In this article, we seek to examine ways in which educators can bring music of world cultures into classrooms of children in a respectful, sensitive manner. Myriad issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the center of the conversation among music educators across the globe. As educators are committed to issues of globaliation, social justice, and cultural democracy, we intend here to discuss World Music Pedagogy (WMP) as a means of fostering children’s musical and cultural awareness in embracing both local and global communities. These involve careful considerations, as WMP is a multi-dimensional learning process that recognises the importance of deep and reflective listening as gateway to knowing the music in order to participate in it, to perform it, to create new works within the style of the studied music, and to know its cultural meaning, context, and function. Lastly, we present three “classroom portraits” through activities with examples from Brazilian, Ugandan, .....

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This article provides three case studies of the use of world music resources to build alien worlds in mainstream screen media with Sci-Fi or Fantasy settings. The case studies—the TV series Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, the film Avatar and the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) video game World of Warcraft— show how composers and associated music professionals in the early twenty-first century increasingly draw on such sonic materials to generate a rich sense of sonic otherness and note the means they employ to sidestep such music’s existing geographical and cultural references. Each case study explores a contrasting subject position—composer, music consultant and consumer—to better trace not only the creation of such soundtracks but also what senses disparate groups of ordinary listeners subsequently make of them. The examples suggest that outside the sphere of big-budget cinema there is a growing confidence in both the creation and reception o.....

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The leadership of the Javanese gamelan is handled by a panjak juru kendhang (kendhang player). Although this player is the leader of this ensemble, his function is distinct from that of a conductor in a Western symphony orchestra.Psychological studies on leadership in music have examined the function of conductors in Western symphony orchestras. However, leadership in gamelan ensembles have yet to be explored. This study aims to examine leadership in Javanese gamelan ensembles. This study involved nine informants consisting of three main informants who are panjak juru kendhang, three informants who are pengrawit (gamelan players), and three expert informants who were academicians and gamelan experts. Qualitative methodology, i.e., the phenomenological method, was applied and interpreted through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Our findings on gamelan leadership is elaborated within four cycles ofaesthetic leadership called ngemong raos (soul nurturing) which include sens.....

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Kajian ini ialah bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesan interaksi tahap realistik karakter animasi talking-head dua dimensi (2D) dengan ekspresi wajah positif terhadap emosi pelajar. Tiga tahap realistik yang digunakan ialah ikonik, semi-ikonik dan realistik. Manakala, dua ekspresi wajah positif yang digunakan ialah ekspresi senyum dan ekspresi neutral bagi setiap tahap realistik. Secara terperinci, enam prototaip animasi talking-head bagi paparan di skrin besar telah dibangunkan dan diuji. Reka bentuk eksperimen kuasi digunakan bagi menjawab persoalan-persoalan kajian yang dibina. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 180 orang pelajar dari enam kelas di tiga buah politeknik. Setiap pengkuliahan dengan animasi 2D talking-head telah ditonton dan dinilai oleh 30 orang pelajar dalam setiap kelas. Data yang diperoleh telah dianalisis secara statistik dengan menggunakan two way repeated measures ANOVA serta prosedur analisis regresi berdasarkan model Baron dan Kenny. Dapatan analisis menun.....

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Managing self-regulated strategies while learning a piece of music is a complex task for undergraduate music students—at various levels of experience playing instruments—studying applied music courses. This study investigates music notation software as a visual-aural model to students’ effective practice. Twenty students of stringed instruments at levels I, II, III, and IV of an applied music course offered by the music faculty of a Malaysian university participated in this quantitative study, which was implemented using a self-report questionnaire. The results reveal that regardless of the student’s level in the applied music course, music notation software has a positive effect on students’ self-regulation practice strategies aimed at improving their shortcomings (including matching intonations and using proper phrasings, rhythmic patterns, and tempo speeds). This study assessed one semester of study at the university. Future research examining the potential benefits of usi.....

