A Classroom-Based Study of Small-Group Planned Improvisation with Fifth-Grade Children

Autor/in	Beegle, Amy C.
Titel	A Classroom-Based Study of Small-Group Planned Improvisation with Fifth-Grade Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Music Education, 58 (2010) 3, S.219-239 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4294
DOI	10.1177/0022429410379916
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Grade 5; Music Activities; Creative Activities; Elementary School Students; Student Reaction; Poetry; Painting (Visual Arts); Musical Composition; Music Teachers; Teacher Researchers; Focus Groups; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Expression + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Musikalische Aktion; Schülerkritik; Lyrik; Poesie; Malerei; Komponieren; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Lehrerforschung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausdruck
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine and describe children's music improvisations and the interactions that transpired within their four-person groups during regular weekly music classes as they planned and performed music improvisations in response to three different prompts: a poem, a painting, and a musical composition. Participants were two classes of fifth-grade children at the elementary school where the researcher was the general music teacher. Sixteen children in four focus groups were chosen for closer observation and a series of interviews. Data were gathered over a 12-week period, utilizing audio- and video-recorded observations, daily field notes, and interviews following students' viewing of their own performances on video. The findings of this study demonstrate that (a) all children utilized a similar planning process, and social roles and relationships were often correlated to musical roles and relationships; (b) children's music products differed based on the nature of the prompt, and children viewed prompts along a continuum of providing freedom of expression; and (c) children evidenced three specific strategies and expressed three valued considerations for planning and evaluating improvisation performances. (Contains 1 table and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10