Pedagogy

Natalia Sulayeva

Associate Professor of Music

Poltava Korolenko National

Pedagogical University

 

Organization and management

 of non-formal art education of students

in UKRAINIAN PEDAGOGICAL universities

 

Annotation. The article reveals the main components of the management of non-formal art education in teacher training universities taking into account the activity of the students in art  studios in terms of musical, literary, drama, chorographical and dancing ones. A great attention is paid to strategic planning of non-formal art education, the important issues as for the resource providing of non-formal art education are discussed, creating or maintaining of existing artistic and creative societies are considered.

Keywords: non-formal art education, art studios, management.

Introduction

The modernization of teacher training education in Ukraine is based on the best world achievements in the domain of teacher education. One of the innovations of today's high school in the state is enriching formal teacher training for future teachers with arts.

It is generally accepted, that non-formal art education in the training of teachers – is a voluntary activity of an artistic personality that is independent of formal education in higher educational establishments, fullfiled mainly in artistic and creative societies and not accompanied by degree-granting state official certificate [4, p. 4].

Implementation of non-formal art education in the educational process of teacher training universities is possible under condition of convergent approach, which becomes evident in the account of the value of formal teacher training education and the importance of arts education for the enrichment of the professional competency. Success of this approach is in the high level of organization and management of non-formal art education at the pedagogical universities.

To achieve the goal of non- formal art education is necessary to encounter socio-cultural and educational needs of an individual, to encourage the development of the ability to live in a modern society while maintaining individual features, to spend free time with the benefit fo personality but it involves coordinated activities of all structural units (vice-rector and dean of cultural and educational activities, tutors of academic societies, activists, student councils and cultural leders of the universities, leaders and members of artistic and creative societies) in order to implement effecive management of non-formal art education. It includes: strategic planning and effective management of non-formal art education at higher educational establishments; providing resources for non-formal art education; creation (support of already existed) Art and creative societies for providing students with non- formal art education; monitoring of the quality of non-formal art education.

The objective of the article: to define the main structural components of the management of non-formal art education in teacher training universities taking into account the activity of the students in art  studios in terms of musical, literary, drama, chorographical and dancing ones.

The results of the investigation.

Strategic planningof non-formal art education

Effectiveness of strategic planning depends on the analysis of the following specific features of a higher educational establishment as for providing of non- formal art education: availability of art and creative societies at University which may provide with non-formal art education; perspectives for further organising of new artistic and creative societies; place and fund opportunities; availability of qualified school teachers, artists who would be able to provide artistic and educational services to students; university relations with town municipality cultural institutions that could provide personnel and room support etc.

A special foundation for the implementation of non-formal art education is the existence of the University of Art and creative societies. Note that the artistic and creative team of higher educational institutions is a well-organized form of voluntary association of students and teachers on the basis of purposeful artistic and creative activity. This can be: choir, vocal ensemble, instrumental ensemble, orchestra, ensemble dance, song and dance, circle of fine arts, film and photo videostudio, circus, theater societies, folklore societies, societies of crafts, societies of cultural and community character and others.

If the number and varieties of artistic and creative societies at the University is insufficient, the prospects for the creation of new ones are defined. It will resulted in consulting wchich provides educational advice to students on the issues about non-formal art education at university. Integrated approach to the use of expertising, procedural and educational consulting attracts students of teacer training universities to membership in art and creative societies.

Expert consulting is to clarify the essence of non-formal art education and encourage consultants to respect the rights and interests of those being consulted, to ascertain opportunities and assess the real picture of actor’s aspirations. To implement this idea the deputy dean of cultural work recruit students from the student government activists or members of existing at University artistic societies. A voluntary work-sharing is done between them (interdepartment, intergroup consulting for direct communication with potential team members, working with assistants – tutors of academic societies and culture leadres).

Process consulting involves direct interaction of consultants and their assistants and students. There is a survey or questionnaire of future teachers to identify their passions, aptitudes, abilities, preferences, ideas, proposals, conducting their analysis of problems and facilitate the preparation of relevant decisions. This approach is due to the fact that the function "customer" of educational services in this case is in students’hands. Potential societies rather than non-formal art educational manager, determine the direction of their own art education (chamber choir or folk band, folk, or modern dance, theatrical or literary studio, circle of embroidery, woodcarving or weaving, etc.).

