Features of Integration of Music and Motor Activity

Abstract

Topicality. Many years of experience of physical education teachers and scientific researchers testify to the fact that music stimulates the activity of the nervous system, causes changes in the functional state of the organism, changes in muscle tension, heart rate,  rhythm of breathing, ect. Listening to music creates a certain emotional state for students (depending on its character). Music is also an important means of enhancing students motivation for physical education and sports. The purpose of the research: to determine the specificity of the integration of music and motor activity in the process of physical education of schoolchildren. Methods of Research – analysis of literature on pedagogy of musical  education, theory and methods of physical education; questioning students and teachers; psychological and pedagogical observations at physical education lessons. Results of the Study. An analysis of pedagogical experience with the use of music in physical education and sports at schools in different European countries suggests that music is not rational use throughout the lessons (45 min). It is performed in the preparatory part of 6–10 minutes the main part (in the case of its compliance with the proposed exercises  for  students) in the short stages of 5–8 minutes and in the final part up to 3–    5 minutes. The article examines the recommendations for choosing music at different stages of the lesson,  depending  on the means of physical culture. Conclusions. Integration of music and motor activity in the process of physical education of students of secondary schools, it is aimed at the harmonious development of the individual in the physical, psychological and aesthetic aspects, activation of musical and motor education and increasing the role of musical art in the field of general life of children. The use of functional music at physical education lessons and extracurricular sports classes contributes to the improvement of the emotional state, the higher quality performance of the students by  physical exercises, increases motor activity, positively affects the development of aesthetic feeling, promotes the combination of music and motor activity in the process of physical education of schoolchildren.