Through her research and field work, Dr Lagi hopes that music and song will be incorporated into the existing curriculum to help students better understand climate change and natural disasters.
A Fijian researcher hopes to use music and song to help school students better understand climate literacy, saying there are nursery rhymes, poems and dances which speak to natural disasters and indigenous knowledge around climate change.
Through her research and field work, Dr Rosiana Lagi from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji wants music and song to be incorporated into the existing curriculum.
“I think music is in our bones; it’s in our blood; anyone can sing, and anyone can dance; it’s in our DNA,” Dr Lagi said.
“We remember things better if we sing them; if we talk about it and practice, not so much writing. With the repetition of words in songs, children tend to remember better.”
