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- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RATINGS OF MUSIC AND VOCAL COMPETENCIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL STUDENTS (CURRICULUM, CHORAL MUSIC, SUPERVISION).
- Creator
- BLOSCH, CHARLES STANLEY, Florida Atlantic University, Weppner, Daniel B.
- Abstract/Description
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Statement of the Problem. This study was designed in response to a documented decline in music skills for the purpose of identifying, rating and analyzing proposed competencies to be possessed by a high school student following four years choral membership. Procedures. Randomly selected current or former choral instructors, high school choral students, and post-high school choir members rated a set of eight general and 68 associated sub-competencies according to their perceived importance for...
Show moreStatement of the Problem. This study was designed in response to a documented decline in music skills for the purpose of identifying, rating and analyzing proposed competencies to be possessed by a high school student following four years choral membership. Procedures. Randomly selected current or former choral instructors, high school choral students, and post-high school choir members rated a set of eight general and 68 associated sub-competencies according to their perceived importance for high school choral students. A forced-rank order rating system yielded rank order values for each general and sub-competency. Results. Answers were sought for the following questions: (1) Did the data obtained from the rating procedure concerning the general competencies lend themselves to a statistical rank order of relative importance? Results: Median values for the general and sub-competencies were extracted from the one-way frequency distribution. Arranging these values in order from smallest to largest achieved an average rank ordering of the data. (2) Do the groups differ when all general competencies are considered simultaneously? Results: Multivariate analysis of the rank order of competencies indicated differences, not attributed to chance occurred among the groups. (3) On which individual competencies do the groups differ? Results: Univariate F-tests revealed differences, not attributed to chance, existed among the groups on four of the general competencies. When the result was subjected to the Scheffe post-hoc, follow-up test, two of the four competencies were rejected as not containing differences from influences other than chance. (4) How do the groups differ on the individual general competencies? Results: Analysis of the remaining two general competencies revealed five sub-competencies for one and ten sub-competencies for the second contained significantly different ratings. Recommendations for Further Study. Pursuit of the investigation initiated through this study should seek answers to these questions to solidify and validate the findings of this study. (1) Would a replication of this study employing analogous or non-analogous populations of raters yield identical results? (2) How would the study results have been influenced by: a different membership for the Panel of Experts; a difference in independent variables; a simultaneous use of multiple variables; and, a different set of statistical tests?
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- 1985
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11863
- Subject Headings
- Music--Instruction and study
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC CURRICULUM FOR MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA: KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST-GRADE.
- Creator
- ANDERSON, BARBARA GILBERT., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The aim of music education is relevance of curriculum content through creativity, involvement, and flexibility. Therefore, the gamut of music programs must be continually and carefully examined to provide what is appropriate in the school music diet for today's technologically advanced child. This project was pursued to satisfy the need for a comprehensive music program in Martin County , Florida, and to assist the writer in guiding her kindergarten and first-grade children in discoveries...
Show moreThe aim of music education is relevance of curriculum content through creativity, involvement, and flexibility. Therefore, the gamut of music programs must be continually and carefully examined to provide what is appropriate in the school music diet for today's technologically advanced child. This project was pursued to satisfy the need for a comprehensive music program in Martin County , Florida, and to assist the writer in guiding her kindergarten and first-grade children in discoveries leading to growth in musical sensitivity. As a result of the investigation, the writer has gained an in-depth understanding of the Manhattanville Music Curriculum Program, the Orff approach, and the Kodaly method as adapted by Mary Helen Richards. Related research revealed that no one method is the panacea in music education. Therefore, the forestated approaches were analyzed, paralleled, synthesized and implemented in structuring the music curriculum emphasizing creativity through involvement and discovery.
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- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13466
- Subject Headings
- School music--Instruction and study--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Discovery Approach: How and Where in Elementary Music?.
- Creator
- Benson, Mattie Alexander, Robinson, Kenneth H., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The objective of this study has been to examine the discovery approach to learning and its adaptability to music education. Professional literature relating to the discovery approach was reviewed and summarized. Conclusions and implications for music education were drawn from these summaries. An examination of the philosophical implications of educational trends and the nature of learning was also made. This examination was made to gather perspective on the need for evaluating and exploring...
