This paper aims to explore how music therapy program activities can affect moral identity, moral sensitivity, moral judgment, moral responsibility, and moral practice presented as moral competence. This study considered theory and practice at the same...
This paper aims to explore how music therapy program activities can affect moral identity, moral sensitivity, moral judgment, moral responsibility, and moral practice presented as moral competence. This study considered theory and practice at the same time because it derives a practical plan for strengthening moral competence through music therapy activities. Regarding the change of virtue through music, various theories of all times and places were referred to, and the methodology of modern moral education was used to derive practical measures. This presents specific methods of moral education through music therapy in music education classes after reviewing various previous studies related to music therapy, music, morality, moral education, etc. from all over the world. Music therapy activities can contribute to strengthening moral competencies such as stability, arousal of interest, and arousal of motivation, as they proceed step by step according to the purpose of the music activity program. Therefore, it can be used as a reference material for teacher education because it can provide field teachers of music education and moral education with specific plans on how to conduct the class using music therapy activity techniques, and academically, it can be used as a reference material for music education and moral education. It can be used as a reference material for researchers, such as suggesting the possibility of an integrated teaching and learning method of education.