MUSIC-MAKING IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM AnExplanatoryMixedMethodStudyJentryS.BarrettChild,YouthandFamilyStudies

Planned, teacher-directed

music instruction

Derri et al. (2001)

• Increaseslanguageandliteracyoutcomes

• Increasespro-socialbehavior

• Increasesgrossmotordevelopment

Professional Organization

Standards

• NationalAssociationfortheEducationofYoungChildren(NAEYC;2017)

• NationalAssociationforMusicEducation(2014)

Learning Guidelines • HeadStart(2010)

• NebraskaEarlyLearningGuidelines(2013)

Common Preschool Curricula

and Assessment

• CreativeCurriculum(2011)

• HighScope(2012)• EarlyChildhoodEnvironmentalRatingScale(2016)

What is happening in preschools?

Nardo et al. (2006)

• 293NAEYCaccreditedpreschoolteachers• 28%planned,teacher-directed,four-fivetimesaweek• 14%nomusicatall• 69%teacherscreateowncurricula

Pre-service music training

Barrett (2014)

• 9outof19inNebraska– 2arestandalonemusic

• 5outof7inBig10– 2areexplicitlyforearlychildhood

Teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and efficacy

Berke & Colwell, 2004

Pre-servicemusictraining

-Increasescomfortlevelsforteachingmusic

-Increasessingingskills

-Increasesconfidencetointegratemusicinothersubjectmatters

-Increasesteachers’beliefsaboutmusic’simportance

In summary What we know

• Musicimprovesoutcomesforpreschoolers

•  However,fewchildrenwerereceivinginstructionin2006

•  Preschoolteachersarenotreceivingmuchpre-servicemusictraining

•  Teacherswithmoretrainingfeelmorecomfortableteachingmusic

In summary What we do not know

• Wedonotknowhowmanychildrenareexperiencingmusic-makingintheirclassrooms•  Iftheyareexperiencingmusic-making,whatdoesitlooklike?• Whatsupportsdopreschoolteachersneedtoprovideage-appropriatemusic-making?

Proposed Study Research Questions 1.  Whatmusic-makingis

happening?

2.  Whatareteachers’attitudesandbeliefs?

3.  Whatresourcesdoteachershave?

Study Design ExplanatoryMixedMethod1.SurveytoNebraskapublic,private,andfaith-basedpreschoolteachers

2.Analyzeresponses

3.Identifyqualitativesample

4.Conductinterviews

5.Classroomobservations

Quantitative

Mixing

Qualitative

Quantitative

ExplanatoryMixedMethod1.SurveytoNebraskapublic,private,andfaith-basedpreschoolteachers

2.Analyzeresponses

3.Identifysample

4.Interviews

5.Classroomobservations

In Summary Thisstudyisneededbecause• Wedonotknowwhatkindsofmusic-makingarehappening• Wedonotunderstandwhyteachersareteachingmusic-makingthewaytheyare• Thereexistsfewmixedmethodstudiesexploringthistopic

Questions?