LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Inovatyvūs muzikos ugdymo metodai; Populiari muzika; Vertybėmis grįsti principai; Innovative music education methods; Popular music; Value - based principles.
ENChallenges of changing society presuppose the situation of music education, which requires a closer interaction between music culture and education that encourages learners to remain in contact with music environment approximate to school learners, to employ possibilities provided by popular music to expand exposure to music education and personality becoming. The article discusses opportunities of music education improvement integrating popular music and using innovative methods of personal meaning and emotional imitation in the context of theories of pedagogical thought. On the basis of the research results, the links of school learners’ musicals activities and formation of value-based attitudes as well as opportunities of improvement in contemporary school are discussed. [From the publication]