Understanding the Learning Style of Pre-School Children Learning the Violin

Autor/in	Calissendorff, Maria
Titel	Understanding the Learning Style of Pre-School Children Learning the Violin
Quelle	In: Music Education Research, 8 (2006) 1, S.83-96 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-3808
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Cognitive Style; Preschool Children; Learning Theories; Musical Instruments; Music Education; Observation; Learning Strategies; Foreign Countries; Teacher Role; Parent Role; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Musikinstrument; Musikerziehung; Beobachtung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Ausland; Lehrerrolle; Parental role; Elternrolle; Schweden
Abstract	The aim of the study was to acquire a deeper understanding of how small children learn an instrument in the presence of their parents. It is qualitative in nature and concerned six pre-school children (five years old) who were learning the violin together and where their parents were present at the lessons. All the children's homes were visited before the teaching started. Thereafter there was participatory observation of all the lessons and concerts during the first year of learning (ten months, divided into two terms). After both the first and the second term the children, one or both parents and the teacher were interviewed. These interviews served to elucidate the children's perspective on their learning. In the beginning the study was not guided by a theory--rather, it was a question of following up interesting "leads" that emerged from the observations. From the leads there eventually arose a theory of "learning style," which thus was grounded in the empirical data. (Contains 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10