THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC EDUCATION ON CHILD INTELLIGENCE

This work is compiled of the researches, studies and findings that show the important effectsof music on child development. Lot of researches made on children who took music education intheir early years points this out. The study published in Nature Magazine on 1993 done by thescientists namely Rauscher and Shaw – The Mozart Effect – is leading amongst other studiesthat follow. In conclusion, all studies show that children who were given music education aremore successful in many areas especially in IQ tests compared to children who did not get thiseducation. The reasons stems from the fact that the basic principles of music education havepositive effect on child development and the direct physiological impact of music.Music has important role on child’s development phase with regard to emotional IQ, selfimprovement,imagination, concentration and the phase of personhood.