Campus Location

Abilene Campus

Date of Award

Spring 5-10-2019

Document Type

Manuscript

Department

Teacher Education

Degree Name

Master of Education in Teaching and Learning

First Advisor

Andrew Huddleston

Second Advisor

Susan Teel

Abstract

This study focused on the perceptions of elementary students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in a music class. The author was a preservice teacher serving her year-long clinical teaching. The goal of the study was to better understand deaf and hard-of-hearing students’ perceptions of a Kodaly-inspired class, their favorite aspects of music, what they believed would make their musical experience more enjoyable, and what areas of music that they, and their music teacher, believed they could improve. Qualitative data consisted of school records, surveys of the students and their interpreters, interviews of the students and music teacher, and observations of the students. Data was analyzed by using the constant comparative method. The results found the following: participants enjoyed music class, their favorite aspect of music was playing instruments, more visuals, sensory activities, and movement would make their experience more enjoyable, and the music teacher believed they could improve rhythm.

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