Abstract is in English, Zulu and Xhosa / In Ghanaian primary schools, music is a compulsory study area which is taught by
generalist teachers. However, information is deficient on the strategies teachers use to
implement the music curriculum. The aim of this study was to determine how teachers
organise musical learning experiences in terms of developmentally appropriate practice
(DAP) for lower primary school pupils. DAP is an educational concept which refers to
teaching strategies that consider children’s age, abilities, interests and experiences, to
help them achieve challenging and achievable goals. The study was underpinned by the
concept of teaching within the context of constructivist theory. Qualitative Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis and ethnographic research methods were used to find
answers to the research questions. Data were collected by means of observations,
interviews and document analysis.
Singing, movements and the playing of improvised instruments (although they constitute
only a part of the planned music curriculum in the Creative Arts syllabus) dominate the
music activities provided in the schools. In fact, unplanned music activities dominate
planned music lessons due to teachers’ perceived lack of adequate training to teach
music, the non-application of ICT in teaching, a lack of teaching and learning materials,
unsuitable physical conditions for teaching, lack of motivation and support to teach, and
lack of time to teach music because of the emphasis on meeting the targets of teaching
and assessment in core subjects. Strategies the teachers adopt to overcome the challenges
they encounter in teaching music include collaboration with their colleagues in planning,
teaching and integrating music into most classroom activities and drawing on pupils’
expertise in teaching and learning. It is recommended that teachers be given in-service
training, that specialist teachers be used, and that adequate teaching and learning
materials be provided, as well as support for teachers to integrate ICT in teaching music.
Limitations associated with the study make generalisation of the findings impossible. A
larger sample from various primary schools within the Ashanti region of Ghana should
be considered for further research. Functional integration of music in the other subject
areas within the Ghanaian context should also be explored and further studies should be
conducted about the application of developmentally appropriate practice in teaching
music in the lower-primary classroom. / Ezikoleni zamabanga aphansi zaseGhana, umculo uyindawo eyimpoqo yokufunda
efundiswa ngothisha abajwayelekile. Kodwa-ke, ulwazi alwanele ngamasu othisha
abawasebenzisayo ukwenza izifundo zomculo. Inhloso yalolu cwaningo
kwakuwukuthola ukuthi othisha bahlela kanjani amava okufunda omculo ngokwendlela
efanelekile yokuthuthuka (NET) yabafundi bezikole zamabanga aphansi. NET
ingumqondo wezemfundo obhekisa kumasu okufundisa abheka iminyaka yezingane,
amakhono, izintshisekelo kanye nezipiliyoni ezithile, ukuzisiza ukuthi zifeze izinhloso
eziyinselele futhi ezingafinyeleleka.Ucwaningo lwalusekelwa ngumqondo wokufundisa
ngokwengqikithi yethiyori yokwakha. Ukuhlaziywa Okufanelekile Kokuhunyushelwa
Kokubukeka Kwabantu nezindlela zokucwaninga ngobuzwe zisetshenzisiwe ukuthola
izimpendulo zemibuzo yocwaningo. Kuye kwaqoqwa imininingwane yolwazi
ngokubheka okwenzekayo, izinhlolokhono kanye nokuhlaziywa kwemibhalo.
Ukucula, ukunyakaza nokudlalwa kwezinsimbi ezithuthukisiwe (yize ziyingxenye nje
kuphela zekharikhulamu yomculo ehleliwe kusilabhasi Yezobuciko Bokuzenzela)
kulawula imisebenzi yomculo enikezwe ezikoleni. Empeleni, imisebenzi yomculo
engahlelwanga ilawula izifundo zomculo ezihleliwe ngenxa yokungabi bikho kothisha
abaqeqeshwe ngokwanele ukufundisa umculo, ukungasetshenziswa kwe-
ICT/Ezobuchwepheshe ekufundiseni, ukuntuleka kwezinto zokufundisa nokufunda,
izimo ezzibambekayo ezingafanelekile zokufundisa, ukungabi nogqozi nokusekelwa
ekufundiseni, nokungabi nesikhathi sokufundisa umculo ngenxa yokugcizelelwa
ekuhlangabezaneni nezinhloso zokufundisa nokuhlola ezifundweni ezibalulekile. Amasu
othisha abawasebenzisayo ukunqoba izinselelo abahlangabezana nazo ekufundiseni
umculo kufaka phakathi ukusebenzisana nozakwabo ekuhleleni, ukufundisa
nokuhlanganisa umculo emisebenzini eminingi yasekilasini nokudweba ubuchwepheshe
babafundi ekufundiseni nasekufundeni. Kunconywa ukuthi othisha banikezwe
ukuqeqeshwa emsebenzini, ukuthi kusetshenziswe othisha abangochwepheshe, nokuthi
kuhlinzekwe ngezinto ezanele zokufundisa nokufunda, kanye nokuxhaswa kothisha
ukuze bahlanganise i-ICT/Ezobuchwepheshe ekufundiseni umculo. Ukulinganiselwa
okuhambisana nesifundo kwenza ukuthi okwenziwa jikelele kokutholakale kungenzeki.
