TY - JOUR
T1 - Korean novice music teachers’ perceptions of their first years’ challenges
AU - Shin, Jihae
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea under Grant [NRF-2018S1A5A8027267].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Recently, there have been attempts to improve the support for beginning music teachers by investigating their difficulties during their first teaching years. The purpose of the study was to describe Korean novice music teachers’ perceptions of their first years’ challenges. In this study, data were generated through participants’ reflective journals, two individual interviews per participant and class observations. The findings indicated that beginning music teachers commonly felt insufficient in terms of music subject matter knowledge and skills as music educators as well as their assessments of students’ performances in music classes. They also mentioned their challenges, especially their relationships with students. Suggestions not only for practice in music teacher preparation and support but for future research on beginning music teachers are provided.
AB - Recently, there have been attempts to improve the support for beginning music teachers by investigating their difficulties during their first teaching years. The purpose of the study was to describe Korean novice music teachers’ perceptions of their first years’ challenges. In this study, data were generated through participants’ reflective journals, two individual interviews per participant and class observations. The findings indicated that beginning music teachers commonly felt insufficient in terms of music subject matter knowledge and skills as music educators as well as their assessments of students’ performances in music classes. They also mentioned their challenges, especially their relationships with students. Suggestions not only for practice in music teacher preparation and support but for future research on beginning music teachers are provided.
KW - beginning teacher challenge
KW - music teacher preparation
KW - Novice music teacher
KW - professional development
KW - teacher difficulty
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U2 - 10.1080/14613808.2021.1977788
DO - 10.1080/14613808.2021.1977788
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114626793
SN - 1461-3808
VL - 23
SP - 568
EP - 579
JO - Music Education Research
JF - Music Education Research
IS - 5
ER -