Pedagogic model of professional training of future music teachers in higher education

The article represents the study of professional training of future music teachers’ preparation. The article is paid attention on analysis of the concept of “professional training” and using innovative integrical technologies, projective technologies and art management technologies. The multi-aspect nature of this phenomenon is shown. The system of professional training, pedagogic model and characteristics of types of training in musical education and results of scientific research are presented. The article shows a modern view of the problem of training future specialists in the educational field of music preparation, where professional training is described as a process aimed more at the formation of knowledge, skills and abilities and the special course “Basic of art management” is presented. Special emphasis is placed on necessity of deepening into projective art-creative activity, presentation and implementation creative projects. In conclusion, the author emphasises the perspective of the “pedagogic model of professional training of futurе musіс tеасhers” tаkіng іntо ассоunt the specifics of professional activity in this field and using innovative pedagogic technologies.

The Veracity of Adolescents’ Drawings

In my essay I deal with the issue of how visual representation is related to veracity in adolescents’ drawings. In my PhD dissertation I investigated the possible applications of the 5-Symbols Art Task Series in relation to adolescents. The 5-symbols task is a projective art task series tailored for pedagogical practice, developed by myself. With the help of these drawings, through the depiction of the symbols, students share their personal experience, their inner world, with the community. In this case a drawing is a way of communication and the tool of self-expression, too. Therefore, the adolescents’ drawings are not veridical from the point of view of true representation, but they do indeed reveal their real inner world. I introduce my research results on how we can use drawings purposely as a tool of nonverbal communication in pedagogical practice. In adolescents’ drawings we can see contents that are forbidden in verbal form or contents they are ashamed of (e.g. anxiety, aggression, inferiority complex, etc.), and they reshape well-known signs from the media to suit their own selves. In some cases visual representation can be more effective than verbal communication, for example when it comes to the representation of grief by choosing specific colour combinations. I illustrate my study with adolescents’ drawings from the 5-Symbols Art Task Series.

Facilitating Change in Anorexia Nervosa: The Role of Occupational Therapy

Patients with anorexia nervosa benefit from a multidisciplinary approach. This article gives a brief description of, first, the illness and its treatment and, secondly, the occupational therapy techniques used at the Maudsley Unit. It then demonstrates the progress of patients through examples of projective art.

The Work of the Uffculme Clinic

The Uffculme Clinic opened 25 years ago as an early psychiatric treatment and research centre and has for the past 15 years functioned as a regional centre for psychotherapy in the West Midlands. Day and in-patients participate in a psychotherapeutic regime which includes a daily analytic psychotherapy group, relaxation therapy, projective art, psychodrama and more traditional occupational and recreational therapies. A weekly community meeting has recently been extended to give staff and patients a large group experience. Patients in intensive treatment are severely affected by neurotic or personality difficulties and are only admitted if they are incapable of functioning at work or at home.