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Exploring Chinese college chamber music education: a case study of students’ conceptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2020

Chiao-Ting Feng
Chiao-Ting Feng*
Affiliation:
School of Art, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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Corresponding author. Email: ciaojoyfuls9@hotmail.com
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the learning situation of Chinese students’ studying chamber music in universities. Therefore, students’ perspectives on learning chamber music were the main focus of this study. The study begins with a comprehensive description by educators of current Chinese college chamber music education and then details students’ cognition of and behaviour towards chamber music education. The survey participants (N = 23) were all music performance majors who had taken chamber music courses in one average-ranked Chinese university. Demographic data regarding students’ chamber music background, actual practical problems in classes, students’ expectations of their chamber music education and the relationship between practice and learning chamber music were collected. The results indicated that students all possessed positive and assertive attitudes towards learning chamber music and believed in the necessity and value of establishing chamber music education in Chinese universities.

Keywords

Chamber music educationhigher educationChinastudents’ conceptions
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Articles
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , November 2020 , pp. 247 - 259
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© Cambridge University Press 2020

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