Effect of Sex and Race Identification on Instrument Assignment by Music Educators

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Christopher M.; Stewart, Erin E.
Titel	Effect of Sex and Race Identification on Instrument Assignment by Music Educators
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Music Education, 53 (2005) 4, S.348-357 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4294
Schlagwörter	Music Teachers; Music Education; Musical Instruments; Racial Identification; Racial Differences; Teacher Surveys; Decision Making; Sex Stereotypes; College Faculty; Gender Differences; Teacher Attitudes; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Musikerziehung; Musikinstrument; Rassenunterschied; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Fakultät; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lehrerverhalten; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex and race identification on the assignment of instruments to beginning band students. Participants (N = 201) were music educators solicited by university professors across the United States. Participants completed an online survey about instrument assignments. Half the participants were sent to a site that had full-head pictures of 14 students and assigned them to one of six beginning band instruments. The other half of the participants were sent to a site that had pictures of the same students, but only the lips and dental aspects of the students' faces were visible. Results indicated that the ability to identify the sex and race of students had an effect only on the assignment of an instrument for 2 of the 14 students. No clear reason for the few differences could be linked to any sex or race factors; therefore, the assessment decisions are thought to be artifacts of individual pictures/students. The authors conclude that, generally, differences in instrument assignment could not be linked to the participants' ability to identify the sex or race of the student. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	MENC: The National Association for Music Education. P.O. Box 1584, Birmingham, AL 35201. Tel: 800-336-3768; Web site: http://www.menc.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10