THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION VECTOR IN MUSIC ART EDUCATION: TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, TRANSVERSALITY AND TRANSCULTURALITY AS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2025.spiss2.01Keywords:
transdisciplinarity, transversality, and transculturality,, European integration, music education, arts educationAbstract
This article aims to examine the content and essence of transdisciplinarity, transversality, and transculturality as drivers of European integration processes in arts education in Ukraine. The object of the study is the prospects, opportunities, and challenges that European integration processes bring to the educational space of Ukraine. In order to consider the challenges and opportunities of European integration processes in arts education, a comprehensive approach to research methodology was used. Descriptive methods, analysis and synthesis, as well as interdisciplinary research methods, comparative and contrastive methods, generalization and systematization were applied. The result of the study is to establish the basic principles of transdisciplinarity, transversality, and transculturality as drivers of European integration in arts education in Ukraine. The process of European integration should be comprehensive, take place in harmony with professional training, and correlate with the academic traditions of national art schools, performing traditions, and artistic trends. Integrative processes should influence the development of curricula, practices, and individual disciplines. The development and improvement of methods for training competitive specialists begins with taking into account the complexity, systematic nature, and multidimensionality of arts education. European integration creates opportunities for the introduction of comprehensive approaches and innovations focused on the modern demands of creative professions. The practical significance lies in describing the complex components of European integration, identifying the difficulties and opportunities that arise during the implementation of integration processes into various concepts of art education. This material will help in the development of effective training courses in art.
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