Maritim Radio: connecting a high school with its close environment through the music classroom
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The project-based learning analyzed in this article started from a problem detected in our high school, namely, the disconnection between the school and its close environment. The teacher of general music considered creating a radio in order to connect both realities through a creative work and from a critical perspective, according to the idea of This concept defines individuals who act as emisors and receivers at the same time and develop a critical perspective about media.
The radio programs were edited by the students with a multi-track audio editor and were broadcasted through social media in a podcast format. The content analysis developed about the public comments of each program shows that the project was well received by the school community. The assessment of the project confirms the positive results from a curricular perspective, even though it assesses deficiencies regarding the time each group of students devoted to the project.