The purpose of this study is to investigate music teachers’ perceptions of digital tools. It also aims to investigate aspects that might be relevant in how music teachers describe their education. The nature of this study is qualitative and in order to collect data for this study the method of interviewing was chosen. The number of teachers that was interviewed was four. The theoretical perspective that is used throughout this study is phenomenography. Because of this the method for analyzing data was derived from a type of phenomenographic analysis method as described by Dahlgren and Johansson (2019). A central concept in phenomenography is that of perceptions, phenomena and variation. These three concepts were used throughout the course of this study. The result of this study shows that music teachers in one way or another limits their perception of what a digital tool is in relation to a digital audio workstation (DAW). Furthermore, music teachers using digital tools in their education was often seen in contrast of using instruments. This aspect was described as digital tools not being able to replicate the same feel of playing an instrument. A positive aspect shows that digital tools was easier to use and students could then start making music before actually learning an instrument. Male students that had differing sociocultural standings that related to being of immigrant descent often had an easier time making music with digital tools than instruments. This was because their perception of what music making really is about was connected to their taste in music which according to the music teachers was hiphop.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123224 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Augustinsson, Julius |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för musik och bild (MB) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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