Pub Date : 2024-07-27DOI: 10.1177/02557614241265369
Gülnihal Gül, Melike Çakan Uzunkavak, Doruk Engür
Performance anxiety is a significant factor that hinders musicians from showcasing their potential. Students receiving professional music education may experience negative effects in both their education and professional lives due to this anxiety. It is important to identify the factors that contribute to performance anxiety in order to overcome it. With this perspective, the research measured the anxiety levels of music students in Fine Arts High Schools using the Music Performance Anxiety Inventory and examined the scores in terms of major instrument, gender, GPA, stage experience, and age. This study was conducted with 337 students from 11 fine arts high schools in Turkey. It was observed that anxiety varies depending on the instrument, with higher anxiety found particularly among bowed string instrument players. Female students were found to have higher levels of anxiety. Students with more stage experience had lower levels of anxiety. However, age did not have a significant effect.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-21DOI: 10.1177/02557614241262458
Melissa Baughman, Darrell J Jordan
We examined the perspectives and experiences of collegiate voice instructors regarding methods used to address wellness in the collegiate voice studio. Collegiate voice instructors ( N = 835) from 13 states were invited to participate in a researcher-designed survey. A total of 74 respondents completed the survey. All respondents strongly agreed that students’ wellness impacts their performance abilities, which strengthens the case for addressing wellness in the voice studio. There seemed to be a concern with the lack of training in specific techniques, though, so it may be useful to create accessible training sessions and resources related to wellness that are tailored specifically to voice instructors. Respondents seemed to use, value, and were most familiar with breathing exercises and stretching, so future researchers may consider examining the contextual use and effectiveness of these methods as they relate to wellness. While voice instructors believed that it is important to address the whole singer through wellness, they were also careful to guard their own boundaries and be mindful of their own limitations and comfort levels.
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Previous research has shown that classroom activities in music composition, involve the use of composition strategies during the creative process. This implies that teaching composition strategies may be beneficial to improve compositions in regards to their craftsmanship and their originality. Practical guides on composing for experienced musicians suggest using composition strategies as a way to create variety and novelty. This study aimed to investigate how the use of composition strategies might influence melodic idea generation from the perspective of experienced musicians. Five participants were given two short composition activities. In the first activity, participants composed freely with or without using composition strategies. In the second activity, participants were to include a choice of five composition strategies that were provided. They were subsequently interviewed about their composition process, their experience of the activities and how they viewed the strategies in relation to generating ideas. Results showed that all the participants perceived the as being an external phenomena that sometimes encroached on their more subconscious approach to idea generation and selection. This result has implications for how to assist idea generation during creative musical activities. Instructional sequencing could benefit from including idea generation as a precursor to learning new information.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1177/02557614241250035
Gaute Storsve
Using a deductive approach, this article explores how synthesizing existing theoretical frameworks—UNESCO’s domains of education encompassing formal, informal, and nonformal learning, Folkestad’s dimensions of learning (the situation, learning style, ownership, and intentionality), and Green’s characterizations of informal learning—can enhance our understanding of students’ experiences of music-making across diverse contexts. It explores previous theoretical perspectives and empirical research on music education across these domains, incorporating a global perspective and discussing the varied interpretations of “non-formal” learning. The article highlights how a continuum between formal and informal learning is challenged by more fluid and nuanced understandings presented here. Drawing on empirical material from an ongoing study in Norwegian upper secondary schools, this work demonstrates the practical implications of a nuanced approach to understanding music learning contexts. Observations and interviews from collaborative learning settings offer insights into the interconnectedness of formal, informal, and non-formal learning domains. By offering a critical examination and synthesis of existing theoretical perspectives, this article contributes to broadening the discourse on music education. It underscores the need for a comprehensive approach to research and education practices that fully acknowledges the complexity of learning experiences across various contexts.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1177/02557614241249163
Patrick K Cooper
This study explored the potential of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT) to generate lesson plans for music classes that were indistinguishable from music lesson plans created by humans, with current music teachers as assessors. Fifty-six assessors made a total of 410 ratings across eight lesson plans, assigning a quality score to each lesson plan and labeling if they believed each lesson plan was created by a human or generated by AI. Despite the human-made lesson plans being rated higher in quality as a group ( p < .01, d = 0.44), assessors were unable to accurately label if a lesson plan was created by a human or generated by AI (55% accurate overall). Labeling accuracy was positively predicted by quality scores on human-made lesson plans and previous personal use of AI, while accuracy was negatively predicted by quality scores on AI-generated lesson plans and perception of how useful AI will be in the future. Open-ended responses from 42 teachers suggested assessors used three factors when making evaluations: specific details, evidence of classroom knowledge, and wording. Implications provide suggestions for how music teachers can use prompt engineering with a GPT model to create a virtual assistant or Intelligent Tutor System (ITS) for their classroom.