Isampula elikhudlwana elivela ezikoleni ezahlukahlukene zamabanga aphansi esifundeni sase-Ashanti eGhana kufanele licatshangwe ukuqhubeka nocwaningo.
Ukuhlanganiswa kokusebenza komculo kwezinye izindawo ezingaphansi komongo
waseGhana nakho kufanele kuhlolwe futhi kufanele kuqhutshekwe nezifundo
ezimayelana nokusetshenziswa kwenqubo efanelekile yentuthuko ekufundiseni umculo
ekilasini lamabanga aphansi. / Kwizikolo zaseGhana zamabanga asezantsi, kusisinyanzelo ukufundisa umculo, kwaye
oku kwenziwa ngabafundisi ntsapho okanye ootitshala abafundisa yonke into. Noxa
kunjalo, akukho lwazi lwaneleyo ngamacebo asetyenziswa ziititshala ekufundiseni
ikharityhulam yomculo. Injongo yesi sifundo kukuqwalasela ukuba iititshala
zikulungiselela njani ukufundisa ngendlela yophuhliso olufanelekileyo (iDAP)
kumabanga asezantsi. Le DAP nesisishunqulelo sesiNgesi sebinza elithi developmentally
appropriate practice, yingcinga yezemfundo emalunga namacebo okufundisa athathela
ingqalelo ubudala bomntwana, izinto akwaziyo ukuzenza, umdla namava akhe, ukuze
ancedwe ekufezekiseni iinjongo ezicela umngeni nezinokufikeleleka. Esi sifundo
sisekelwe yingcinga yokufundisa ephuma kwimeko yengcingane yokuzakhela ulwazi.
Iimpendulo zophando zifunyenwe ngokusebenzisa iindlela zophando ngokuxoxa
nokutolika iimeko ezahlukeneyo (Qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis) kunye nokuqwalasela inkcubeko. Iinkcukacha zolwazi okanye idatha,
ziqokelelwe ngokujonga okuqhubekayo, udliwano ndlebe nokuphengulula imibhalo
ekhoyo.
Ukucula, ukushukuma nokudlala izixhobo zomculo ezingoozenzele (nangona
ziyinxalenye yekharityhulam ecetywayo yobuGcisa Bokuzenzela) kudlala indima
eyongameleyo kwimisebenzi yomculo eyenziwa ezikolweni. Xa sithetha inyaniso, into
eyenzekayo ekufundiseni umculo yimisebenzi engacetywanga ezifundweni ngenxa
yokuba ootitshala abaqeqeshekanga kakuhle ekufundiseni umculo, abusetyenziswa
ubuchwepheshe ekufundiseni umculo, azikho izixhobo zokufundisa nokufunda umculo,
iindawo ekufundiselwa kuzo azifanelekanga, inkxaso nenkuthazo yokufundisa umculo
iyasilela kwaye lincinci ixesha lokufundisa umculo ngenxa yokuleqa ukufezekisa imiqathango yokufundisa nokuhlola kwizifundo ezingoondoqo. Ekulweni nemingeni
yokufundisa umculo, ootitshala babhenela ekusebenzisaneni nabanye ekwenzeni
amacebo okufundisa nokubandakanya umculo kwimisebenzi yeklasi nasekusebenziseni
ulwazi lwabafundi. Kucetyiswa ukuba ootitshala bafumane uqeqesho lo gama besebenza,
kusetyenziswe ootitshala abaziingcali zomculo kwaye kufumaneke izixhobo
ezifanelekileyo zokufundisa nokufunda, kuxhaswe ootitshala ekusebenziseni
ubuchwepheshe xa befundisa umculo. Ukunqaba kolwazi okungqonge esi sifundo
kwenza kube nzima ukugqiba jikelele ngokufunyanisiweyo. Mhlawumbi kunokuthathwa
isampulu yophando enkulu kwingingqi yaseAshanti eGhana ukuze kwandiswe olu
phando. Okunye okunokwenziwa kukuhlanganisa umculo nezinye izifundo
ngokwemeko yaseGhana, kwaye kufuneka kuqhutywe izifundo ezithe chatha malunga
nokusebenzisa iindlela zokufundisa ezinophuhliso olufanelekileyo ekufundiseni umculo
kwiklasi yamabanga asezantsi. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / Ph D. (Music)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/26917 |
| Date | 24 November 2020 |
| Creators | Adjepong, Benjamin |
| Contributors | Duby, Marc |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvi, 216 leaves) : color illustrations, application/pdf |
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