MUSICAL-EDUCATIONAL QUEST AS AN INNOVATIVE FORM OF EXTRACURRICULAR WORK IN CHILDREN’S MUSIC SCHOOL

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of updating the forms of extracurricular work in the field of additional music education. The experience of adapting the quest as an entertaining form of leisure to the process of extracurricular musical and cognitive activity is presented. Characteristic features of extracurricular work at the DMSH, the basic foundations of interactive learning, meaning of musical and cognitive activity are highlighted and described. The article formulates a working definition of the concept of “musical and cognitive quest”, reveals its structure and gives an example of the content. The developed version of the musical and educational quest is implemented in a specific educational process at the Children’s Art School of the Altai State Institute of Culture. The presented material allows concluding that conducting musical and educational quests at schools increase the interest in musical art and activities, and bring diversity to the educational process.