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Dana Anne Boylan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study sought to understand the skills and qualities a student needs to be successful in a music education career from a high school choral teacher's perspective. Pre-service music teachers must be prepared to teach and organize a music classroom in any K-12 setting when graduating college with a music education degree (Franzblau, 2013).…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Music Teachers, Music Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Samuel Gray – Contributions to Music Education, 2025
The purpose of this study was to explore secondary choral educators' perceptions on preparing and instructing students with disabilities. Employing semi-structured interviews and analysis of educators' experiences (Creswell, 2018; Grimsby & Armes, 2023; Merriam & Tisdell, 2016), this research sheds light on participants' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Singing
Elizabeth Cassidy Parker – Contributions to Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this intrinsic case study was to explore the classroom management development of six mid- and late-career public school music educators from the southeastern United States. Areas of inquiry included how educators articulated their classroom management development, their management challenges and successes, and how classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Public School Teachers, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Simpson, Alvin F., III – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2021
I surveyed inservice instrumental music educators (N = 96) to determine their comfort level for teaching and performing on secondary band instruments. Research questions included the following: (1) How comfortable do inservice music educators feel teaching and performing on secondary instruments?; (2) Does grade level affect educators' comfort…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers
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Robison, Tiger; Edgar, Scott N.; Eros, John; Councill, Kimberly H.; Fredrickson, William E.; Helmick, Jonathan; Hoffman, Edward C., III; Melago, Kathleen A.; Williams, Blair A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2021
The purpose of this instrumental multiple case study was to explore the roles that high school music educators and the experiences they provide play in influencing high school students' decisions to pursue a career in music education. Four bounded systems, consisting of programs led by ensemble directors with documented records and reputations for…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Role
Baker, Wilbur R., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Traditional music education students are often required to choose a specific curricular emphasis or track of study within their degree program. These specializations, based upon the student's major instrument, include choral, general, and instrumental music. Although there is general training and coursework beyond a student's area of specialty in…
Descriptors: Music Education, Socioeconomic Status, School Size, Specialization