Show moreThe objective of this study has been to examine the discovery approach to learning and its adaptability to music education. Professional literature relating to the discovery approach was reviewed and summarized. Conclusions and implications for music education were drawn from these summaries. An examination of the philosophical implications of educational trends and the nature of learning was also made. This examination was made to gather perspective on the need for evaluating and exploring educational approaches and methods that affect learning. It was concluded that no one method or approach can be accepted as the all encompassing answer in music education. However, the discovery approach does hold great promise as another way of teaching music to the child in a creative manner. Through the discovery approach the child can be given the opportunity to experience personal success and expertise in the art of music. He can enjoy exploring and discovering the elements of music as learning evolves from his personal perspective and point of view.
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- 1970
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000627
- Subject Headings
- Music--Instruction and study, Learning by discovery
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Six Original Music Programs Created for Elementary Children.
- Creator
- Murphy, Sarah Jane, Robinson, Kenneth H., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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There is a lack of creative material for classroom and music teachers to use. Teachers do not often have the creative ability or the time required to create their own materials; therefore, the author felt a need existed for an in-depth study of elementary music programs. The themes of the programs chosen were such that they correlate closely with social study units. Considerable research was conducted to find the most appropriate songs and dances from many sources. Vhen there were none, the...
Show moreThere is a lack of creative material for classroom and music teachers to use. Teachers do not often have the creative ability or the time required to create their own materials; therefore, the author felt a need existed for an in-depth study of elementary music programs. The themes of the programs chosen were such that they correlate closely with social study units. Considerable research was conducted to find the most appropriate songs and dances from many sources. Vhen there were none, the author composed or created new material which was made available for elementary teachers. These programs may be adapted to meet the needs of individual schools. Teachers could modify or expand them to meet their own classroom situations. It was discovered that there was little related literature directed to the problem of preparing music programs for the elementary school. Dissertation Abstracts, issues of the Journal of Research in Music Education and Music Educators Journal were reviewed and it was found that an apparent void existed in this area. Additional programs may be developed in many other areas of the elementary music curriculum by those who are interested in this area of research.
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- 1969
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000639
- Subject Headings
- Music--Instruction and study, Education, Elementary--Curricula
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE INFLUENCE OF MUSICAL TRAINING AND BILINGUALISM ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTION: AN ERP STUDY.
- Creator
- Lang, Merike K., Rosselli, Mónica, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there is an influence of bilingualism as well as musical experience and training on performance during tasks of executive function using electrophysiological (EEG) measures. The aims included: 1) analyzing differences across groups of bilinguals, monolinguals, bilingual musicians, and monolingual non-musicians on executive function tasks in their performance as well as in their corresponding event-related potentials (ERPs) to evaluate the effects...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if there is an influence of bilingualism as well as musical experience and training on performance during tasks of executive function using electrophysiological (EEG) measures. The aims included: 1) analyzing differences across groups of bilinguals, monolinguals, bilingual musicians, and monolingual non-musicians on executive function tasks in their performance as well as in their corresponding event-related potentials (ERPs) to evaluate the effects of experience-dependent neuroplasticity, and 2) correlating the ERP measures during executive function tasks with measures of bilingualism and musical training. We used three questionnaires to determine the level of bilingualism, years of instrument use, and musical experience, which were provided online in the first phase of the study through Qualtrics. For the second in-person testing phase of the study, three cognitive tasks that measured stimulus evaluation and working memory (Oddball), response inhibition (Go/No-Go), and cognitive flexibility (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; WCST) were administered. Also, three behavioral tasks: Digit Span, Short Term Visual Memory Binding, and Corsi block tapping test assessed differences in working memory across the groups. Latency differences were observed for bilingual musicians in Standard trials at frontal electrodes, and faster reaction times to Deviant stimuli were observed in bilingual musicians compared to bilinguals, with no other significant results in response inhibition and cognitive flexibility. Therefore, this study demonstrated that musical experience may influence an individual’s speed in performing a task that uses working memory and stimulus evaluation of unexpected stimuli, as well as in their cognitive efficiency of updating as reflected by earlier peaks in the P300 ERP component.
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- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013951
- Subject Headings
- Executive Function, Bilingualism, Music--Instruction and study
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Aesthetic education: A curriculum supplement for elementary music class.
- Creator
- Ruswick, William John., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
- Abstract/Description
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Over the last several years the Broward County, Florida school system has experienced a dramatic decline in music programs. In Broward County, as in many school systems across the nation, programs in music and the other arts are finding themselves reduced because of curtailed funding. The problems are constantly debated by school board members and top administration officials. Meanwhile, young people are deprived of music. A major concern of the music community has been an inability to...
