Hans Günther Bastian

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Hans Günther Bastian (born June 22, 1944 in Niederzeuzheim ; † July 11, 2011 in Salzburg , Austria ) was a German musicologist and music teacher . He was the founding director of the Institute for Talent Research and Promotion of Talented Children in Music .

Life

After graduating from the Fürst-Johann-Ludwig-Schule in Hadamar in 1963, Bastian studied music , mathematics and Catholic theology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main for teaching at primary, secondary and secondary schools . From 1975–1980 he was a pedagogical assistant at the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Gießen and studied systematic musicology at the same time. In 1980 he received his doctorate in the subjects of systematic musicology , psychology and educational science . Hans Günther Bastian taught as full professor for music education from 1980 to 1986 at the University of Bonn and from 1986 to 1998 at the University of Paderborn with a focus on empirical music education and music education psychology. Since 1980 he has also been teaching at the universities of music in Cologne and Detmold . Hans Günther Bastian lived in Saaldorf near Salzburg. On July 11, 2011, Hans Günther Bastian died as a result of a serious traffic accident in Freilassing ( Germany ), near Salzburg .

Services

Hans Günther Bastian was the founding director of the Institute for Talent Research and Promotion of Talented Children in Music (IBFM), which has existed since 1992. Since 1998 he has held the chair for music education at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. In addition, he chaired various professional associations such as the Federal Music Education Group, the Music Education Research Working Group and the Music Education Research Expert Commission in the German Music Council. Since 1998 he has been managing director of the Institute for Music Education at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.

Bastian's work and research focus is on empirical music pedagogical research. His most recent project was a long-term study at Berlin primary schools on the influence of extended music education (EMU) on the general and individual development of children .

Bastian study

It is a long-term study that examines the development of children in elementary schools with more music lessons compared to children in schools with regular music lessons. From 1992 to 98, the pupils of seven primary schools in Berlin were examined. One compared here students with increased music lessons with students with regular music lessons. Social behavior , intelligence quotient and ability to concentrate were examined before, during and after the completion of the respective lesson segment. The results show that the development of the children with increased music lessons at the beginning of the lesson phase initially largely paralleled the control group. The longer the children had intensified music lessons, the more significant the developmental differences in the following personality traits became:

Towards the end of the study period, a measurable increase in the intelligence quotient compared to the control group was found in the children in the classes with more intensive music lessons. This applied both to children who had an above-average IQ before the study period and to those who had an average or below-average IQ. In general, the IQ scores were more homogeneously distributed in the music classes at the end. H. the peak values, both upwards and downwards, stood out less from the average than in the control group.

criticism

As part of the professional discourse, z. Sometimes violent criticism of the study. This applies above all to the methodological system as well as the interpretation and presentation of the results and, last but not least, fundamentally questions the supposedly found results. On the other hand, the "music makes you smart" motto was played so high that even Bastian was surprised. After 2007, he wrote a reply to the BMBF's expertise drawn up by psychologists, which was intended to clarify the original intentions and to clean up piled up judgments.

Awards

Fonts

Bastian has published over 30 texts (see DNB portal), including

  • Music (education) and its effect (2000)
  • Support children optimally - with music

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Knigge: Bastian Study, accessed on June 5, 2011
  2. ↑ See the Wiki music education article on the study
  3. ↑ Comment : Criticism of the study ( memento of the original from October 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hgbastian.de
personal data
SURNAME Bastian, Hans Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music teacher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederzeuzheim
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 2011
Place of death Salzburg