(Shouldice, 2014) Table one, Elementary students' definitions and self-perceptions of being a 'good musician'. plays an instrument (88%), practises (67%) sings (49%), lears (24%), effort/works/tires hard (24%), reads music notation (21%), likes/enjoys/interested in music (20%), performs for others(17%), creates/cmposes (!5%), depends on others' opinions (15%), only some can be (11%), has talent (!0%),believes (9%), listens (4%), expressive/conveys feelings (3%)(from Shouldice, 2014) :<3:After playing, practicing, and singing, the belief that a good musician learns and /or is taught to be so is the fourth most frequent response among grade 1 students but is mentioned less frequently as grade level increases. However, effort, while not among the top ten response categories for grade 1 students, gradually increases with grade level, eventually becoming the fourth most frequent response category among the grade 3 and 4 students. Similarly, liking.being interested in music is not among the top 10 responses from grade 1 students but increases in frequency with grade level to eventually become the fifth most frequent among grade 4 students. Additionally, the responses for believing/wanting to be a good musician and mentioning someone they know are most frequent in grade 1, while reading music notation and composing/creating do not appear frequency until later grades. The mean rating for all students' self-perceptions of 'good musician-hood' was 3.12. Of the 347 participants, 42 students rated themselves as 'one of the best' musicians in their class. the author reported that self-perceptions of first grade students were significantly higher than those of students in second grade, third grade and fourth grade. The mean rating for girls was higher than the mean rating for boys. however not significant level. (Shouldice, 2014) suggested that definitions of 'good musician-hood' may related to the musical experiences of the students. For example, reading notation and creating/composing do not appear among the top 10 response categories for grade 1 students, which may be because many music teachers in the USA typically do not focus on the experiences and skills in school music classes until later grade levels. In addition to the possibility that children's definitions of a 'good musician' may relate to their own musical experiences.
Sex (Shouldice, 2014) :star: the study of Shouldice is different with several previous studies ( Ritchie and Williamon, 2011; Wifield and Harold,1 992) found that perceptions of musical competence were significantly higher among girls than boys, there was no significant difference by sex among the musical self - perceptions of the children who participated in the current study. The author assumes that it could be as the fact that many of the previous studies asked participants to rate their self-efficacy for specific musical activities, such as playing an instrument or performing in a concert, while the current study simply asked students the extent to which they perceived themselves as 'good musicians'. Leaving this definition open to interpretation likely resulted in students rating their own 'good musician-hood' based on differing criteria and may be more indicative of general musical self-esteem than self-efficacy for specific musical tasks. Many children did talk about what it means to be a 'good musician' in terms of popular music styles and /or musical experiences outside of school. limitation: it is possible that some students may have understood the interview questions as related only to school music(since they were being asked by a school music teacher) rather than as related to students' own personal conceptions of music and musicianship, which is another possible limitation of this study.
The development of identity, including musical identity, is shaped by the complex interaction of a multitude of factors. Not only is a child's identity shaped by the immediate influences of home and school but also by larger influences, such as the mass media and even culture at large (Bronfenbrenner, 1977). (introduction). It was clear from the responses of the participants in the current study that the development of their musical identities (as indicated by their perceptions of themselves as good musicians) is strongly shaped by these influences in both positive and negative ways.
(from Shouldice, 2014) Students' definitions of what it means to be a 'good musician' might differ across vaping contexts and modes of music-making. For example, responses from some of the children in this study suggest that they may see 'school music' and music outside of school as two different things and thus as having different criteria for 'good musician-hood'. Findings of the current study suggest that young children hold a variety of definitions for what it means to be a 'good musician'. These definitions may fluctuate over time and may be influenced by children's own experiences, both inside and outside of school.
Age: Children's perceptions of themselves as good musicians were stronger among younger students, similar to the findings of previous studies (Eccles et al., 1993; Randles, 2011; Wigfield et al, 1997; Wigfield and Harold, 1992).
(Wigfield and Harold, 1992) is a longitudinal study, approximately 850 children were from grade 1,2,4. majority of the children are white and are from lower middle - class to middle class socio-economic backgrounds. children from 10 different elementary school in four districts. the child questionnaire assessed children's perceptions of ability and achievement values about mathematics, reading, computer, music, sports, and social activities, and many other constructs, including children's general self-esteem by children questionnaire assessing their achievement self-perceptions in the second year to the project. Questions tapping children's perceptions of their ability in each domain included items assessing perceived competence, expectancies for future success, ease of learning new things, and perceptions of the difficulty of the activity. Another questionnaire was filled by teachers, who rate children 's performance in each subjects. The questionnaire focused on the ir perceptions of children's talent or ability, effort, and the importance of quality performance to the child. Children's own beliefs about their ability showed that their perceptions of competence decreased across grade. The teachers' ratings of the children's abilities are related to the children's actual performance on aptitude measures tapping math, reading,and sports, not music.
