The pedagogy teachers employ to deliver
music programs and direct students’ ways of
thinking could affect the significance of such
extra musical effects and benefits (Butzlaff, 2000;
Hallam, 2010). Evidence suggests that music
education programs founded on the Kodály
philosophy offer a superior contribution to ways
of thinking and holistic development that is
statistically significant. This paper will review
literature documenting how children benefit
from Kodály methodology. These benefits
include literacy and numeracy skills, spatialtemporal
reasoning, intelligence and social
emotional development. Identifying gaps in
research may pave the way for future studies and
investigations.