PPT presented at 2nd International Scientific Conference Pedagogy, Education and Instruction in Mostar, 2013

1. INTEGRAL APPROACH TO
EDUCATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF
TEACHING MUSIC
Tena Čačić, PhD
OŠ Josipa Zorića, Dugo Selo, Hrvatska

2. Content
• Integral theory - Ken Wilber
• AQAL
• Four quadrants
• Integral education
• The use of integral model in teaching music -
analysis of songs through four quadrants

3. Integral theory - Ken Wilber
WHY

4. Picture 1. AQAL map. source: formless mountain, an integral atelier.
www.formlessmountain.com

5. Four quadrants
Picture 1. Four quadrants. Source: www.kheper.net

6. Intentional Behavioural
Cultural
Social
feelings, thoughts

7. Quadrants are four perspectives through
which we understand the world, the four
dimensions of ourselves, our lives and
personal experience.
Example: at the moment you can be aware of
your feelings, observe your behavior, physical
characteristics, you can understand somebody
else or share mutual feelings with someone to
whom you care and also be networked with
various social groups such as family and
colleagues at work

8. UL UR
LRLL
psychoanalysis
introspection
meditation
structuralism
phenomenology
mathematics
anthropology
hermeneutics
ethno methodology
critical theory of culture
semantics
history
classical structuralism
behaviorism
cognitive science
chemistry,
biology
neuroscience
empirical science
sociology
ecology
systems thinking
functionalism
complexity theory
information theory
engineering

9. Integral education
• “It is understood that the development takes
place in a specific waves of growing
comprehensiveness and inclusiveness”
(Wilber, 2004.)
• www.ciis.edu

10. Instructions for the analysis of the songs through four quadrants
INTERIOR INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
How do I experience the song and how influence me certain
external characteristics does it invoke certain feelings? How do
I perceive changes in the melody, causing a change of mood?
What I want to do when I hear that song?
How do I feel when I hear song’s distinctive riffs, rhythm or
memorable part in a sudden situation, on an unusual place pr.
bank, train station, school, street, restaurant, etc.? How the
change of dynamics in the song affects me?
Do I understand the lyrics? Can I "find myself" in the text?
Does it in invokes in me the desire for a certain lifestyle?
EXTERIOR INDIVIDUAL FEATURES
Melody (sung, speeches, large or small scale, uniform,
jumpy, long, short, repeated whether, if so, how much
time, is there a song recognizable chorus, “if it enters in
the ear“)
Tempo (fast, slow, moderate, changeable, where
changes, is the change of tempo connected with the text
of the song..)
Dynamics (uniform, sudden changes, gradual changes..)
Rhythm (uniform movement, diverse, distinctive, more
important than melody, more important than the text..)
Text (what is the song’s story, does it tell something...?)
INTERIOR COLLECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
Does the song have meaning for the community in which you
live?
What is the general opinion of the vast majority of members
of your class, school, wider circle of acquaintances about that
song? What does your family think about the song?
Is there any association of your group binding with this singer?
What evokes that song in your family?
What your family members associate with that singer band?
EXTERIOR COLLECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
What is the music style of that song?
(rock, pop, rap, r&b, soul, jazz...)
When was it created?
Who published it? Whas it self published? Who was
involved in the release of the album, the making of the
video? (professional dancers, actors, people from the
street, passers-by, models, friends singer / singers /
groups, the spot is homemade ...)
Is there a particular style of dressing and appearance of a
person connected with that song / group? Describe that
style in detail (eg. Baggy pants, tight shirts...)

11. THANK YOU