A Study of the Teaching Method Practice on the Music Education Content by Early Childhood Teachers

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to survey teacher's practice for young children about music education content and teaching method for providing a foundation of consisting music education content and developing a music curriculum for young children. The subjects of this study were 208 teachers of children. The tool for this study is a questionnaire that is composing of music education content items, and teaching method items. The results are as follows: First, all the kindergarten teachers teach singing as music education content, but most of them don't teach music making were teaching as music education content. Second, most of kindergarten teachers don' t consider teaching method applied music concept when they provide music activities for young children. Third, there is no difference of teacher's scholastic ability, but there is difference of teacher's career.