Children’s Preferences for Group Musical Activities in Child Care Centres: A Cross-Cultural Study

Yim, Hoi Yin Bonnie; Ebbeck, Marjory

doi:10.1007/s10643-009-0334-z

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“…Dancing/Moving is a More Preferred Activity by Children in HKSAR than in SA Such a finding, again, confirms the research results as discussed by Yim and Ebbeck (2009). Children love to dance/move.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…Dancing/Moving is the Most Preferred Musical Activity Among Children in Both SA and HKSAR Such a finding using the data mining approach confirms the results of the earlier cross-cultural study by Yim and Ebbeck (2009), and in other studies in the western contexts (e.g., Denac, 2008;Temmerman, 2000). Dancing/moving is an important media for children to learn and express.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Given the focus of this paper, the dichotomous data (e.g., likes or dislikes) were used only. The qualitative data had been reported in the previous published study by Yim and Ebbeck (2009). The four dichotomous questions were about children's likes or dislikes of each of the four selected musical activities -1) singing; 2) listening; 3) playing musical instruments; and 4) dancing/moving.…”

Section: Connection With Weights Input Layermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This new finding is identified by using the SOM. In the study by Yim and Ebbeck (2009), musical instruments were usually displayed on open shelves in music rooms in early childhood educational settings in HKSAR, and music was usually one of the timetabled activities. Some commonly used musical instruments in the local settings are percussive (e.g.…”

Section: More Hksar Children Indicated Their Clear and Strong Preferementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is proposed that the application of SOM is new in the field of early childhood education as well as in the study of children's musical preference. Therefore, this paper aims to use the data analysed with statistical packages (e.g., SPSS) in a previous published study by Yim and Ebbeck (2009), in order to further drill down the datasets with a data mining approach for uncovering insights that may have not been previously identified. As stated by Hand (1998, p. 112), data mining is concerned with the secondary analysis of a database in order to find previously un-suspected relationships which are of interest or value to the database owner.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Study of Children’s Musical Preference: A Data Mining Approach

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Musical preference has long been a research interest in the field of music education, and studies consistently confirm the importance of musical preference in one's musical learning experiences. However, only a limited number of studies have been focussed on the field of early childhood education (e.g., Hargreaves, North, & Tarrant, 2006; Roulston, 2006). Further, among these limited early childhood studies, few of them discuss children's musical preference in both the East and the West. There is very limited literature (e.g., Faulkner et al., 2010; Szymanska, 2012) which explores the data by using a data mining approach. This study aims to bridge the research gaps by examining children's musical preference in Hong Kong and in South Australia by applying a data mining technique-Self Organising Maps (SOM), which is a clustering method that groups similar data objects together. The application of SOM is new in the field of early childhood education and also in the study of children's musical preference. This paper specifically aims to expand a previous study (Yim & Ebbeck, 2009) by conducting deeper investigations into the existing datasets, for the purpose of uncovering insights that have not been identified through data mining approach.

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Songs are taught, songs are learnt: musical preferences in early childhood

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This study analyses the musical preferences of children in early childhood education. It also strives to determine the learning environment where these preferences develop, as well as to identify both teachers' and families' degree of knowledge of these preferences.The study was conducted in four Spanish autonomous communities: the Basque Country, Cantabria, the Community of Valencia and the Balearic Islands. A total of 286 five-year-old children, their parents and their teachers participated. The analytical design consisted of a three-fold interview through which we gathered and compared the information obtained.The genres and sub-genres of music that the children prefer emerged from the analysis of the results, as well as the influence of each learning environment. Likewise, information is provided on the percentage of parents and teachers who are aware of the children's musical preferences.

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Musical activities in preschool education: A cross-cultural comparative study

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of musical activities carried out in preschools for children aged 3–6 years in two contrasting cultural settings: Spain, a Mediterranean European country, and Hong Kong, a special administrative region in China. Participants were 398 teachers in preschools, 199 in each location. We administered a survey in which we asked how often they carried out 19 musical activities. In our analysis, we considered these activities independently and clustered by content (based on the type of musical practice involved) and nature (based on the potential of the activity to foster creativity). Participants in Hong Kong reported carrying out eight activities most often while participants in Spain reported carrying out four activities most often. Regarding content, Singing and Voice activities were provided most often in Hong Kong, whereas Rhythmic Movement activities were provided most often in Spain. Regarding nature, Reproductive activities were carried out more often than Creative activities in both locations. Contrary to our expectations, Creative activities were carried out more often in Hong Kong than Spain. We conclude that there are mismatches between the curriculum for music and actual practices in both cultures, with repetitive musical practices being the most prevalent. Implications are discussed for curriculum designers, teacher educators, and teachers themselves.

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Children’s Preferences for Group Musical Activities in Child Care Centres: A Cross-Cultural Study

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A Study of Children’s Musical Preference: A Data Mining Approach

A Study of Children’s Musical Preference: A Data Mining Approach

Songs are taught, songs are learnt: musical preferences in early childhood

Musical activities in preschool education: A cross-cultural comparative study

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