Musical listening activity in primary school in France: works declared to be taught
The listening activity appears as the second practice, after singing, to be taught in musical education in primary school in France. Internal didactic translation shows the involvement of the teacher in the definition of the knowledge to be taught. In the absence of precise information in the curriculum, which musical works do they choose to have their students listen to and for which purposes ? What criteria do they use for selecting works ? A survey among regional educational authorities (20 French departments) to 935 school teachers, which was followed with semi-directive interviews with 30 of them, aims at describing and understanding the reference knowledge in the practice of listening as far as the aims that teachers wish to achieve through this activity and the values they attach to that teaching are concerned.