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Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Department
Music Education
First Advisor
Lois Harrison
First Committee Member
Marilyn Draheim
Second Committee Member
Rachelle Hackett
Third Committee Member
Mari Irvin
Fourth Committee Member
Wendy March
Abstract
This study examined the usefulness of the California Music Educators Association Music Educating K-6 Scope and Sequence (K-4 sections) by assessing its alignment with the National Standards for Arts Education (K-4 section). The investigation (limited to K-4 because of the organization of the National Standards) asked California elementary music educators how effectively the CMEA K-6 S&S communicated concepts specified in the Standards. An analysis identified 32 differences in grades K-4 between the CMEA K-6 S&S and the National Standards. After content validation by a panel of experts, a 43-item researcher-designed survey solicited preferences and comments from a systematic random sample of 300 California elementary music teachers. The survey responses were quantitative evaluated to determine how important these 32 differences were to music educators and whether to revise the CMEA K-6 S&S. Data from the 129 surveys returned revealed that in 26 of the 32 conceptual differences between the two documents, 85% of the population favored revision; that 61% preferred the rigor demanded in the CMEA K-6 S&S in 5 out of 6 items in the reading and notating music content area; and that 41% preferred a revision of the CMEA K-6 S&S to align with the National Standards in format. Of the respondents, 84% felt that the revised CMEA K-6 S&S would be a useful document in justifying music education to administrators, parents and classroom teachers: 82% felt that it would be useful in designing assessment instruments. The respondents requested in-service sessions in improvisation, the composition and arrangement of music, and the understanding of relationships between music and the other arts and disciplines. It is recommended that grades K-4 of the CMEA K-6 S&S be revised according to the preferences of California elementary music educators as revealed in this study.
Pages
205
ISBN
9780591548853 , 0591548852
Recommended Citation
Jorgensen, Martha K.. (1997). An analytical comparison of the kindergarten through fourth-grade sections of the California Music Educators Association Music Education K-6 Scope and Sequence with the kindergarten through fourth-grade section of the National Standards for Arts Education. University of the Pacific, Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2608
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