Motivations of children to learn music at the Melilla School of Music and Dance
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Mar 1, 2011
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No. 1 (2011), Articles, pages 293-318
Submitted: Feb 28, 2018
Accepted: Feb 28, 2018
Published: Mar 1, 2011
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the motivations of children from 4-8 years old to begin their musical studies at the School of Music and Dance at the autonomous city of Melilla, since at this age range they are at a stage prior to taking specialized music studies. To this end, a semi-structured interview was administered to 139 students (92 girls, 66.2%, and 47 boys, 33.8%), who studied the disciplines of Music and Mouvement, Introduction to Musical Language (“solfeggio”) and Musical Language at this institution. The main results show that children begin their musical studies by vocation, but at this age vocation for music is not clearly defined, so that parents exert a greater influence on children to begin music studies.
Keywords:
school of music, motivation, family, teachers, peers, self-concept, personal appraisal of music
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Cremades Andreu, R., Herrera Torres, L., & Lorenzo Quiles, O. (2011). Motivations of children to learn music at the Melilla School of Music and Dance. DEDiCA. Journal of Education and the Humanities, (1), 293–318. https://doi.org/10.30827/dreh.v0i1.7171