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Children’s preferences for group musical activities in child care centres : a cross-cultural study
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posted on 2009-10-01, 00:00 authored by Bonnie Yim, M EbbeckThis paper reports on a cross-cultural research study of children’s preferences for group musical activities in child care centres. A total of 228 young children aged 4–5 years in seven child care centres in Hong Kong and in the Adelaide City of South Australia participated in the study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected via a mixed method approach. Result showed that dancing/moving was children’s most preferred musical activity in centres. Significant differences were found between children’s cultural contexts and their preferences for three activities: (1) Singing; (2) Listening; and (3) Playing instruments. Qualitative data further revealed the social phenomena of these two cultural contexts which influenced children’s preferences. Implications for the curriculum planning of early childhood music education arising from these findings are discussed.
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Early childhood education journalVolume
37Issue
2Pagination
103 - 111Publisher
SpringerLocation
Dordrecht, NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1082-3301eISSN
1573-1707Language
engNotes
Published online 29 July 2009Publication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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