Session Information
09 SES 10 C, Study of Instrumental Introduction in Primary Schools (SIGrun) – Empirical Research between Musicology and Educational Research
Symposium
Contribution
Hargreaves’ “open-earedness”-hypothesis (1982) forms the theoretical background of the study. Previous research shows an age-related decline in preference for music genres other than pop and rock music. This development already starts at the age of nine years, with a climax at puberty. In addition to age-related differences, gender-specific effects were observed (Kopiez & Lehmann, 2008). But other possible influences are not sufficiently examined. Thus, the study focusses on various individual, structural, and musical parameters, which might influence the development of music preference of primary school children. This presentation concentrates on effects of gender, migration background, and intensified music lessons. Following a longitudinal research design with four points of data collection, pupils (music vs sport classes) listen to and rate 7 music stimuli on a 5-point preference scale at each of their first four years of primary school. Questionnaires and interviews with children, teachers and parents provide sociographic and music-specific information. Analyses of the first point of data collection (N=600) support the expected open-earedness. Analyses of the second point of data collection will disclose the direction in which music preference develops. Information on structural data and music activities are expected to provide explanations for developments of music preference.
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