Zoltán Kodály gives a hand to secondary school students in recorder performance and attitudes toward music in Turkey

• Published in: International journal of music education Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 477 - 491
• Main Authors: Gülle, Alican, Akay, Cenk, Uzun, Nezaket Bilge
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-11-2021; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attitude Measures; Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Content Analysis; Folk Culture; Grading; Inservice training; Instructional Effectiveness; Melodies; Music; Music Education; Musical Instruments; Musical performances; Pedagogy; Public Schools; Quasi-experimental methods; Secondary School Students; Secondary schools; Singing; Songs; Student Attitudes; Students; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Textbooks; Variance analysis; recorder performance; music course attitude; secondary school students; Kodály-inspired pedagogy
• ISSN: 0255-7614; 1744-795X
• DOI: 10.1177/02557614211005904

Kodály-inspired pedagogy enables students to participate effectively in a music course by engaging in active musical interactions with folk songs and melodies. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of Kodály-inspired pedagogy on recorder performance and attitudes toward music of secondary school students. A quasi-experimental design was used in the study. The experimental group was taught using Kodály-inspired pedagogy and the control group using the general music teaching methods for 9 weeks. A two-way mixed-design analysis of variance (ANOVA) and content analysis were used to analyze the data. A Recorder Performance Grading Key, music course attitude scale, and open-ended questions were used to collect the data. Consequently, the findings indicated that Kodály-inspired pedagogy had a significant effect on the students’ recorder performance but the researchers could not find a significant effect on students’ attitudes toward the music course. Moreover, students in the experimental group reported improvement in their recorder performance and attitudes toward music education. The researchers recommended including information about the implementation of Kodály-inspired pedagogy in music teacher textbooks, providing in-service training for teachers to enable them to use Kodály-inspired pedagogy.