The Practical Future

Abstract

The paper refers to the primary education in the R. Macedonia. Education is an open process that continuously need to be adapted to the contemporary living. This is the main reason for the continuous monitoring the state of the future teachers and their readiness for the practical schooling. The subject of music education in the training of future school teacher is among those items that besides theoretical preparedness, also require practical engagement as singing and playing an instrument. To evaluate the relationship between theoretical knowledge and practice, the research has been conducted among the students of Faculty of Education, with completed mandatory pedagogical internship. Questionnaires with three groups of questions that reveals the influence of the social-cultural factors, music abilities, and their practice experiences were distributed. Regarding collected data the SWOT analysis shows that the theoretical acquired knowledge is strength, nevertheless the weakness refers to an insufficient number of practical lessons in playing music instruments during their studies. Some of the opportunities are shown in the application of e-learning tools and methods while the main threat students see in the vacuum time after the graduation and the employability.