Training consulting is put into practice due to active cooperation of the deputy deans of cultural work, leaders and members of existing and future artistic and creative societies, activists, student government. Leaders of the teams are determined by educational consulting: providing information (in the form of lectures, seminars and recommendations) regarding of the types of art, its effectiveness in the development of personality, the role of artistic component in the professional development of a teacher, artistic competencies, which can be formed in the process of obtaining non-formal art education; concerts, presentations of artistically creative teams participants achievements (exhibitions diplomas, medals, prizes for winning or participate in festivals and gegraphically wide competitions around Ukraine or abroad), etc..

Vice-deans provide these measures which are appropriate to the place fund and creates conditions for students visiting and attending. The work of members of the student government, tutors and culter leaders of academic societies contributes to attraction of potential participants of artistic and creative societies. The last step is to collect consulting and compiling information about students’ attitude as for receiving non-formal art education and determining the expediency of existing or creation of new artistic and creative teams.

The results require analysis of room and space capability at university fund for artistic and educational activities. For choir, band or orchestra classes, standard audience that will accommodate all participants a team will fit. Ballet drama group activities can take place in the Assembly hall of University. The problem of dance classes accomodation, as well as classrooms and workshops for practicing in art, where the training of future teachers of a certain profession are carried out, couldn’t be solved without an availability of suitable assembly halls and classical rooms for studies.

An important part of strategic planning is to identify highly qualified teachers who would be able to provide artistic and educational services to students. They can be leaders of artistic and creative societies that have already been existed at university, teachers of the art departments with experience or a desire to implement non-formal art education in the educational process. If there is the insufficient number of those ones, managers should analyze the relations of University with the cultural institutions of the town-municipality, which would provide personnel and room support. These may be arts school, children's music and art schools, houses of children and teenagers, urban and regional cultural centers, theaters and etc. They employ highly skilled artists, who should be involved in cooperation with higher educational establishments for deeper penetration of future teachers in the art world.

If the necessary conditions for the organization of non-formal art education created (students expressed a desire to enrich the professional competence of arts, the university has a number of artistic and creative teams or have the opportunity to create new, existing appropriate classroom fund managers and highly qualified) and a manager is in close collaboration with the deputy deans, members of student government and academic societies, curators than it is necessary to perform distribution of weekly load for students. It is recognized that much of the time spent on future teachers receiving the formal education (30 hours per week only classroom load). So artistic and educational activities of students should not exceed four times a week for 2 hours (optimal is holding classes twice or three times a week). In conclusion, prospective schedule for the students of art and creative teams is important to compile and distribute classroom and personnel potential of the University as an important step in the direct introduction of non-formal art education in the educational process Pedagogical University.

Responsible attitude to strategic planning determines the effectiveness of the next steps in the implementation of the set tasks.

Resource providing of non-formal art education

Resource provision predicts convergent legal, information, personnel, material and financial support.

Legal provision is to organize non-formal art education legally. This manager should: create documents that would confirm the legitimacy implemenation of non-formal art education in the educational process of higher educational establishments, to inform the university board about legitimate background of its introduction, to inform managers and members of artistic and creative teams on new approaches to the understanding of the significance of artistic activity.

During the organization and implementation of non-formal art education manager controlls the main requirements for legal support, including: legal regulation of labor relations established among university leaders, accompanist, accompanists, etc., protection of rights and legitimate interests of employees, compliance, implementation and enforcement of existing legislation, the development and approval of local regulations including organizational and executive features.

Extremely valuable in the successful implementation of an innovative approach to enrich the professional competence of future teachers artistic competence is an informational sources for providing and promoting of non-formal art education. Information should: describe the internal and external changes in the surroundings, to be operational, objective and credible. Providing objectively necessary information of all members of artistic and educational process promotes regularity, consistency, integrity of the process of future teachers of non-formal arts education.

Important organizational issue of non-formal art education is its staffing, which is the key stone of the effective work of higher educational establishments. Staff policy of a manager includes the use of active methods of selection (the study of creative achievements and performance artist, interviewing, testing, questionnairing), organization of non-formal training artists (working with artistic directors and other arts societies, educational, cultural, etc.). While selecting the leadres of artistically creative teams manager should consider the proposals of Deputy Deans, student activists, prospective team members. Typically, the thoughts of the latter is crucial in the decision.

It is important to think over the issue of material support artistically creative teams. Manager cares about the presence of passive and active elements of logistics. Analysing the availability of classroom fund, held at the planning stage of non-formal art education at the university, you can fix the passive elements of logistics: audience halls, specialized classes, workshops and etc. In fact, the manager can increase its volume by lease or redecoration of previously unsuitable premises. If active financing permits it is appropriate to create new facilities to provide facilities for students of art education. A special subgroup of passive elements are furniture, dance machines, mirrors and etc. Equally important component of art education is to provide its members active elements: musical instruments, equipment, easels, paints, fibers, cloth, clay, suits, etc. The main requirement for the organization of the logistics manager is consulting with appropriate experts regarding the need for money offered for artistic and creative teams of property.

