Date
5-16-2024
Department
School of Music
Degree
Doctor of Music Education (DME)
Chair
Jerry Newman
Keywords
Social-emotional, suburban, urban, socioeconomics, strategies, relationship, significance, mixed methods, phenomenological, qualitative, quantitative
Disciplines
Education | Music
Recommended Citation
Kokot, Dale A., "Perspectives of High School Orchestra Teachers in Urban and Suburban Settings In Using Social-Emotional Learning Techniques" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5529.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5529
Abstract
A need exists for more literature concerning high school orchestras in an urban setting versus a suburban neighborhood and the different styles of social-emotional learning strategies implemented in each. Universities and other professional development specialists now teach teachers social-emotional learning procedures and processes. However, these specialists often must provide orchestra directors with more specific skills. There also should be more differentiated instruction for high school orchestras in an urban setting versus what school corporations require of teachers in a suburban-specific area. Teachers must identify the demographics of where and to whom they teach and tailor lesson plans and social-emotional techniques to these particular environments. The review of the literature discusses this topic. A questionnaire surveyed teachers, asking them if they were instructed in the demographic area they were teaching from a social-emotional learning perspective. It also asked them to explain what they did to be successful. The third part of this study demonstrates how the literature review contributes to this topic based on the current environment for high school orchestra teachers. The survey also required orchestra teachers to respond to questions about strategies and techniques they employed to be successful.
