Interpreting 7-year-old beginner cellists’ experiences of practice

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Stephanie L R MacArthur, Jane W Davidson, Amanda E. Krause
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Practice is essential to the acquisition and development of musical skills, requiring musicians’ time, investment, application, motivation, metacognitive strategies, and ability to self-regulate. Research in children’s music practice indicates the type, quality, and duration of practice, along with adult support, contributes to fluency in musical development; and when progress occurs, children invest in further practice. However, nuances in children’s lived experiences of musical practice that influence these critical factors are largely unknown. To understand the complex issues in children’s practice, this study employed a unique pairing of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Participatory Action Research to investigate 14 seven-year-old beginner cellists’ practice during early learning and explored how their thoughts and experiences evolved over the first 18 months of lessons. Providing rare insight into children’s perceptions of musical development and the vital role of parents and teachers in nurturing engagement, three superordinate themes emerged: (a) four approaches to practice, characterized by practice structure, learner behavior, and family support, (b) a three-phase practice process, and (c) perfection ideation. Positive experiences, including creative activities, within these thematic contexts fostered children’s enjoyment in early musical development, supported productive learning interactions, and sustained engagement. Together, the findings have meaningful pedagogical implications for instrumental music teaching practice.
解读 7 岁大提琴初学者的练习经历
音乐技能的习得和发展离不开练习,需要音乐家投入时间、投资、应用、动力、元认知策略和自我调节能力。对儿童音乐练习的研究表明,练习的类型、质量和持续时间,再加上成人的支持,有助于音乐发展的流畅性;当取得进步时,儿童会投入进一步的练习。然而,影响这些关键因素的儿童音乐练习生活经验的细微差别在很大程度上还不为人所知。为了了解儿童练习中的复杂问题,本研究采用了独特的解释性现象学分析和参与式行动研究相结合的方法,调查了 14 名 7 岁大提琴初学者在早期学习中的练习情况,并探讨了他们在最初 18 个月的课程中的想法和体验是如何演变的。这些研究对儿童对音乐发展的看法以及家长和教师在培养儿童参与方面的重要作用提供了难得的洞察力,并提出了三个首要主题:(a) 以练习结构、学习者行为和家庭支持为特征的四种练习方法;(b) 三阶段练习过程;(c) 完美构思。在这些主题背景下的积极体验,包括创造性活动,促进了儿童对早期音乐发展的喜爱,支持了富有成效的学习互动,并保持了参与度。这些研究结果对器乐教学实践具有重要的教学意义。
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期刊介绍: Research Studies in Music Education is an internationally peer-reviewed journal that promotes the dissemination and discussion of high quality research in music and music education. The journal encourages the interrogation and development of a range of research methodologies and their application to diverse topics in music education theory and practice. The journal covers a wide range of topics across all areas of music education, and a separate "Perspectives in Music Education Research" section provides a forum for researchers to discuss topics of special interest and to debate key issues in the profession.
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