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The limited number of STEAM educational experiences in Spain was the motivation behind this study, whose goal was to identify the contributions and essential components of integrated STEAM teaching, specifically the approach that relates the arts (music) to science subjects (mathematics). To this end, a multiple case study was carried out in primary classrooms at three schools. The interviews carried out with teachers, students, and management teams, and the observation of the application of different activities provided a comprehensive vision of the keys to integrated STEAM teaching (co-teaching, coordination, and an interdisciplinary relationship between subjects). The data also brought to light the benefits of STEAM educational practice (procedural mimesis between subjects, student motivation, links between teachers, and professional growth) and also the difficulties encountered. All this, contrasted with the ideas expounded in the literature, enables us to propose lines of work that the educational community should find suggestive and inspiring since the combination of science with the arts, creativity, integration, and innovation has the potential to promote the necessary aptitudes for students in the 21st century.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-24DOI: 10.1177/02557614231220655
María Tomé-Fernández, Verónica Bravo-Yebra
Intercultural competence is essential in schools attended by students of different ethnicities, cultures, and religions. A number of studies have suggested that music facilitates the transmission of values and emotions inherent in intercultural competence. The role of teachers is considered essential as well. Thus, it is important to consider music teachers’ perceptions on intercultural competence. This study drew out the perceptions of 74 teachers delivering music teaching in primary and secondary schools, conservatories, and music schools in Spain. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews. A content validity index of 0.92 was obtained after considering the judgments of 19 experts in the fields of research and practice in music education. The teachers’ responses were analyzed using NVivo (11). The findings highlighted the positive perceptions of the benefits of intercultural competence in students. Aspects such as the lack of training, the requirement to teach a planned/structured curriculum and the shortage of advisors on the subject, emerged as negative perceptions communicated by the teachers.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.1177/02557614241244794
Evi Andrioti
The aim of the present research was to investigate the evolutionary course of rhythmic development in pre-school children in a private kindergarten (age 4–5 years) in Athens, Greece, through Lucy Green’s ‘Playing by ear’ method. Tools and strategies taken from qualitative methodology, and more specifically from action-research were used. What was investigated was to what extent the ‘Playing by ear’ method developed the rhythmic skills of the students and to what extent it enhanced the students’ ability to play music in small groups without the teacher’s instructions. It is important to mention that the research was conducted in connection with the goals set in the Analytical Curriculum of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (ΥΠ.Ε.Π.Θ.). The results of the research showed that Green’s ‘Playing by ear’ method helped the students’ development of rhythmic ability with the use of musical instruments, as well as their rhythmic ability through kinetic behaviour. It also helped students to engage in early experimentation. Finally, the method enhanced the students’ ability to play music in small groups without the teacher’s continuous and direct instruction, developing in this way new communication and cooperation practices and skills.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-20DOI: 10.1177/02557614241247880
Skowrung Saibunmi, Saya Thuntawech
This quantitative study delves into the music learning needs of working-age individuals in Thailand, focusing on those aged 21 to 59 years outside the music profession. The research, conducted in October 2023, collected responses from 503 participants through an online structured questionnaire. The findings revealed that “As a hobby/for relaxation” emerged as the primary motivation for enrolling in music classes, among currently enrolled, previously enrolled, and prospective participants. Desired learning contexts revealed “Onsite learning” with a “Very High” mean score for current ( x− = 4.89) and past enrollees ( x− = 4.58), while those aspiring to enroll rated this and “Hybrid Learning” in a “High” level. “Private learning” earned a “High” rating across groups, and “Small group learning” received a “High” rating for prospective and past enrollees. Exploring learning styles, participants consistently rated items at a High Level, encompassing “Involvement in learning choices,” “Prioritizing adaptation over theory,” “Using metaphor,” “Visual learning,” “Auditory learning,” and “Kinesthetic learning.” Barriers to music learning, including “Time management” and “Memory,” were notably high among past enrollees. These insights offer valuable guidance for tailoring music activities or lessons to the specific needs of adult learners.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-26DOI: 10.1177/02557614241232653
Katri Olander, Suvi Saarikallo
This article investigates musical grit and sisu, inner fortitude, as predecessors of flow, flourishing and personal growth. Grit has been identified as an important factor for success. Our aim was to increase knowledge of the benefits of intensified music education for building grit, resilience and fortitude. Data were collected with mixed methods in 2020 from two schools and 96 children. Surveys were filled out by students in both music and regular classes. Qualitative data about music education experiences were collected through interviews and writing tasks from the music class students and interviews with their teachers. Music classes scored higher than regular classes in perseverance, certain dimensions of flow and musical flourishing. Musical flourishing correlated with playing years and had high correlation with self-efficacy, flow experiences and general well-being. The sequence of facing, but also beating, challenges as a group in musical performances and then feeling flow and flourishing seemed to be beneficial for children’s personal growth. Students in music classes learned not only musical skills, but also resilient and optimistic thinking related to their challenges. The theoretical model of Trust, Hope and Love was revised to display how sisu, the inner fortitude, advances flourishing.
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