Training the Non-Specialist Music Teacher: Insights from an Indonesian Action Research Study

Abstract

To improve non-specialist music teachers' knowledge and skills in teaching music, they need training to re-understand the teaching materials and to change their way of teaching music to avoid errors in applying music practices to students. This research report exemplifies collaborative work in making critical-reflective stages and applying each stage to elementary school teachers through training programs in an action research. The results indicated that non-specialist music teachers were able to develop their knowledge of basic music theory as teaching material and to develop skills in using media and applications supporting music teaching. The training of teachers and providing information about the impact of their teaching ways to the students' future musical competence were able to change the way they teach music. Teachers need to be given good attention, such as by providing development programs from the government so that the process and effectiveness of teaching music can be improved continuously.

Readiness and Competence of New Teachers for Career as Professional Teachers in Primary Schools

“…The results of the principals' assessment indicate that new teachers were considered innovative in applying technology to the learning process. This is a matter of pride for the school since technology can no longer be separated from learning in the current era, especially for learning at the elementary school level (Apriani & Julia, 2019;Baskerville, 2012;Julia, 2019aJulia, , 2019bJulia et al, 2019a;Julia et al, 2019b;Julia et al, 2019c;Julia et al, 2020;Lin et al, 2019;Maulana & Julia, 2019), In fact, it has become a necessity in almost every lesson. Due to the ability in technology and creativity in developing learning media and teaching styles, the principals also showed satisfaction to the new teachers.…”

The Great Effects of Applying Music on Learning Second Language

“…However, we should also check the content of the songs carefully. Due to the fact that some songs have an artistic element, they have removed grammatical elements, causing some lyrics to not conform to the basic grammatical structure used in that language [9]. Even some of the lyrics of today's hits, using new words that have an artist's signature that has not yet been recognized as a mainstream word in that language.…”

Educational Psychology-Based Strategy for Instrumental Music Teaching in Normal College

“…Traditional instrumental music teaching mostly adopts one-to-one teaching method, which has low efficiency. What’s more, the teaching quality can’t be guaranteed, because students from different majors have different learning abilities ( Julia et al, 2020 ). There are two types of courses for students: elective courses and compulsive courses.…”