This work aimed to analyse factors related to conceptions and beliefs about expressivity in music among students and teachers. A questionnaire with 11 Likert-type items was developed covering the main factors included in the literature of teaching-learning of expressivity and emotion in music. Through exploratory factor analysis three factors were identified: expressive technique (ET), emotional expression (EE), and self-learning of expressivity (SLE). Comparisons between teachers and students showed that teachers had significant higher scores in EE with no differences in ET or SLE, although the effect size for SLE was high. The three factors are proposed as a tool for the assessment of conceptions of expressivity and its learning in both teachers and advanced students of music for teaching and research objectives.
This is a repository copy of Comparison of beliefs about teaching and learning of emotional expression in music performance between Spanish and English HE students of music.
La Ansiedad en la Interpretación Musical (AIM) consiste en la aprensión ansiosa vinculada a las expresiones musicales padecida por músicos y cantantes, afectando a sus niveles de bienestar, concentración y calidad interpretativa. El presente estudio consiste en el diseño e implementación de una intervención sobre la AIM de un grupo de coristas aficionados, estudiantes y profesionales. Se empleó método mixto, mediante instrumentos de recogida de datos antes y después del programa. Los resultados señalan que: (a) los comentarios de la evaluación previa reflejan preocupación por la exposición en público y síntomas de AIM; (b) tras la intervención se redujeron significativamente las puntuaciones de ítems de las escalas Vulnerabilidad Psicológica, Pensamientos Específicos y Motor y Fisiológico; (c) se logra una adquisición de técnicas de afrontamiento adaptativas; y (d) el grupo de discusión valora positivamente la experiencia. El programa analizado se propone como una estrategia sencilla y breve para ayudar al control de la AIM.
In view of the challenges involved in designing a study of Mixed Methods (MM), as well as the problematics inherent in studying Service-Learning (S-L) from new research perspectives, and considering the lack of systematic reviews of MM in S-L, this study proposes to analyse the use of MM research to evaluate S-L through a systematic integrative review of scientific papers published in international databases (ERIC, DIALNET, SCOPUS, and Web of Science) using the terms ‘mixed methods research’ and ‘service-learning’. The contextual and methodological variables were analysed descriptively and inferentially using Excel and Stata programs. Moreover, 149 predefined codes were created and analysed using the qualitative program Atlas.ti to identify which terms associated with the research methodology were used most frequently in relation to the MM for S-L methodology, and how and why they were used. Of the 192 papers found, only 93 met the inclusion criteria. The results show that very few investigations specify the MM they used in sufficient detail. Only 28% provide information to estimate the effect size, suggest interventions based on S-L, and collect measures for post-intervention evaluation. This demonstrates that the relationship between MM and stages of the S-L are not complemented in the methodological design. The results demonstrated that researchers should continue working with MM in S-L for the integration of qualitative and quantitative results. This research can be a methodological guide for professionals and academics who want to investigate MM in S-L because it identifies methodological deficiencies and strengths and offers and alternative designs to evaluate the service.
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