Due to the Bologna Process, higher education systems are currently undergoing reforms in many European countries. Thus, the Spanish universities are presently adapting their degrees to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), after an intense debate in the last decade. On the other hand, the Higher Music Education in Spain, generally foreign to this process, could benefit from their inclusion in the EHEA, given the new perspectives opened after the approval of the Organic Law of Education (OLE).

In the following article we propose a wide range of teaching methods adapted to the subject “Viola Didactics” into the context of the Viola Pedagogy degree. This proposal is in line with a new approach to the teaching – learning process, and means a better use of time and educational resources. As we have stated in previous publications, our aim is to contribute towards generating the long-awaited debate related to Higher Music Education in Spain, after the new consideration that the current educational legislation grants to them.

Keywords: EHEA; ECTS; Teaching methods; Music; Viola.

References

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[2] Real Decreto 1125/2003, de 5 de septiembre, por el que se establece el sistema europeo de créditos y el sistema de calificaciones en las titulaciones universitarias de carácter oficial y validez en todo el territorio nacional. (BOE no. 224, 18 September, 2003).
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