Show moreOver the last several years the Broward County, Florida school system has experienced a dramatic decline in music programs. In Broward County, as in many school systems across the nation, programs in music and the other arts are finding themselves reduced because of curtailed funding. The problems are constantly debated by school board members and top administration officials. Meanwhile, young people are deprived of music. A major concern of the music community has been an inability to propose a truly self-justifying curriculum. Therefore, an aesthetically based curriculum supplement has been developed with the intention of cementing the place of music in the overall elementary school curriculum. This will be a major approach to curriculum building with instruction, which will include music theories, musical styles and periods, musicians, composition and historical facts. The objective is to create an understanding of music, establishing music as an integral part of school curriculum.
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- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15146
- Subject Headings
- Music--Instruction and study, School music--Instruction and study, Music--Philosophy and aesthetics, Aesthetics--Study and teaching (Elementary)
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- Document (PDF)
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- An investigation of the teaching practices of music teaching artists participating in four selected elementary school arts integration projects.
- Creator
- Vazquez, Olga M., Burnaford, Gail, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
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This mixed methodology study investigated the arts integration practices of music teaching artists participating in four selected elementary school arts integration projects in the United States. This study also explored the possibility that music teaching artists’ formal education, arts integration training and professional development, and their own attitudes as well as different stakeholders’ attitudes about arts integration and music education impacted their arts integration practices....
Show moreThis mixed methodology study investigated the arts integration practices of music teaching artists participating in four selected elementary school arts integration projects in the United States. This study also explored the possibility that music teaching artists’ formal education, arts integration training and professional development, and their own attitudes as well as different stakeholders’ attitudes about arts integration and music education impacted their arts integration practices. The explanatory two-phase design of this study began with the collection and analysis of quantitative data and was followed by the collection and analysis of qualitative data, thus connecting the results from the former to those from the latter. The quantitative data provided information for purposefully selecting the interview participants who provided the qualitative data collection in phase two. The data gathered in this study indicate that the music teaching artists shared similar beliefs about arts integration but that they believed their school leaders’ goals and objectives differed from their own. The data also provided evidence for concluding that the music teaching artists believe that the most successful arts integration projects are those that are collaborative partnerships between an arts specialist or classroom teacher and a teaching artist. A unexpected finding in this study was the teaching and exploration of sound in arts integration projects team taught between a sound teaching artist,–some without musical backgrounds or formal training–a music teaching artist, and a classroom teacher. The statistical analysis in this study regarding the degree to which formal education, arts integration professional development and training, music teaching artists’ attitudes about arts integration, and the beliefs held by music teaching artists regarding school leaders’ and their arts organization’s administrators’ attitudes about arts integration were predictors of the arts integration practices as self-reported by music teaching artists produced results that were non-significant. The content analysis of curriculum documents and student products submitted by the study participants revealed information to support the findings from the interview and survey data
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004230, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004230
- Subject Headings
- Artists as teachers, Interdisciplinary approach in education, Music -- Instruction and study, Project method in teaching
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CREATIVE MUSIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS.
- Creator
- TSURUTOME, SANDRA M., Florida Atlantic University
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The intent of this study was to research, develop, and present creative music activities which could be used by classroom teachers to promote creative thinking in children. The creative music activities follow the format developed by Frank Williams in his Total Creativity Program for Individualizing and Human~zing the Learning Process. Creative music activities which were selected encourage divergent production and develop the creative thinking abilities of fluency, flexibility, original ity,...