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Organizations are increasingly under pressure to shift their production methods from traditional to sustainable, reinforcing the requirement to monitor their sustainability performance. The slow performance growth of Malaysian manufacturing companies remains a concern. The goal of this research is to highlighted the measurement used in the Malaysian SME context. Data were collected using survey method. A survey method was employed to collect a total of 1,071 responses in SME firms using proportional stratified sample technique. Using statistical packages for the social sciences (SPSS) version 27, this research focused on data validity and reliability. Findings of factor analysis confirmed 3 factors for the ICT adoption variable, were formed while 1 factor for the innovation variable, 4 factors for the competitiveness variable and 1 factor for the business performance. Only 2 items were dropped due to the weak loadings. Meanwhile the reliability analysis also indicates all the construct.....

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This paper presents the potential of various play activities in developing learner’s musical sensitivity and creativity. The K to12 music education curriculum guide of the Philippine Department of Education advocates the use of experiential learning and outcome-based learning in the classroom. One of the ways in which these methodologies can be promoted is by engaging learners in various play activities. However, there is a lack of literature showing the impact of such methodologies on Filipino learners. Using a priori deductive method, data from a series of interviews, observations, and video and picture analysis from this ethnographic case research were analysed to determine the implications of play activities in classroom music education.The interlocutors of the study are selected Ilonggo children, their parents, and some teachers. This study sought to answer the question of how can play activities be beneficial to classroom music education. Findings suggest that play activities c.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan hubungan antara dimensi-dimensi iklim sekolah yang terdiri daripada kolaborasi, hubungan murid, sumber kelengkapan sekolah, membuat keputusan dan inovasi pengajaran dengan prestasi guru sekolah rendah di negeri Selangor. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah tinjauan. Dimensi-dimensi iklim sekolah yang digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah berdasarkan Model Skala Persekitaran Tempat Kerja oleh Rudolf Moos. Seramai 381 guru sekolah rendah dipilih secara rawak berstrata daripada 34,784 orang populasi guru sekolah rendah di Selangor berdasarkan jadual saiz sampel Krejcie dan Morgan. Strata kajian berdasarkan lokasi sekolah mengikut daerah. Instrumen kajian terdiri daripada satu set soal selidik School Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ) yang diadaptasi daripada Johnson, Stevens dan Zvoch. Markah prestasi guru pula diukur melalui markah Penilaian Bersepadu Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan (PBPPP). Dapatan kajian menunjukkan responden bersetuju bahawa.....

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The Rungus are one of the indigenous Dusunic ethnic groups of Sabah, most of whom reside in the administrative Districts of Kudat and Pitas. In Rungus culture, many different genres of intangible cultural heritage have been passed down orally over generations. These heritages are valuable resources for teaching cultural awareness and appreciation among children of different ethnicities in Malaysia. They have yet to be introduced in the national music education curriculum. The purpose of this research was to document, transcribe, analyse, and thereafter to select the appropriate longoi tanganak (children’s songs) and longoi pogondoi (lullabies) that are suitable to be introduced into the Malaysia primary school music curriculum based on the recommendations of the culture bearers. This research employed ethnographic field techniques including participant observations, in-depth and focus group interviews, as well as audio and video recording. This article taps on the suggestions of cult.....

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This study assessed the requirements for music education among Orthodox and Pentecostal churches in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Based on the quantitative research method, multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 367 choristers from Abeokuta metropolis, Ogun State. Structured questionnaires were used for data collection and subjected to descriptive statistics at 5% level of significance. The results indicate that choristers within the age group of ≤ 40 in Pentecostal churches outnumbered their counterpart in Orthodox churches. Although female choristers dominate church music practice broadly, the number of people within the household range of 1–5 among Pentecostal choristers (81.8%) was greater than those found in Orthodox churches (75.4%). Whereas a little more than half of the membership (50.4%) received University education, a majority (80.7%) had ≥ 20 years of experience. A significant relationship existed between the necessity for church music education and choris.....

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