“You hum it and I’ll play it”: Investigating Musical Self-Perception and Confidence Among Trainee Primary Teachers in the UAE (82150)
Session Chair: Maya Gunawardena
Saturday, 13 July 2024 09:55
Session: Session 1
Room: B08 (Basement)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Music's role in enhancing primary education is well-acknowledged, yet research points to a persistent gap between recognition of its benefits and the belief all teachers can integrate it into their practice. This study investigates the musical confidence of 38 trainee primary teachers at a university delivering an Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme in United Arab Emirates, analysing their self-perceptions and teaching readiness. It assesses the success of an asynchronous bank of resources, designed to increase teacher confidence and self-efficacy. Through surveys and interviews, it emerged that despite varied musical backgrounds, participants uniformly expressed low confidence in teaching music, attributing this to their own self-assessment and external judgments of musicality. Use of the bank of resources was limited due to perceived time constraints and pressure to deliver "core" subjects. The findings suggest a need for institutional strategies to bolster musical confidence, advocating for flexible, informal teaching methods and reflective practices. Future research should consider how to apply this to all subjects outside the "core".
Authors:
Philip Anderson, University of Birmingham Dubai, United Arab Emirates
About the Presenter(s)
Philip Anderson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham Dubai in the School of Education.
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