Active blended learning management in music subject based on the hybrid learning framework for primary 4 students at Ban Nong Du School, Thawat Buri District, Roi Et Province

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop an active blended learning management plan in Music subject based on the hybrid learning framework to be effective according to 80/80 criteria, 2) to compare the students' academic achievement between pretest and posttest periods, and 3) to study the satisfaction of students towards the active blended learning management in music subject based on the hybrid learning framework. The target group of this research was the 14 primary 4 students of Ban Nong Du School. Thawat Buri District, Roi Et Province in semester 1, academic year 2021, which was selected from purposive sampling. The research instruments were: 1) the index of conformity (IOC) of the music learning management plan according to the hybrid learning framework was 0.87. This showed that experts are of the opinion that an effective learning management plan can be implemented. 2) The achievement test was a 30-item, four-choice test. The test had a difficulty and power value classified between 0.41-0.60, which was appropriate and could be tested. 3) A questionnaire on the satisfaction of students towards active blended learning management in music subject based on the hybrid learning framework consisted of 15 items.

Toward a Technological and Methodological Shift in Music Learning in Spain: Students’ Perception of Their Initial Teacher Training

Current education requires the integration of digital technology. It is necessary to analyze the impact of the use of this technology on the educational process, and how they can be adequately integrated. This study, carried out over seven academic years in a Spanish University, gathers the perceptions of 91 education students who were training to become schoolteachers: based on their own previous experience as students, and after having participated in a technological-methodological project. By applying qualitative methodology, we conclude that the effective integration of technology in the teaching process requires continual feedback between technology, curricular content, and pedagogy. To achieve this, university-trained schoolteachers need to offer their students a sequenced technological-methodological empowerment process. It is necessary to implement a technological and methodological modification of the teaching-learning process in the first years of university training, with the aim of achieving long-term repercussions on all educational levels.

Giving Voice to Children's Artistry

This book addresses the development of children’s artistry in the music classroom and children’s chorus. It unveils children’s artistry, identifying its characteristic behaviors, its progression of development and necessary components for growth, and guides the practical application of principles addressed. The book addresses the development of children’s artistry from the perspective of both the choral art and the process of music learning, with each informing the other, rooting artistry in music learning and developing artistry in an ongoing manner throughout childhood. It presents the musical mind as the gateway to children’s artistry. It discusses the power of movement in the embodiment of children’s artistry. It examines song and its role in the development of children’s artistry, demonstrating how rhythm, melody, and text—independently and together—influence children’s developing artistry musically, expressively, and vocally, at all ages and stages. Musical examples throughout demonstrate principles presented, provide professional development with tonalities, meters, movement, and songs, and offer a multitude of songs of increasing difficulty for the music classroom and children’s chorus that compel the musical mind, prompt artistic expression, and enable vocal technique. Practices and techniques that facilitate the development of children’s artistry are included, and the book can be used with any methodology. This book leads teachers to draw artistry out of every child and draw every child into the choral art. Content is intended for application with children from kindergarten through seventh grade, though it is also appropriate with older singers in the process of developing artistry.

Awakening Artistry

Chapter 1 offers the gateway to artistry in every child. It presents the musical mind, distinguishing it from the thinking mind, with the musical mind’s native language of rhythm, melody, and movement rather than words. It addresses the power of meter and tonality over the musical mind, how the musical mind develops a sense of meter and a sense of tonality, and how to teach to the musical mind. The journey unfolds seamlessly, taking the musical mind into the choral art and drawing artistry out of every child. This chapter lays the groundwork for subsequent chapters, rooting artistry in the process of music learning, and presenting the foundation for children’s artistry in both the music classroom and children’s chorus. Understanding gained from this chapter can be applied to singers of all ages and stages, and practices can be implemented with any methodology.

Inspiring Artistry

Chapter 3 examines song and its role in the development of children’s artistry. It addresses the need for songs of increasing musical difficulty throughout childhood, and how rhythm, melody, and text, individually and together, affect the development of children’s artistry musically, expressively, and vocally. This chapter offers musical examples and songs that demonstrate the progression of children’s artistry in song with children as young as five through advanced choristers. Chapter 3 presents the findings of many years of classroom research on song as it relates to both music learning and the choral art in the development of children’s artistry. It brings together research on music learning and the process of choral development to highlight the need for songs for the development of children’s artistry that compel the musical mind, prompt artistic expression, and enable vocal technique throughout childhood. It applies concepts presented in the first chapter and practices presented in the second chapter in the context of song, the vehicle for the expression of children’s artistry in both the music classroom and children’s chorus. Songs and principles presented in this chapter can also be used with older singers.

Considerations With Virtual Secondary Music Students

The global COVID-19 pandemic disrupted learning environments, adding significantly to an already-challenging time for adolescents. In many cases, students and teachers have abruptly shifted to online learning platforms that may occur entirely in a home environment. Music often plays a significant role in adolescents’ processes of identity-building and social connection. Music classes might play an important role in coping during these times, even when learning is virtual. Music teachers may question students’ well-being and their own mentorship roles. This article includes concerns about teaching music with adolescents, specifically when adapted to virtual technologies. Considerations are detailed for pedagogical care and possible benefits of at-home learning that might enhance students’ music learning experiences.

Exploring a systemic functional semiotics approach to understanding emotional expression in singing performance: Implications for music education

Engagement with songs through performance and analysis is a key component of music curricula worldwide. Music learning has a significant impact on a number of student competencies, including enhancing students’ communicative abilities as they learn to manipulate, express, and share sound in both voice qualities and lyrics. However, common analyses of singing performance rarely focus exclusively on voice quality, and there is no systematic framework which considers how emotional meaning in lyrics interacts with emotional meaning in voice quality. Drawing on systemic functional semiotics, this article proposes a unified theoretical framework for examining how emotional meaning is co-constructed in the voice and lyrics in singing performance. This framework provides a novel approach for discussing and teaching song analysis and performance. The framework will be illustrated through the analysis of the interaction between voice quality and lyrics in the song “Someone Like You” performed by Adele.