The teaching of music in the primary school by the non-music Specialist

Holden, H.; Button, S.W.

doi:10.1017/s0265051705006728

The teaching of music in the primary school by the non-music Specialist

Holden, H.; Button, S.W.

Authors

H. Holden

S.W. Button

Abstract

This article reports on an investigation of the teaching of music by non-music specialists in the primary school. In particuilar, it examines attitudes to teaching music, factors affecting teachers' confidence, the relationship between confidence and training, support for music teaching, teaching experience and musical badkground. The non-specialist teachers taking part in this survey were chosen from twelve schools across one Local Education Authority (LEA). The attitudes and views on teaching music of 71 teachers were obtained through a questionnaire survey and follow-up interviews. The findings of this survey show that there is much work still to be done in providing non-specialists with effective long-term training and support to increase their music skills, subject knowledge, and confidence, to enable them to make a more marked difference to children's musical education.

Citation

Holden, H., & Button, S. (2006). The teaching of music in the primary school by the non-music Specialist. British Journal of Music Education, 23(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265051705006728

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2006-03
Deposit Date	Jul 7, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Jul 7, 2008
Journal	British Journal of Music Education
Print ISSN	0265-0517
Electronic ISSN	1469-2104
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	23
Issue	1
Pages	23-38
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265051705006728