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This paper presents an investigation focused on women composers that is being carried out in a public school in Jaén with 12-year-old children. The aim of this project is to examine whether interdisciplinary and transversal methodologies favor a more holistic and meaningful education for students and whether Music can act as the backbone of projects that include interdisciplinary topics such as gender equality, collaborative skills, digital competence, innovation or entrepreneurship. This educational intervention is being approached from a STEAM methodology which, as opposed to the traditional compartmentalization of learning and fields of study, we have opted for the integration of practically all the areas of knowledge of the curriculum. The first results of the research available at this stage -collected through a qualitative methodology -already evince the high motivation of both students and teachers involved, who both clearly describe this experience as extremely enriching.
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Maria Paz Lopez-Pelaez Casellas
Maria Paz Lopez-Pelaez Casellas is full Professor in Music Education at the University of Jaén (Jaén, Spain). She has published in national and international journals on art and music teaching and education. She has commissioned several art exhibitions, collaborates as a reviewer in different national and foreign journals and is an evaluator of Teaching Innovation Projects of Andalusian universities. She has extensive experience in management as coordinator of two official masters and as Director of Cultural Affair at the Vice-rectorate of Cultural Affair and Sports of the University of Jaén.
