A case study of two choral directors' teaching practice of the adolescent boy choirs in junior high school

• Main Authors: LIAO, TI-WEN, 廖悌妏
• Other Authors: PAN, YU-WEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62715995620863006065

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 音樂學系 === 99 === The purpose of the study was to explore two junior high school music teachers’ choral teaching philosophy and approaches in training the adolescent boy choir. This study utilized a case study design. The research data were collected by interviewing and observing the choral rehearsals directed by the two case teachers. After analyzing the collected data, the major findings of this study were as follows: 1. The school choral tradition and the supports from school administration had positive impact on teachers’ choral teaching philosophy. 2. The two case teachers pointed out the purposes of managing the adolescent boys’ choirs in the junior high school were to provide a variety of choral learning opportunities for developing students’ singing ability, and to build a performance stage for cultivating their confidence in singing. 3. According to adolescent boy’ singing range and tessitura, the two case teachers selected part-songs to teach them. In order to let adolescent boy to sing comfortably, teachers had to transpose the melody or draw new melodic lines within the parts to accommodate ranges that are comfortable for each singer. 4. Both of the two case teachers had put emphasis on choir warm-up activities, especially for training breathing, resonance and vocalizing techniques. 5. The differences in gender and singing range of the two case teachers would affect their strategy of vocal modeling. 6. The two case study teachers frequently used solo or group ensemble for formative assessment, to understand the students’ learning situation in intonation, rhythm, and diction. According to the research results, the researcher made suggestions for school administration, music teacher, choral educators, and future researches for the choral teaching.