A multisensory approach for teaching the essential elements of music : a model for training teachers who teach music in kindergarten through grade six /
The purpose of the research undertaking was to design, implement, and evaluate a graduate music education course, based on multisensory music activities, which teachers could apply in teaching the essential elements of music for grades kindergarten through six. The instructor/researcher sought to...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of the research undertaking was to design, implement, and evaluate a graduate music education course, based on multisensory music activities, which teachers could apply in teaching the essential elements of music for grades kindergarten through six. The instructor/researcher sought to help teachers change teaching styles to incorporate a greater amount of multisensory musical activities as a result of the instructional model. Model music lessons, with emphasis on teaching the essential elements of music through multisensory music activities, were presented and practiced at each class. The teacher/participants in a graduate elementary music education course (three elementary music specialists and four elementary classroom teachers) then prepared lesson plans and presented similar lessons to children in their classes. These lesson plans compared with lesson plans from the previous year, and videotapes and journals of twelve of the lessons taught during the semester of the course were submitted for review by the instructor/researcher and two outside reviewers to determine whether there was greater incorporation of multisensory activities in evidence in their teaching as a result of the instructional model. Based on the initial interviews, discussions, lesson plans from the previous year and present semester, videotapes, journals, and concluding questionnaires all of the participants provided evidence of increased use of multisensory musical activities in teaching music to the children in their classes. As might be expected, some of the participants showed greater usage than others. More importantly, all proclaimed greater confidence, satisfaction, and joy in teaching music. To the extent that the multisensory instructional model was beneficial to the teacher/participants in this study and to the children they teach, it could be beneficial to students in future undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major subject: Adult and Extension Education". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 333 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |