Music practicum syllabus development for Matthayom 4 students in music major

• Main Author: Theeraphong Bampenthan
• Format: Article
• Language: Thai
• Published: Mahasarakham University 2020-09-01
• Series: Journal of Education, Mahasarakham University
• Subjects: music practicum syllabus; syllabus development
• Online Access: http://edu.msu.ac.th/journal/home/journal_file/726.pdf
• ISSN: 1905-9922; 1905-9922

The purpose of this study aims to 1) develop the Mathayomsuksa 4 music practicum curriculum for piano, vocal, violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, electric guลitar, classical guitar and drums. 2) study the effect of the curriculum in student’s music skills development, teacher’s satisfaction domain, and student’s satisfaction domain. The research is divided into two parts, the first part was documentary and interviews, the second part was the trial of the curriculum to study the tree domains effects. The population in the study was the 26 Mathayomsuksa 4 students majoring in music, Srinakharinwirot University Prasarnmit Demonstration School Secondary, who were studying in the first semester of the academic year 2017 and 11 music instructors. The participants were Purposive Sampling to 10 students and music instructors majoring in piano, vocal, violin, classical guitar and drums. The research instruments were a rubric score for student’s musical skills assessment, an interview tool for teacher’s satisfaction and an interview tool for student’s satisfaction. The data were analyzed by using 1) pre-test and post-test percentage for study students’ music skills development. 2) Content Analysis for study teachers and students satisfaction. The findings were 1) the music practicum curriculum for classical music Instruments included basic skills of each instrument to improve the techniques, tone quality, rhythms and ornamentations, the repertoire should include Sonatas and Concertos from the Baroque and Classical period, short pieces from the Romantic period, the Etudes must be consistent with basic skills, repertoire and support some advance techniques. For electric guitar, saxophone and drums, should practice a variety style of music. 2) for the study of student’s music skills, all students score was increased after the experiment, pre-test mean score was 71.5% and post-test mean score was 88.5%. The guitar student has the lowest score, but his post-test scores was the most increased (27.5% increased). The piano student has the highest score both of pre-test and post-test, and got a full post-test score. For teacher’s satisfaction domain, the overall satisfaction was moderate, the repertoire that suitable for student’s ability should be select by the instructor, the standard of basic skills and Etudes are applicable, the entrance examination criteria should be according to the curriculum and the graduation criteria. For student’s satisfaction domain, piano and violin students were moderately satisfied, the repertoire should more challenging but other students said that the curriculum is suitable for their own music skill.