During my work, I encountered many kinds of children, parents, colleagues, and situations. These conversations and meetings helped me learn a lot and most of the time also encouraged me to seek further ways of development. Being a teacher means continuous learning.
I have been working in music schools since 1997
I have been holding work-capacity care sessions since 2013
I graduated as a special needs educator and therapist (physical disabilities) in 2012 at the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education, Eötvös Loránd University, majoring in somatic pedagogy.
I passed the teacher’s professional examination and the Music work-capacity care in 2017 at the Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology In 2020, I graduated from the Apor Vilmos Catholic College with an MA in Education.
I have tried to gather and share information that is important and interesting to me on some of the topics I have come across during my work or studies. I also collected my studies I have written during my academic years.
Musical Work Capacity Development
One of the main reasons for school dropouts of underprivileged children with special education
needs, integration, learning, and behavioral challenges, is the reoccurring experience of failure
in the school environment.
As these children begin their instrumental music education, they face similar difficulties. Classes based on the Kovacs-method (Musical Work Capacity Development – http://kovacsmethod.com) aim to reduce these difficulties and enable the child to take full advantage of the widely known positive impacts of a music education.
(https://www.ted.com/talks/anita_collins_how_playing_an_instrument_benefits_your_brainplaying_an_instrument_benefits_your_brain)
Stress and learning difficulties form the root of most behavior-related problems. This method offers assistance in diminishing or managing these challenges. Children trained by this method often show progress in their regular school subjects such as reading, writing, and math, with an increased ability to concentrate and to handle not only school-related stress but everyday issues as well.
Development based on MOTION.
Using the topics, tools, tasks, and basic principles of the Kovacs-method, my program is designed to help to restore the hormonal balance necessary to correct behavioral problems and to improve developmental disorders that cause learning difficulties. This method also
enhances the connection between the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain.
Our students range between beginner music learners and students with the aim of becoming music teachers or professional musicians. The format is the key: the sessions consist of motion and play as opposed to curriculum-type learning.
The Kovacs-method supports the development of sensory integration (achieved by interactions with a balloon, ball, plastic bottle, rubber band, jump rope, and continuous changes of posture and balance exercises, etc.) The deliberate use of multiple colors, shapes, and surfaces help to make the activities more effective (according to Ayres, the integration of sensory experiences is the basic condition of human behavior.)
A further benefit is achieved through more complex motions such as cross-over moves,
creeping-crawling exercises, or ball throwing (juggling or target throwing.)
Disadvantaged children often experience frustration from their limited or lacking vocabulary skills. The one-on-one or small-group sessions offer opportunities to practice communication skills, learning the acceptable language code used in most schools, and, as a result, help with
socialization.
Exercises done in pairs prepare children for the successful cooperation in their respective musical bands. This preparation also supports the development of social, communication, and collaboration, all necessary beyond the walls of the music school.
In summary, by using the Kovacs-method, the children are being prepared for a successful musical education while offering additional benefits that are readily convertible to the general social/learning areas of their lives.