(Randles, 2011) the purpose of this study was to discover relationships in student perception what it means to be a 'good musician' across grade level, with regard to gender , and the difference of school culture. subjects 1219 were from grade 4 through 12 at a moderate-size, suburban school district in the midwestern United States. Subjects were administered an online researcher-devised survey protocol inquiring about areas of musicianship. Results indicate that a majority (56%) of students chose not to participate in school music, that student self-perceptions of being a good musician decreased in relationship to grade level (there is a increase trend from grade 4 to grade 5, but it decreased to grade 6) , that girls indicated being a good musician significantly more than boys (for grade 4 to 12), and the category 'performs/practives and instrument' was the most city response for each grade level. items of questionnaire: 1. performing/practicing instrument,2 performing/practicing singing,3. general music characteristics-listening-instrument pedagogy,4. personal effort-persistence-pay attention,5. talent,6. love of music-passion-desire-heart,7.money-profession-audience, 8. music as an aesthetic object,9. Fun-happy-enjoyment, 10. referential. 11. composes-improvises-writes songs,12 a person, 13, takes lessons-has a degree, 14 teachers. (some questions are same with sing Up). For grade 4. -6. Performing/practicing instrument, personal effort-persistence-pay attention, composes-improvises-writes songs (only 4 and 5), Love of music -passion-desire-heart (4); performing/practicing singing(456) but in a lower ratings; general music characteristics-listening-instrument pedagogy (456), money-profession-audience(4), referential (6)
(Eccles, et al., 1993) the study examined the development of children's self- and task perceptions during the elementary school years. 865 first-, second-, and fourth-grade children (ages 7-10) from 10 primary schools in semi-urban school districts, the children are from families with lower-middle-class to middle -class backgrounds. over 95% are white. completed questionnaires with seven Likert-scales assessing their perceptions of competence in, and valuing of, activities in several activities domains (math, reading, sports, and instrumental music). Factor analyses showed that age and gender differences :star:in children's beliefs showed that for all the activities except sports, younger children's (particularly the first graders) perceptions of competence and subjective task values were more positive than the beliefs of the older children. Boys had more positive competence beliefs and values than did girls for sport activities, and more positive competence beliefs and values than did girls for sport activities, and values than did boys for reading and music activities. The study showed that children's attitudes generally dropped by age. But there is sex differences on attitudes towards different tasks. Limitation:The music section of the questionnaire focused on children's self-identity on musical instruments. not singing. :red_cross:
(McPherson, Gary, E and O'Neill, 2010) the study draws on an expectancy-value theoretical framework to examine the motivation (competence beliefs, values and task difficultu
y). results reported that music as a school subject was valued less and received lower task difficulty ratings than other school subjects with the exception of art. :green_cross: Students reported higher competence for physical education :green_cross: and mother tongue :green_cross: compared to music and lower competence beliefs for mathematics and art. Females reported higher competence beliefs and values and lower task difficulty ratings for music, :star: art and mother tongue than males. Males reported higher competence beliefs and lower task difficulty ratings for physical education and mathematics. (same with Eccles, et al., 1993). children's self-value for music is not same with singing.
(Ritchie and Williamon, 2011) the self-efficacy for musical learning questionnaire was adapted and tested with 404 aged from 7 to 9 primary school children to explore factor through exploratory factor analysis. Data were collected on children's prior music experience, extracurricular activities, and typical daily activities. The questionnaire focused on 1) children's prior music experience, including formal and informal musical experiences, time spent listening to and making music, as well as sports, watching tv, and playing wit friends, 2) the short Warwick edingburge mental well-being scale and 3) the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. 4) 11 statements about self-efficacy for concert. 'statement 3' If I cannot play the music for this concert at first, I will keep practicing until I can'. statement 5 'I am likely to give up getting ready for this concert before it happens'; statement 6: When I have something boring or tricky to do with learning for the concert, I can stick to it until I finish it'; statement 7: When I decide to do this concert, I go right to work on the music/''; these statements similar with some statements in Sing Up. The study reported that students having regular music tuition (to study an instrument or to sing) had notably higher scores than students having not these experiences, :check: which is supported by Bandura, (1977, 1986), girls' scores were higher than that of boys. :star: Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated. The author reported that no significant correlation between the socioeconomic categories of the children and self-efficacy scores. :star: There is positive relationships between the time spent listening to music, participating in individual sports, dancing, doing homework, reading for and self-efficacy for music learning scores. No significant differences in scores over a 9-month test -retest gap. The gender differences is supported by O'Neill, (1997). Contrast with adult, Welch et al. (2008) found no gender-specific differences in self-efficacy. :star: