Developing pupils music reading skills through Kodaly-based approach
The purpose of this action research is to develop the pupils music reading skillsthrough a Kodly-based approach. The pupils were facing difficulties in readingmusic notations, which is acquired in current Year 4 music curriculum of KurikulumStandard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR). This study was conducted in...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Summary: | The purpose of this action research is to develop the pupils music reading skillsthrough a Kodly-based approach. The pupils were facing difficulties in readingmusic notations, which is acquired in current Year 4 music curriculum of KurikulumStandard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR). This study was conducted in a governmentChinese primary school in Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 32 pupils from Year 4 wereselected to participate in the research. The Year 4 music curriculum from KSSR wasused with the adaptation of Kodly based-approach in this study. Concurrently,singing activities using solfege, Chinese children folk songs, games, and colorednotations were applied in developing the pupils music reading skills. This actionresearch was based on the model by Zuber-Skerritt where the cycle of plan, act,observe and reflect were used in the main cycles followed by the refined cycles. Atotal of 8 main cycles and 19 refined cycles were used. Video recordings, pupilswritten work from activities, singing and written music reading assessment, fieldnotes, informal interviews as well as reflective journal were used as the datacollection. The finding shows that there were improvements in music reading skills ofthe pupils at the end of the music reading assessment. The implication of the studyshows that the incorporation of Kodly based approach significantly enhances pupilsmusic reading skills. |
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