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Virtues in Vocal Pedagogy: An Exploratory Study of Character Strengths-Based Approaches in Historic Voice Instruction

Researchers of historic voice pedagogy texts have generally focused their objectives towards reviewing the recommendations of historic voice teachers pertaining to the physiological, acoustical, and musical elements of training singers; however, researchers have given less attention to the evidence of humanistic pedagogical elements presented by historic teachers of voice. This study aims to examine historic resources of vocal pedagogy for qualitative data representing exemplification of or advocacy for character strengths for voice teachers. Additionally, this study explores practical applications of character strengths within the context of the modern applied voice studio. In this context, character strengths are defined as the positive attributes of a personality that influence how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. In this document, historic pedagogical resources (N = 80) represent works published between 1811 and 1975. Using the scientifically validated VIA (Values-in-Action) Classification of Strengths, the relevant data extracted from these resources were categorized first into six virtues – wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. These data were further divided into the subcategories of character strengths based on descriptions located in seminal resources in character strengths research.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1873555
Date12 1900
CreatorsTarr, Jeffrey Ronald
ContributorsWilson, Carol (Soprano), Austin, Stephen F., Coppola, William J., Morscheck, Stephen
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 66 pages : illustrations, Text
RightsPublic, Tarr, Jeffrey Ronald, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.
RelationRecital: October 12, 2019, not yet digitized, Recital: October 29, 2020, ark:/67531/metadc1923524, Recital: March 14, 2021, ark:/67531/metadc1818895, Lecture: July 20, 2021, not yet digitized

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