The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a computerized training program on participants' knowledge concerning the role of nonverbal communication in medical, educational, and therapeutic settings. Participants in the study (n = 50) were music therapy majors (n = 35) and music education majors (n = 15) from a large Southeastern university. Two 30-minute training modules were designed and programmed for the purposes of the study utilizing the computer software program Adobe Captivate 3. Participants were individually pre- and posttested before and after completing the modules during two 45-minute separate sessions. Participants' made significant gains from pre- to posttest indicating that the computerized training modules were effective for teaching music therapy and music education students knowledge of nonverbal communication. There were no significant differences between music therapy or music education majors or between males and females in their abilities to learn information utilizing the computerized training program. Previous research indicates that nonverbal communication is an important factor in effective clinical and educational practice; however, nonverbal communication is not typically a part of most music therapy or music education curricula. The present study indicates that the computerized instruction utilized in this study is a viable method for teaching students, and perhaps practitioners, information related to the effective use of nonverbal communication in clinical and education practice. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Music. / Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2008. / Date of Defense: February 19, 2008. / Educational, Music, Medical, Body Language, Eye Contact, Music Therapy, Posture, Nonverbal Behavior, Nonverbal, Therapeutic / Includes bibliographical references. / Alice-Ann Darrow, Professor Directing Thesis; Dianne Gregory, Committee Member; Jayne M. Standley, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168239 |
| Contributors | Alexander, Jessica Kay (authoraut), Darrow, Alice-Ann (professor directing thesis), Gregory, Dianne (committee member), Standley, Jayne M. (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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