The purpose of the study was to explore the music therapy knowledge among college music students in Taiwan. This study chose three groups of students. Group A (n = 50) included Junior and Senior music students who had taken or were currently taking music therapy courses. Group B (n = 57) consisted of music students selected from the ranks of Sophomore or Junior at each of the colleges offering music therapy courses, who had not taken any music therapy course. Group C (n = 83) was constituted of students selected from among the Junior and Senior attending colleges that did not offer music therapy courses. The results of the study showed that students in group A were significantly more knowledgeable about music therapy than students in groups B and C. The music therapy courses did help to increase understanding of the diverse uses of music and its applications to specific populations in a variety of settings and using different techniques. A second analysis indicated that there were no significant difference among those three groups on evaluation of music therapy interests and curriculum. The researcher suggested that music educators in Taiwan should take the benefits of course offerings in music therapy into consideration when contemplating the development of the curricula of their schools. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Music. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2005. / Date of Defense: July 1, 2005. / Music Therapy Interest, Evaluation of Music Therapy Curriculum, Music Therapy Development / Includes bibliographical references. / Jayne M. Standley, Professor Directing Thesis; Alice-Ann Darrow, Committee Member; Dianne Gregory, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168884 |
| Contributors | Wu, Yang-Ching (authoraut), Standley, Jayne M. (professor directing thesis), Darrow, Alice-Ann (committee member), Gregory, Dianne (committee member), College of Music (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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