Show moreThe intent of this study was to research, develop, and present creative music activities which could be used by classroom teachers to promote creative thinking in children. The creative music activities follow the format developed by Frank Williams in his Total Creativity Program for Individualizing and Human~zing the Learning Process. Creative music activities which were selected encourage divergent production and develop the creative thinking abilities of fluency, flexibility, original ity, and elaboration. These activities also stimulate t he development of affective behaviors such as risk-taking, preference for complexity, curiosity, and imagination. In addition, suggested teaching strategies for teachers which enhance creativity are included in each activity. These activities were categorized as being (1) composition, (2) dramatization , (3) movement, (4) rhythmic experience, (5) special project, or (6) basic music skills. They were further organized into appropriate grade levels, kindergarten through sixth grade. A survey was conducted of music teachers in Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade Counties, Florida, to obtain information about the use of creative activities. A questionnaire designed by the author and the Khatena-Torrance Creative Perception Inventory were used to gather the necessary data. The major findings of this study showed that most teachers used creative activities in their teaching and are receptive to new materials on creativity. Physical setting was not a significant variable in predicting the extent of the use of creative music activities by teachers. Teachers who scored high on the Creative Perception Inventory used more creative activities in their teaching than those who scored low but the difference was not· significant. The discovery technique is desirable in teaching children with high creative ability but most teachers did not use this method exclusively in their presentation of new material. This study was not intended to be field tested by the author. Rather, emphasis was on the development of creative music activities with variations of difficulty which could be used by classroom teachers with a minimum of musical training.
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- 1979
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11738
- Subject Headings
- Music--Instruction and study, Music, Influence of, Musique--Étude et enseignement (Primaire), Créativité (Éducation)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- General education classroom teachers' and music specialists' perceived ability to implement the National Standards for Music Education.
- Creator
- Byo, Susan June, Florida Atlantic University, Gray, Mary B., Morris, John D.
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The purpose of this study was to examine teacher perceptions about pertinent factors affecting the successful teaching of the National Standards for Music. Subjects were music specialists and fourth grade generalists from public elementary schools in consenting school districts from throughout the State of Florida. The two groups were administered a survey to glean opinions of the feasibility of implementing each of the nine National Standards for Music by rating seven repeated professional...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine teacher perceptions about pertinent factors affecting the successful teaching of the National Standards for Music. Subjects were music specialists and fourth grade generalists from public elementary schools in consenting school districts from throughout the State of Florida. The two groups were administered a survey to glean opinions of the feasibility of implementing each of the nine National Standards for Music by rating seven repeated professional and resource items (contact time, resources, assistance, ability, training, interest, responsibility, and level of assistance). The summed ratings of the dependent variables (consisting of the seven professional and resources items) for each standard were subjected to a two way analysis of variance with repeated measures to determine that significant differences exist with respect to the independent variable of teacher role, with music specialists and general educators as two levels of this variable; and the independent variable of content standard, variable. Statistical significance and interactions were studied within content standards and between music specialists and fourth grade generalists. Results indicate that significant differences exist between music teachers and fourth grade teachers in their perceptions of the feasibility of delivering effective instruction for each standard. Additionally, a significant difference exists between each standard with respect to the overall perceived viability of effective implementation regardless of teacher role. Further, an interaction was identified that indicated differences by both role and standard. More specifically, this research yielded results which indicate that certain standards (History & Culture, Singing, and Analyzing Music) are more feasible for both roles to teach than other standards (Playing Instruments, Improvising, and Composing). It also verified that music specialists are considerably more amenable to the implementation of the nine content standards than the general educators with respect to all seven professional and resource items. Music teachers feel most effective implementing the Evaluating, Listening & Analyzing, and Singing standards while generalists feel most effective implementing the History & Culture, Other Subjects, and Singing standards. Both groups indicated an overall lack of time and resources to effectively teach most standards. Music teachers were less dependent on the assistance of classroom teachers while classroom teachers agreed that they needed the assistance of music teachers to successfully implement most standards.
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- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12503
- Subject Headings
- National standards for arts education
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Leonard Bernstein: Music educator.
- Creator
- Peynado, Franklin., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
- Abstract/Description
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Leonard Bernstein has been known worldwide as an outstanding conductor and composer, but only to a lesser extent as a music educator. His involvement and achievements as a music educator are enormous and collectively deserve greater attention. This thesis brings greater attention to those ventures by tracing his musical development and his career as a music educator.
- Date Issued
- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15143
- Subject Headings
- Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-, Music--Instruction and study, Musicians--United States--Biography
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A PROPOSED EXPERIMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL GENERAL MUSIC PROGRAM.
