| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 音樂學系碩士班 === 99 === Choral music plays an important role in music no matter from the viewpoints of history or education. In choral instruction, the teacher is a conductor, musician, and educator. The researcher majored in vocal music in her undergraduate program and involved in choral music deeply. She studies choir education in the master program and teaches in a private school as a choral teacher. With less than two-year teaching experiences, she is still an advanced beginner and her teaching skills need to be polished. This study hopes to establish teaching strategies to improve the teaching efficiency.
The research employed case study, and the researcher was the case in the study. Through teaching video, after-class reflection, and discussion with an expert teacher and a choral professor, the researcher expected to facilitate the teaching effects.
The results included: First, the teaching progress of the advanced beginner. A expert teacher and a choral professor offered and shared plenty of teaching experiences. The researcher also read a lot of related books and designed the teaching strategies. After discussed with the expert teacher and professor, the researcher took the suggestions, fixed the strategies, and practiced. Second, the choir changed the singing skills after the advanced beginner changed the teaching strategies. The choir members kept long breath, used belly muscle to support, had head (high) resonance and good oral space, and expressed emotional dynamics with new strategies.
According to the results, this study recommended advanced beginner should learn experiences from the expert teachers and use self-learning to increase professional knowledge. Meanwhile, the choral teachers’ teaching strategies should fit the members’ physical development. For instance, the warm-up activities can be active and suitable for the students’ mental status. Regarding to the teaching skills, the teaching pace should be compact.
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