TITLE STUDY Jennifer Lee Doyle (2009) To compile and examine Quantitative, Public Elementary Teachers had varied Music Teacher music teacher Descriptive, Schools (N=135) serving experience levels from Perceptions of Issues and perceptions of issues Uses Primary Data via grades PreK-8, and list of first-year to pre- Problems in Urban and problems in urban survey from current elementary retirement. Elementary Schools schools in an effort to respondents, and music teachers (N=172) The results of the study determine whether Secondary Data suggest that professional relationships exist collected from public support is related to among the various records for demographic teacher aspects of urban music information attitudes, and that high education. levels of support will result in more positive teacher attitudes toward cultural diversity and urban education Jennifer Elizabeth To investigate the impact Exploratory or Total of 41 female early The findings resulting Vannaita-Hall (2010) of a music methods Quantitative, childhood pre-service from research inquiry Music Education in Early course on pre-service Pragmatism Paradigm, teachers participated in one revealed a Childhood teacher early childhood teachers Descriptive the study, out of the significant overall Education: The Impact of confidence to teach pool of 49 students [47 increase in Music Methods Course on music. It also sought to female, 2 male] who participants reported Pre-Service Teachers determine if there was a enrolled in Music for the music teaching self- Perceived Confidence and significant change in the Young Child. Of the 49 efficacy perceptions over Competence to Teach perceived self-efficacy of students who enrolled in the 15-week music Music group of early childhood the course, 46 methods course. The pre-service teachers to consented to participate overall means of music teach music following teaching self-efficacy the completion of four scores increased at each microteachings in an administration of the early childhood music MTSEQ. Significant methods course. differences were also found for each pairwise comparison of self -efficacy perception from pre- to mid-MTSEQ, mid- to post-MTSEQ, and pre- to post-MTSEQ. The findings of this study suggest that a one- semester college music methods course can boost early childhood pre-service teachers confidence and competence to teach music to young children. Laura E. Fitzpatrick To investigate secondary Qualitative-dominant The 151 respondents First, music education is (2013) Factors Affecting level music teachers mixed methods had from 1 to 35 years disappearing from Music Education in perceptions of public approach of teaching elementary schools Ontario music education in experience, with an across the province. Secondary Schools: Ontario secondary average of 13.9 years Second, enrolment in Teachers' Perspectives schools (SD=8.53). All of the music courses at the participants had at least secondary level has one music course been declining in Ontario (designated as AM_) in for decades - a trend their 2011-2012 that is still occurring teaching assignments. today, even in the context of declining school enrolment. Third, the decreasing sense of empowerment and professional capital experienced by music teachers appears to be impeding their efforts to initiate positive change in their music programs. George Darryl Waller To investigate the impact Quantitative, Descriptive Students with 4 or more The results of this study (2007) The Impact on of music participation on years, 3 to 3.5 years, 2 indicate that music Academic Achievement, academic to 2.5 years, education impacts Attendance rate, and achievement, specifically and 1 to 1.5 years of academic achievement, Student Conduct on the on grade twelve vocal or instrumental attendance rate, and 2006 Senior Class in One weighted cumulative music instruction; student conduct in a Southeast Virginia Public grade point average students not variety of facets. School Division participating in instrumental or vocal music instruction; and students that may have been enrolled in a combination of vocal and instrumental music courses in grades nine through twelve. Pablito P. Gantan1, Aimed to determine the Quantitative, Descriptive Thirty three (33) MAPEH -According to the profile Enrique G. Baking1, various methods used by Teachers handling music of the Dolores T. Quiambao1, the Music, Arts, Physical subject among the teacherrespondents Reynaldo C. Nicdao1, Education and Health seven public schools of majority are young and Alvin V. Nuqui1, Teachers in the Mexico, Pampanga and new to the Reynaldo C. Cruz1 (2015) public secondary schools the four hundred eighty system, female teachers Strategies in Teaching of Mexico Pampanga, (480) outnumber the male Music and their Perceived academic year 2014- fourth year students of and that there are very Effectiveness 2015. San Juan High School few music training programs organized by the Division of Pampanga. -The methods used by the MAPEH teachers were described as much effective. -There is a significant difference in the assessment of the student and teacher respondent in assessing the methods used in teaching music. -Lack of support and discrimination from the institution leads to the fluctuation of interest towards the subject. -There is a great need to re-assess the role of music in the curriculum and its role in the students development
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