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Abril, C. R. & Gault, B. M. (2005). Elementary Educators’ Perceptions of Elementary General Music Instructional Goals . Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, 164, 61-70.
| Author(s): | Abril, Carlos R. Gault, Brent M. |
| Title: | Elementary Educators’ Perceptions of Elementary General Music Instructional Goals |
| Source Type: | Journal |
| Source Name: | Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education |
| Year: | University of Illinois |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Volume: | 164 |
| Pages: | 61-70 |
| Country Code: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Orff Topic Category: | Curriculum/Assessment |
| Research Methodology I: | Quantitative |
| Research Methodology II: | Descriptive |
| Participants: | Pre- and In-service classroom teachers |
| Purpose: | The purpose of this study was to compare preservice (n = 208) and inservice (n = 73) elementary educators’ perceptions of goals surrounding the elementary general music curriculum. |
| Variables: | goals |
| Abstract: | Teachers were asked to respond to a series of instructional goals, using a Likert-type scale, related to one of five general areas: entertainment/recreation, expressive/creative, interdisciplinary, musical, and sociocultural. |
| Results/Conclusions: | Although responses toward all areas were moderately high, preservice and inservice educators differed in their values. Mean scores for the preservice teachers were higher for each goal area except the musical category. Inservice teachers placed significantly more value on musical goals than preservice teachers. There were significant differences between groups in all goal areas except the sociocultural. Those participants who claimed to have had positive experiences with elementary music as children placed higher value on school music instruction than did those with experiences that were neither positive nor negative. |
| Keywords: | curriculum, classroom teachers |