For example, let’s describe the requirements for selection of musical instruments for vocal and instrumental works. To the concept of quality musical instruments belongs artistic and technical level of production, game features and sound quality. Aesthetic appearance for live performances certainly is an important requirement, but still special control playing cpability and sound quality requires special control . They are estimated during the play performance on the instrument when analyzed lightness of sound, dynamic range power sound revocation instrument while playing the piano, no extraneous sounds like.

In an analysis of sound considered that ease it varies not only in each group tools, but the tools of one group: the plucked and stringed instruments depends on the shape, size, design, wood body and neck, in keyboards it depends on easiness of management mechanism, the mechanism should work well, without knocking, creaking and other sounds, in reed – skins are stretched and compressed easily, keyboard mechanism and the mechanism of register switches must operate easily, smoothly and silently, the force of pressing the left and right keyboard should be the same or insignificant, in wind instruments lightness of sound depends on the effort required for the emergence of air flow and the clicking of gates and valves, these efforts are in different limits depending on the type of instrument.

The sound quality depends on the acoustic properties of the instrument and is determined with the playperformance by a skillfull musician, music (it precedes their setup). In determining the sound quality the accuracy and stability of the ranks, the strength and duration of sound, timbre throughout highrank range of sounds are assessed. The accuracy and stability of the ranks is the most important characteristics because they determine the ability of an instrument always reflect the sounds the required height in exact proportion to each other (in the opposite case, a falsehood sound). The correctness of the ranks of musical instruments is determined by the tuning fork, tuner or instruments that have tempered array. To ensure the accuracy and stability of the ranks of stringed instruments properly selected and securely tightened strings, exactly calculated their scale length should be selected, in plucked – the correct partition of modes, in reed – carefully crafted and customized voice tongues, in winds – sustained length audio channel , valve and valve mechanisms should operate accurately. Strength and timbre musician determined by a musician with the help of comparison a reference instrument or could be based on his own experience.

The example of diagnostic quality musical instruments suggests that the manager who plans to provide artistic and creative teams with high-quality material values should not only take care of the funding, but must act in close collaboration with professional artists.

Creating or maintaining of existing artistic and creative societies

The value of artistic activity of participants of artistic and creative societies who maintained their existence for many years, it is difficult to overestimate. On the one hand, as a result of a long collaboration with them an atmosphere of joy , trust, mutual respect, mutual understanding, friendship is noticible, students pass artistic achievements, keep their traditions, customs in such communities from one generation to another. On the other hand – they have well-done system of work on artwork, found the ways of exploring new and repeating previously performed, invented algorithms for non-coercive assimilation of concepts on the basis of the required artistic vocabulary. Keeping the best traditions, leaders achieve high results in artistic activities and at the same time contribute to the professional development of future teachers. Therefore, the organizational aspect of the performing manager in this case is to preserve and promote their further development.

For example, let’s describe the artistic and educational activities of participants of Ukrainian folk choir "Kalina" of Poltava National Pedagogical University (PNPU) named after Korolenko. Note that for thirty-five years of its existence, "school" folk singing, playing musical instruments and perform folk dances has been finished by a large number of students – future teachers preschool, elementary school teachers, mathematics and physics, history, geography, biology and chemistry, labor training, Ukrainian, Russian, English and German, as well as psychologists and social workers. Today Ukrainian Folk Choir "Kalina" consists of more than 140 people. Their achievements in the field of musical and choreographic work of choir members are known not only in the towns and villages of Ukraine, but also abroad. Over the years the chorus have representsd Ukrainian art in different countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Poland, Russia, Turkey, France and Switzerland. Long and fruitful activities of the team was possible thanks to the dedicated work of its permanent leader – Professor, Head of Music PNPU Korolenko, choral conductor, composer, folklorist G. Levchenko. He manages non-formal art education in the choir. Non-formal art education team members are attending rehearsals three times a week for 2 hours.

While working in societies, students are able to enrich the results of formal education by artistic competencies, which consists of personal, cognitive, activity and social components.

First of all, ethno-cultural competence as one of the most important aspects of personal component of artistic competency of future teachers is updated in the choir . The chorus of "Kalina" helps to develope its components: the mentality, ethnic morality and ethnic identity. Ethnic mentality of the Ukrainian people is characterised by linguistic specificity, humanity and democracy. So, in a folk choir "Kalina" future teachers improve language knowledge through the deep involvement in the Ukrainian vocal works such as – thoughts, ballads, historical, lyrical, children and other songs. Rich semantic components of folk song create their performers inorder to improve their knowledge about the events and phenomena of social life, family life Ukrainian, which is an important foundation for the development of organically combined with language specific features: humanity (singing folk songs, is for future teachers evidence of sincerity and generosity Ukrainian people ("Peace and happiness in your house / that were all rich / to koljadochka sounded / and kutya to be delishies"), his hard work ("Took a widow tiny flax), mercy, benevolence ("Oh, I beg for health/ and good age / for my Mother and Father/ husband and children") and compassion ("For you, Morozenko (a national hero) / all Ukraine is crying"), patriotism (familiarizing with historical songs, ballads thoughts or promotes awareness of the importance of students' awareness of commitment to his people, love and sympathy for the troubles homeland, faith in its bright future.

Non-formal music education in "Kalina" allows to deepen knowledge about ethnic morality and emotionally accept it on the basis of inner feelings caused by the content of folk songs. In addition, folklore allow to understand to their performers verbal symbols of the Ukrainian people who resonate with the graphic, plant and animal symbolism: a snowball tree, a willow, a stara girl, a sycamore, the moona guy; an oak, a falcon – a Cossack. Participation in the "Kalina" also contributes to improving the ability of students to direct their activity to the development of ethnic identity, as in almost every popular song displays the attitude of the people to their native land ("Cossack was coming from Ukraine", "Oh, you guys Zaporozhtsi").

Personal component of artistic competence of the student in Ukrainian folk choir "Kalina" is combined with the development of its cognitive component, which manifests itself in knowledge about: folk style of singing; classification of voices in the folk choir, musical and expressive means of choral singing, folk sound production methods, components Folklore vocal people, musical instruments Ukrainian, instrumental music of the Ukrainian people.

Transfer of knowledge in the team is in the process of practical interaction of participants with folk art. Students participating in "Kalina" on personal experience shows the beauty, uniqueness and originality of Ukrainian style of singing. Therefore, in the future they will oppose its transformation into something like a grimace, deliberate simplification, vulgarization.

Learning students about the voices of the singers and choral party are natural and simple in the choir. After several rehearsals participants know that men's voices are divided into "bass", "baritones" and "tenors", and women – "Alt" and "soprano." Without ane particular difficulties the exploring of musically expressive means of choral performance is carried out. In addition to the concepts of "melody", "rhythm", "pace", for example, terms «forte» and «piano», «crescendo» and «diminuendo» become understandable too. The peculiarity of their assimilation is that special time is not given. In studying these terms are discussed and oftenwith one or two words are explained to transfer the content of the work properly. A few times of repeatition such dynamic nuances no longer requires the explanation and could be understood by participants.

Participants of "Kalina" are also taught about the sound production from performing activities. Specifically, students learn the concept of "attack sound" (soft, hard, aspiration), understand the requirements pronounce consonants vividly and make them light and but vowels make dark. They understand when the leader of the choir talk about icreasing and decreasing sound, some approaches to singing repetitive or descending sounds . In the process of familiarization with the songs students will also receive information about vocal folklore of the Ukrainian people, for example, about the existence of calendar and domestic ritual, epic, lyric songs of the Ukrainian people.

Because of orchestral group in Ukrainian folk choir "Kalina", all participants have the opportunity to enrich the cognitive component of artistic competence knowledge about musical instruments of Ukrainian people. In particular, one of the most beloved stringed plucked instrument of the Ukrainian people – bandura, a popular string-hammer – dulcimers, common in Ukraine string-bow – violin, etc.

Active components occur in united bind of cognitive development. In the process of gaining formal art education in "Kalina" it manifests itself in ability and skills to implement the above knowledge into practice.

Development of the active components starts from the first rehearsal of the choir, when the members of the task proposed topresent a song in folk style. Mastering musical text in phrase is accompanied by teachings such as: "cover your sound", "Round the Sound", "sing and not cry", etc. Playing folk singing style is not possible without the ability to use musical and expressive means. Numerous repetition of a sharp transition from forte to piano (often found in dramatic works of the Ukrainian people) allows participants to keep the sound at a certain height, without glidepathing. for clean execution of works it is important to pronounce sound correctly, which is formed primarily during singing warming-up. The selection of exercises is done with the development of skills to breathe correctly, perform a soft and a hard attack to the sound and feel clean intone system, to pronounce consonants clearly, to lengthen the vowels and make them round and to avoid flat sound etc.

Orchestra members have the opportunity to learn or improve the ability to play one of the instruments of the Ukrainian people. Often "kalynyany" who can play one instrument, learn how to play onother one. For example, during years those choir participants who can play accordion mastered the skill of playing the bass, the pianist, and drum plyer learned how to play cymbals, accordionist – Kobza, trombonist – pipe.

Performing the songs and instrumental samples enables team members to learn how to create an artistic image. These skills are necessary to future teachers of Ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literature, history, music, fine arts and choreographic arts. They are especially appropriate for the organization of future cultural events at schools. It will also be effective to form in the process of non-formal music education in "Kalina" skills in order to make concert and performing activities and the ability to navigate in the huge flow of musical information.

Highly mentioned allows to say that operating and cognitive components of artistic competency is closely related to the social component, which includes the ability to support relevant discussion about art, to collaborate and present the musical art, to think creativly.

Knowledge got in "Kalina", developed skills and abilities help students to accept and perform vocal and instrumental works which further will allow them to navigate freely in the music space and talk about art. And, along with the ability to express their views or opinions about music, it will be much more interesting to listen to the interlocutor, perceiving new information about pesonally close forms of art. The ability to hear the other, as you know, is the key to successful communication and an important step towards mutual understanding among people. The latter is the background for cooperation, which in terms of the educational process is an important factor to achieve high quality of education. The development of the ability of cooperation among the participants of the choir is based on permanent joint artistic and educational activities. After all, to achieve a common goal they learn music together, follow general rules together, choose type of presentation or live performances together. The ability to perform their own artistic activities to the spectators, in turn, is an important result of non-formal musical and educational activities as developing the ability of future teachers to present the art of music in live performance.

An important result of non-formal music education in the choir for participants of the choir, so called"kalynyan" is the ability to think creatively. Continuous improving of skills and creative approach to solving tasks contribute to: creativity of a powerfully supplied sound, play each verse emotionally, phrase or even a word, posture during work; facial expression, facial expressions or gestures. Constant striving for a high level of artistic activity encourages future teachers to gain as much knowledge as possible with acquiring and improving skills, which, in its turn, helps singers and performers, instrumentalists generate the ability to creative development.

Thus, a non-formal music education students in the choir "Kalina" can enrich the results of formal education of future teachers. This in turn contributes to the fact that teachers come to educational and training institutions who do not only learned the theoretical and practical foundations of education and upbring of the young generation and people capable of empathy, ready to free choice humanistic-oriented, independent, competent and responsible activities in professional, cultural, and political, economic and other spheres of public life.

Successful development of new artistic and creative teams depends on the outcomes of consulting (namely procedural advice), because a manager has to take into account the importance ofstudents free choice. Based on them, students who wish to receive non-formal art education, and can determine wide selection of artistic and creative societies: vocal, instrumental, theater, dance, film and photographic arts, visual, literary, etc.. The next step is to organize a meeting with the heads of students (on selected activities), where manager emphasizes the personal qualities of the artist, his successes, achievements and more. outlines areas of art

Next steps managers should aim to assist in rehearsal and concert activities and in support of all members of artistic and creative teams. It is possible for the creation of school related socio-cultural environment and the positive attitude of the faculty of the University of formal education to enrich students' non-formal arts.

At this stage the authority manager is mitigated because non-formal art education is not expected setting clear objectives (to explore a particular work to give a certain number of concerts a year or participate in events.

Conclusions

The paper highlights the main aspects of the organization and management of non-formal education for the students of arts of higher educational institutions of Ukraine. Accents on the coordinated activity of all structural units non-formal art education to implement the functions of management: strategic planning, resource provision, creation or maintenance of existing artistic and creative teams, quality monitoring.

The article stresses that strategic planning is necessary to analyze the internal and external environment of the University, including: the presence of artistic and creative teams and prospects for new (which is expert, procedural and educational consulting), the existence of highly qualified teachers in universities and relations university with cultural institutions to attract them. Resource provision of formal art education at the Pedagogical University provides convergent legal, information, personnel, material and financial support. Creating or maintaining existing artistic and creative teams will provide a framework for the provision of non-formal musical, choreographic, pictorial, dramatic, and literary and other artistic activities. Quality artistic and educational activities participants’ artistic and creative groups determined by analyzing the personal growth of each participant, as well as the availability of graduates who after studying at the university continue to engage in selected school kind of artistic activity. However,: the number of artistic and creative teams at the university, the duration of their existence, the number of participants in each team, the number and quality of concert performances or exhibitions of artistic achievements of members of artistic and creative groups and the results of contests and festivals in this case are cosidered.

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