Profile of a Career Music Educator

Autor/in	Baker, Vicki D.
Titel	Profile of a Career Music Educator
Quelle	In: Texas Music Education Research, (2011), S.3-12 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2379-9021
Schlagwörter	Music Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Surveys; Likert Scales; Career Choice; Teacher Persistence; Teaching Skills; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Self Concept; Student Centered Learning; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Likert-Skala; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Statistische Analyse; Selbstkonzept; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit
Abstract	Teacher attrition poses a problem to music education, with 11% to 27% of music educators planning to leave the teaching profession annually (Hancock, 2008; Killian & Baker, 2006). This author notes, few studies have been conducted to ascertain why music educators make the decision to remain in the teaching field. Members of the Texas Music Administrators Conference, including the fine arts directors of most of the school districts in Texas, were sent an e-mail in 2010 asking that they distribute the request to complete a survey to their music teachers. Using a Likert scale, ranging from 1 (low) to 5 (high), respondents were asked to rank items in each of the following categories: Factors Impacting Decision to Persist as a Music Educator; Respondents' Self-Evaluation of Teaching Skills; and Respondents' Self-Evaluation of Character Traits. The results of the survey reported among other statistics that one of the overarching self-reported attributes of the respondents was their child-centered approach to education. The predominant factors impacting their decision to persist as a music educator were all focused on students: making a difference in students' lives; being able to inspire children; and seeing students accomplish musical goals. [Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Music Educators Association, (San Antonio, TX, Feb 2011.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Texas Music Educators Association. 7900 Centre Park Drive, Austin, TX 78754. Tel: 512-452-0710; Fax: 512-451-9213; Web site: http://www.tmea.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01