Sequencing and timing of the study plans for the Music Specialization in Primary Education Teacher Degree in Spanish universities

Abstract

The regulations that regulate the study plans that train future Primary Education teachers include a module aimed at training in different areas, including one for Music. However, it is each university that structures the specialization in terms of the subjects that define it, the sequence of these and the timing within the study plans in general. Through a qualitative analysis of the study plans of the Spanish universities that have offered the Specialization of Music in the 2019/2020 academic year, the sequence and timing of each of the study plans of the Specialization is detailed. The results show a triple model regarding the time structure of the Specialization, some of them being articulated from the 2^nd to the 4^th year, others during the 3^rd and 4^th year, and a third model that includes the Specialization only in the 4^th year. However, and despite this triple model found, there is a remarkable diversity in terms of the subjects that shape the Specialization, the number of European credits of the latter or the focus of the compulsory subject in the field of Music Education.