A Case Study on Teaching Belief and Practice of a Senior High School Choir Instructor

• Main Authors: Lee, Wan-Cheng, 李宛錚
• Other Authors: 吳舜文
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/rvtagh

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 音樂學系 === 106 === The purpose of the study was to explore the senior high school choral instructor’s teaching belief and practice. This study utilized a case study design. The research data were collected by interviewing and observing the choral rehearsals directed by the case teacher. After analyzing the collected data, the conclusions in this study were as follows: 1) The teaching belief of the senior high school choral instructor 1. The case teacher had enthusiastic about professional development and offered students multiple performance opportunities. 2. The case teacher used many learning strategies to build student’s ability and confidence in singing. 3. The case teacher put emphasis on the subjectivity of the cadres, and tried to foster team cohesion. 4. Through the diverse ways of performing form and programme arrangement in the concert, the case teacher promoted the musical atmosphere of the community. Also, through the music curriculum designed by the case teacher, students had experienced a cappella and choral music. 5. The case teacher put emphasis on coworker and parent-teacher communication. 2) The teaching practice of the senior high school choral instructor 1. The case teacher organized the choir at the beginning of the semester, and planned the learning goal and management details of the choir in advance, and executed effective teaching strategies. 2. The case teacher used vocal modeling, concrete and multisensory teaching strategies to develope students’ singing ability.The case teacher especially paid attention to choir warm-up activities for training breathing, resonance and vocalizing techniques. The case teacher based the choral repertoire selection on students’ ability, instrutor’s factors and the purpose of performance. The case teacher also attended more workshops and seminars, joined choirs herselves, or used the internet resources to expand her source of repertoire selection.The case teacher put emphasis on the singing diction and musical interpretation.