'Turn up the Volume and Listen to My Voice': Students' Perceptions of Music in School

Autor/inn/en	Stavrou, Natassa Economidou; Papageorgi, Ioulia
Titel	'Turn up the Volume and Listen to My Voice': Students' Perceptions of Music in School
Quelle	In: Research Studies in Music Education, 43 (2021) 3, S.366-385 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stavrou, Natassa Economidou)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1321-103X
DOI	10.1177/1321103X20929709
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Learning Activities; Singing; Musical Instruments; Foreign Countries; Student Participation; Student Interests; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Lernaktivität; Gesang; Musikinstrument; Ausland; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Studieninteresse; Zypern
Abstract	Music teachers are often faced with students' negative attitudes towards Music as a school subject, and dilemmas of what would be most important to teach and at the same time interesting, useful and relevant to students. Looking at music teaching and learning through the eyes of students can play a key role in re-shaping the condition of learning and promoting a positive and motivating musical learning environment. The aim of this study was to 'turn up the volume' of secondary students' views of their music lessons in secondary school, including what they value and how they would have liked lessons to be if they had the opportunity to change things. A self-report questionnaire was devised for the purposes of the study and was administered to 749 secondary school students in schools in Cyprus. Our findings reveal that participants enjoyed ?usic, ranking it as their second favourite out of 15 secondary school subjects. However, there was a reported discrepancy between the activities students are engaged with and what they would like to be engaged with. Students called for more focus on singing, to play a greater variety of instruments besides the recorder (i.e., drums, guitar and piano) and to play the music they like. Building on students' perspectives, recommendations are made for music teachers and policy makers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01