The Effect of a Visual Stimulus on Attentive Listening and Children's Imagination during Music Appreciation Activities

This study was designed to investigate active music listening as well as the creative integration of music and art. The main concern of this study was to examine the effect of a visual stimulus on attentive music listening, to determine whether it helps children sustain attentive music listening, an...

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Published inInternational Journal of Early Childhood Education, 16(1) pp. 143 - 158
Main Author 이영애
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 한국유아교육학회 01.08.2010
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ISSN1226-9557
2733-9653

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Summary:This study was designed to investigate active music listening as well as the creative integration of music and art. The main concern of this study was to examine the effect of a visual stimulus on attentive music listening, to determine whether it helps children sustain attentive music listening, and to see how it affects children’s drawing. Participants (N = 50) in this study were students in two classes at one public kindergarten in Seoul, South Korea. The sample population was comprised of 27 children who were age 5 and 23 children who were age 4. Students came from middle and low socioeconomic backgrounds. Children were observed during regular music class for 5 weeks, once each week. A visual stimulus while listening to the music improved children’s attentive listening and did not limit children’s drawing patterns as previous findings had suggested. The age 4 group’s pictures represented a more similar drawing pattern to the researcher’s model than did those of the age 5 group. Visual aids may be an effective tool to enhance children’s attentive music listening during an activity but should be applied judiciously with children 4 years of age and younger. This study was designed to investigate active music listening as well as the creative integration of music and art. The main concern of this study was to examine the effect of a visual stimulus on attentive music listening, to determine whether it helps children sustain attentive music listening, and to see how it affects children’s drawing. Participants (N = 50) in this study were students in two classes at one public kindergarten in Seoul, South Korea. The sample population was comprised of 27 children who were age 5 and 23 children who were age 4. Students came from middle and low socioeconomic backgrounds. Children were observed during regular music class for 5 weeks, once each week. A visual stimulus while listening to the music improved children’s attentive listening and did not limit children’s drawing patterns as previous findings had suggested. The age 4 group’s pictures represented a more similar drawing pattern to the researcher’s model than did those of the age 5 group. Visual aids may be an effective tool to enhance children’s attentive music listening during an activity but should be applied judiciously with children 4 years of age and younger. KCI Citation Count: 0
Bibliography:G704-001283.2010.16.1.003
ISSN:1226-9557
2733-9653