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Barker, C. (1981). Using Orff-Schulwerk as a method to enhance self concept in children with learning disabilities (Doctoral dissertation, Brigham Young University, 1981). Dissertation Abstracts International.
| Author(s): | Barker, Corinne Smith |
| Title: | Using Orff-Schulwerk as a method to enhance self concept in children with learning disabilities |
| Source Type: | Dissertation |
| Source Name: | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| Year: | DAI |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Country Code: | USA |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Institution: | Brigham Young University |
| Language: | English |
| Orff Topic Category: | Influence of OS on Attitudes/Preferences |
| Secondary Orff Topic Category: | Learning and development/Diverse learners |
| Research Methodology I: | Quantitative |
| Research Methodology II: | Quasi-Experimental |
| Participants: | 42 children with learning disability, Grades 3-6, from one school |
| Groups: | Two intact groups randomly assigned, n=21 each |
| Purpose: | To examine whether using Orff Schulwerk has any effect on children's self concept |
| Independent Variables: | Teaching Approach (Orff Schulwerk vs. traditional teaching) |
| Dependent Variables: | Perception of Self Concept as measured by |
| Data Type: | Test score of the Piers-Harris Children's Self concept Scale |
| Analysis: | Mann-whitney U |
| Abstract: | Two intact groups of children, grades 3-6 and with learning disabilities from one middle-class elementary school were assigned randomly into experimental group (n=21) and control group (n=21). They were given two thirty-minute music lessons for twelve weeks. The experimental group received lessons derived from the Orff Schulwerk Instruments Source Book, Vol. 1 and 2 and the control group received lessons in the text series of Silber Burdett. A Pre-test Post-test Control Group design was used. The testing instrument was the "Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale". |
| Results/Conclusions: | The Mann-Whitney U Test was used to analyze the equality of population medians. Results indicate a statistical significance difference at p<.05 for the overall score. In addition, other significant factors include Behavior (p<.01), Intellectual and School Status (p<.05), and Popularity (p<.05). The factors of Physical Appearance and Attitudes, Anxiety, Happiness and Satisfaction did not reveal any differences in scores. |
| Implications for music education (continued research): | Orff Schulwerk approach taught in a school setting had some positive effect on children of grades 3-6 with learning disability in some factors about self-concept. The author was careful to point out that verification of the theoretical ideas reported in the review of Orff Schulwerk was not possible at the time due to limited research at that time. |
| Keywords: | Orff Schulwerk vs. traditional music teaching, Self concept, Learning disabled |