Parents' reasons and motivations for supporting their child's music training

Are children who play a sport or a musical instrument better at motor imagery than children who do not?: Figure 1

“…Our main finding does not support the intuitively sensible, and widely claimed idea,1 2 that participating in a sport increases motor ability. Although an interventional study would be required to definitively demonstrate a lack of effect, the current data suggest that if motor performance does improve with participation in a sport, it is unlikely that it does so by refining the cortical proprioceptive maps or motor planning.…”

“…It is widely held that participating in a sport or playing a musical instrument is good for a child's coordination 1 2. Coordination depends on the coherent cortical proprioceptive representations, or ‘maps’, and accurate motor planning.…”

“…However, assessing motor performance does not establish this. Therefore, the widely held view that playing a sport or music is good for coordination2 seems to rely on the observation that playing a sport or music is good for playing sport or music.Sport and music are complex activities with many components, improvements of which would improve performance. For example, performance depends on the familiarity with rules, self-efficacy, cardiovascular fitness, concentration, practice, strength and endurance.…”

Case studies of factors affecting the motivation of musical high achievers to learn music in Hong Kong

“…Howe (1995/1996) found that children demonstrating high musical achievement received strong parental support up until about 11 years old of age, after which they provide less explicit support because their child has become intrinsically motivated. In addition, parents who support their children in instrumental learning focus on the benefits of learning music itself and also other extrinsic benefits of learning music including discipline, diligence, academic performance, and intelligence (Dai and Schader 2001). Students whose parents are involved in music and supportive of their children's musical participation develop better self-concepts in music, value music more and develop higher motivation in pursuing different musical activities (Sichivitsa 2007).…”

Parents’ music training motivation and children’s music learning achievement: An investigation in the Chinese context

“…Schellenberg, 2001Schellenberg, , 2004Schellenberg, , 2005. In spite of these research findings, questions pertaining to the role of parental motivation in children's music training have not been thoroughly examined (Dai & Schader, 2001). Parents play an important role in children's music training, as they often serve as the decision-makers and resource-providers, as well as family tutors for their children.…”