- Creator
- ANDERSON, BARBARA GILBERT., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to develop an administrative model in which a comprehensive general music program can be executed, specifically designed for middle schools in Martin County, Florida, with implications for other middle schools in Florida. In order to construct a model program as well as to identify significant factors that enhance or inhibit this purpose, a survey approach was utilized. This two-fold approach was used to identify the practices, policies and trends in...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to develop an administrative model in which a comprehensive general music program can be executed, specifically designed for middle schools in Martin County, Florida, with implications for other middle schools in Florida. In order to construct a model program as well as to identify significant factors that enhance or inhibit this purpose, a survey approach was utilized. This two-fold approach was used to identify the practices, policies and trends in administration and supervision of existing music programs in representative middle schools in Florida and in Ohio. The first method was that of interviewing music personnel by means of a tape recorder during the Florida Music Educators Convention/ Clinic in January, 1976. The second method was construction of a survey questionnaire which was sent to music supervisors and principals of middle schools. The questionnaire was constructed to obtain data from these areas: (1) the manner in which music programs were funded, (2) variation in time allocations for general music, (3) music activities in which pupils participated, (4) integration of music with other subjects, and (5) degree of interest in music at certain grade levels. The questionnaire was sent to twenty-two principals and music supervisors of middle schools in Florida and three to middle school administrators in Ohio. Of the twenty-five total questionnaires delivered, twenty, or 80 percent were returned. Returned questionnaires were divided into two categories according to school enrollment. Schools with fewer than six hundred students were classified as small schools, and schools with more than six hundred students were classified as large schools. In the small school category there were eight schools or 40 percent. Large schools accounted for twelve or 60 percent of the total. Data from the questionnaires were reported and analyzed by means of tables and descriptive analyses. Results of the interviews were tabulated and percentages in each category were reported and analyzed descriptively, without the use of tables. The interviews aided in securing additional data that were useful in interpretation of survey questionnaires, as well as extending scope, depth and better understanding. Chapter Two reports related literature. Related literature was extensive. Chapter Three shows an analysis of data for the entire study and a discussion of general music programs in operation in middle schools surveyed. Chapter Four reflects a discussion of the administrative design and methods utilized in formulating the design for middle schools. Chapter Five records final findings and implications.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11662
- Subject Headings
- School music--Instruction and study--Florida--Martin County, School music, Preschool music
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Jewish/Hebrew choir program for elementary/middle schools choirs.
- Creator
- Luel-Rochberg, Liat., Florida Atlantic University, Fleitas, Patricia P.
- Abstract/Description
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Jewish Music should be a part of every multicultural school's voice program. The medleys included in this work are amid for all audiences. The words reflect Jewish values, morals and spirit that should be shared throughout the United States' diverse society.
- Date Issued
- 2003
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13003
- Subject Headings
- Children's choirs, Jews--Music, School music--Instruction and study--Activity programs, Songs, Hebrew
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Study of the In-Service Needs in Music of the Elementary Classroom Teachers of Broward Counry, Florida.
- Creator
- Slater, Betty Jane, Robinson, Kenneth H., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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It was the purpose of this study to examine data gathered from the elementary classroom teachers of the Broward County school system in the state of Florida. An attempt was made to decide the extent to which music was included in the curriculum, the strengths and weaknesses of instruction of these offerings, and the advisability of planning inservice training programs in music for the classroom teachers to strengthen the total presentation. The method of research employed was a review of the...
Show moreIt was the purpose of this study to examine data gathered from the elementary classroom teachers of the Broward County school system in the state of Florida. An attempt was made to decide the extent to which music was included in the curriculum, the strengths and weaknesses of instruction of these offerings, and the advisability of planning inservice training programs in music for the classroom teachers to strengthen the total presentation. The method of research employed was a review of the literature and the formulation of three types of questionnaires that were sent to the elementary classroom teachers, principals, and music specialists. The classroom teacher data were coded, transferred to cards, and tabulated electronically. The principal and music specialist data were tabulated by the researcher with the aid of an assistant. The data were presented with reference to background, scheduling, and areas of strengths and weaknesses in musical instruction, through a series of tables and figures, an analysis of each, an interpretation of the results, and recommendations for improving instruction. It was determined that musical opportunities afforded the students of the Broward County school system varied to such a degree that in-service training programs in music need to be planned in the areas of instructing instrumental, creative, and singing activities, as these received the lowest cumulative percentages from the tabulation of the classroom teachers' self-analysis. The strengths of the classroom teachers' musical instruction lay in the utilization of listening activities.
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- 1968
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000644
- Subject Headings
- Music--Instruction and study--Florida--Broward County--Juvenile, Music teachers--Training of, School music--Florida--Broward County, Elementary school teachers--In-service training
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- Document (PDF)