Children’s preferences for group musical activities in child care centres : a cross-cultural study Yim, Hoi Yin Bonnie and Ebbeck, Marjory 2009, Children’s preferences for group musical activities in child care centres : a cross-cultural study, Early childhood education journal, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 103-111, doi: 10.1007/s10643-009-0334-z. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Children’s preferences for group musical activities in child care centres : a cross-cultural study Author(s) Yim, Hoi Yin Bonnie orcid.org/0000-0002-8793-8119 Ebbeck, Marjory Journal name Early childhood education journal Volume number 37 Issue number 2 Start page 103 End page 111 Total pages 9 Publisher Springer Place of publication Dordrecht, Netherlands Publication date 2009-10 ISSN 1082-3301 1573-1707 Keyword(s) Early childhood Musical preference Cross-cultural Music education Summary This 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. Notes Published online 29 July 2009 Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10643-009-0334-z Field of Research 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education Socio Economic Objective 930103 Learner Development HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032717 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 15:40:00 EST Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 15:40:57 EST Mon, 21 Feb 2011, 10:40:53 EST Mon, 21 Feb 2011, 10:41:49 EST Mon, 21 Feb 2011, 10:42:34 EST Thu, 03 Apr 2014, 11:50:43 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 17:21:28 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:54:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 927 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 15:39:56 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas