The Status of Music Teacher Education in Taiwan, the Republic of China: An Application of Fuzzy Set Theory

The major findings of this study included: (1) music specialists with professional music teacher education were in serious shortage at elementary and junior high schools, especially in small-sized schools; (2) the most satisfactory, beneficial, and important courses in the perceptions of all respondents included Applied Music, Chorus, Conducting, and Music Appreciation; (3) the teaching of observing cooperative music teachers was rated as the most beneficial experience for school music teachers; (4) the proportion of music and music education courses needed to be increased in music teacher education programs; (5) field experiences and student teaching should be arranged sequentially and systematically through the four-year music teacher preparation programs; (6) a partnership of music education faculty and school music teachers should be strengthened to promote the positive effect of teaching practice; (7) the criterion of music teacher certification should be established clearly and systematically; (8) more centers of regional in-service teacher workshops and resource and graduate programs in music or music education at colleges should be established to increase the opportunities of continuing education for in-service music teachers.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Chiang, Ming

Contributors dc:contributor

• Boardman, Eunice

• Education, Secondary

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9904409

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80237