Preservice Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Popular Music in the Music Classroom
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2013
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755123313502349
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine preservice music educators’ attitudes toward popular music in the music classroom. On a survey instrument designed by the investigators, participants (N= 82) rated (a) the effectiveness of popular music in addressing the National Standards for Music Education, (b) the appropriateness of popular music in various age-groups and music classroom settings, (c) their overall attitudes toward the use of popular music in the classroom, and (d) their perceived preparation to teach popular music based on their preservice coursework. Results suggest that the participants find popular music to be more appropriate for older students than for younger students and appropriate only in certain classroom settings. Attitudes toward popular music varied within the sample, and participants responded that their preservice training to teach popular music was minimal.
Publication Information
Springer, D. Gregory and Gooding, Lori F.. (2013). "Preservice Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Popular Music in the Music Classroom". Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 32(1), 25-33.