Browsing Humanities by Subject "Music education"
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A critical evaluation of assessment practices in music literacy programmes for young adults
(North-West University, 2007)The topic of assessment has attracted wide-spread attention in the discipline of music education in recent decades. However, most research centres on school-based assessment, and then mainly on the assessment of practical ... -
The enduring presence of Trinity College London in music in Johannesburg : a case study
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)As benign heirlooms from Africa’s colonial past, the British external music examination boards have been significant role-players in the music education landscape in South Africa, in spite of deep cutting reforms on the ... -
An exploration of transformative piano teaching in Pretoria : a case study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This dissertation explored the lived experiences of piano teachers in Pretoria with reference to the principles of ubuntu. Ubuntugogy as described by Bangura sets the outlines of piano teaching on a Western instrument in ... -
Exploring the meaning of cooperative learning in four grade 3 music classrooms
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This case study explores the meaning of cooperative learning in four Grade 3 music classrooms. To date, there has been a gap in the literature on cooperative learning within the Foundation Phase music classroom. This study ... -
The meaning of BMus studies for early career graduates : a phenomenological study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This study is a phenomenological investigation with the aim of understanding the meaning early career graduates ascribe to their BMus studies in the work environment. Open-ended interviews were conducted with fourteen ... -
Music education as/for artistic citizenship in the Field Band Foundation
(2014)This study views the Field Band Foundation’s activities through the lens of artistic citizenship. The aim of this study is to create an expanded theoretical framework for music education as/for artistic citizenship by ... -
The optimal utilisation of young piano beginners' attention span : an instrumental case study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This study was motivated by the challenges I experienced with regard to my young piano beginners’ attention span as a first time piano teacher. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to develop a ... -
Understanding the challenges teachers in the Western Cape face teaching the music component of life skills in the intermediate phase
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Life Skills forms part of the curriculum according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The purpose of this participatory action research study was to understand the challenges teachers face in the ... -
Die volhoubaarheid van musieksentrums as opvoedkundige en winsgewende kleinsakeondernemings in die Noordwes–Provinsie
(North-West University, 2011)From 1971 public music education in South Africa depended on government funding for instruments, buildings, salaries and equipment, but since 1994 this support has gradually faded. A case study shows that music centers are ...