Fostering Creativity of Students With Intellectual Disabilities Through Music Listening Activities

This study investigates special schools music teachers’ reflections on their design of music listening
activities that could foster musical creativity of students with intellectual disabilities. Nine cases of
special school music teachers are documented. Qualitative data were collected by classroom observations and face-to-face video elicitation interviews. The findings indicate those special school music teachers designed active listening activities that integrated with other music learning activities for enhancing students’ enjoyment of music learning as well as their development of creativity and imagination.