Music Courses for Elementary Education Majors
An Investigation of Course Content and Purpose
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10199162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Delores Gauthier (Western Michigan University, corresponding author), Jan McCrary (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 124-134 |
| Publication date | 1999-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3345718 |
| OpenAlex | W2098637997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
We prepared a survey instrument to determine the purpose, format, and content of courses available to undergraduate elementary education majors at institutions accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). We examined the types of music courses offered to elementary classroom teachers, the content of the courses, the instructor's purpose for each course, and factors that influenced curricular decisions. We mailed the questionnaire to 530 schools listed in the NASM directory. An initial and two follow-up mailings yielded 316 responses (60%). The Kruskal-Wallis test for independent samples revealed statistical significance beyond the .01 level for the fundamentals course, F (2, 27) = 17.17. The study's results show there was stronger agreement among respondents who taught fundamentals courses than among respondents who taught methods or combined courses
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2005 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |