An Implementation of the Cemrel Aesthetic Education Program by Elementary Classroom Teachers: A Qualitative Observation

The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of selected instructional units in the CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program by three elementary classroom teachers in Urbana, Illinois with regard to context, process and product and to identify problems that occurred during the implementation. The context questions of the study were concerned with characteristics of the teachers, students, school district, community, and the CEMREL Aesthetic Education Program. The process questions focused on the amount of instructional time, scheduling of instructional time, amount of teacher planning time, teacher adherence to unit objectives, teacher utilization and completion of instructional procedures and materials, teacher relating of aesthetic education concepts to other instruction, types of learning experiences, patterns of peer and teacher-student interaction, level of student participation in unit activities, characteristics of the teachers' presentations, and problems during the process of implementation. The product questions addressed the extent to which students achieved the objectives of instruction, the attitude of students toward unit activities, the teachers' reactions to the units, and the teachers' attitudes toward future involvement in aesthetic education.

Name thesis:degree_name

Educat.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Reese, Sam

• Education, Music

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8127675

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67743