Backgrounds, Teaching Responsibilities, and Motivations of Music Education Candidates Enrolled in Alternative Certification Music Education Programs

Autor/inn/en	Hellman, Daniel; McDowell, Carol
Titel	Backgrounds, Teaching Responsibilities, and Motivations of Music Education Candidates Enrolled in Alternative Certification Music Education Programs
Quelle	In: Research and Issues in Music Education, 9 (2011) 1, (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-8090
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Music Education; Interviews; Certification; Music Teachers; Alternative Teacher Certification; Teacher Educators; Motivation; Surveys; Semi Structured Interviews; Teacher Education; Teacher Responsibility; Family Work Relationship; Undergraduate Study; Undergraduate Students; California; Missouri; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Musikerziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lehrverpflichtung; Grundstudium; Kalifornien
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the factors associated with enrolling, continuing, and completing alternative certification programs in music education. Data were collected via surveys and semi-structured interviews of music teacher candidates from 43 program completers from seven alternative certification programs in three states. In general, participants were attracted by program efficiency, program feasibility, personal support and employment potential. Few disadvantages of alternative certification were indicated, but participants considered balancing a personal life with a new career, and the certification requirements to be a huge challenge. Participants most valued courses in certification programs that were immediately relevant to the practical aspects of teaching; however, the perceived usefulness of specific courses varied, even among students enrolled in the same program. Suggestions are provided for music teacher educators who work with students enrolled in alternative certification programs. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of St. Thomas. Graduate Programs in Music Education, Loras Hall 103, 2115 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105. Tel: 651-962-5729; Web site: http://www.stthomas.edu/rimeonline
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10