Music is an escape from life that helps us cope with stress and provides comfort
in times of pain. It calms us down and could even make us happy at the time.
Additionally, it broadens the intellect and boosts our confidence. The therapeutic effects
of music on the human mind are significant. Music ignites all areas of child
development and skills for school readiness , including intellectual, social-
emotional , motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind
work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps they
learn the sounds and meanings of words. Dancing to music helps children build
motor skills while allowing them to practice self-expression. For children and
adults, music helps strengthen memory skills. According to Wong & Lau, 2018.
Music teachers need good education to achieve subject matter mastery and face
challenges when teaching and that empowers them to deliver confidently. This means
that sufficient music teacher education and training will lead to improved confidence.
Interest in work, good results, and boosted confidence can make the music teacher
productive.
In our district, particularly in North Cabadbaran, I would like to find out the level
of functional teacher’s literacy in teaching music among public elementary school
educators, because as observed some of the teachers are very intelligent such that they
perform well in both academic and in other competition held in our Division. However, it
was also observed that some teachers have difficulty to teach in music and have
insufficient knowledge and abilities to instruct in teaching music. On the other hand,
there are some teachers who are knowledgeable and skilled in teaching music but they
were not able to impart well such capabilities because they are required to perform
other responsibilities. Through the result of this study will serve as the basis for
enhancement program. It is for the reason that this study will be conducted. The
teaching-learning abilities of a music teacher have a significant impact on the students'
learning outcomes. Therefore, if the teachers did not meet the standards of teaching
music, the student's learning achievement is low.
The study will be focused on the level of teacher’s literacy in teaching music among
public elementary school teachers of North Cabadbaran District, Division of
Cabadbaran City in the School Year [Link], it sought to answer the
following questions: What is the respondents’ socio-demographic profile in terms of;
Age,Gender; Length of service;Field of specialization; and Number of music trainings
attended?
2. What is the respondents’ level of proficiency in teaching music in terms of : Basic
skills in music;Musical awareness and;Utilization of musical instruments and technology
devices.
Pertaining to research methodology, The study will use a descriptive method of research
design to determine and gather accurate information regarding the level of music
teacher’s proficiency in teaching music among public elementary schools educators in
our District. This involves the collection of data in order to test hypothesis and to
determine the current status pertaining to the functional teacher’s knowledge and the
result will be the basis for the enhancement program. . It comprises with 4 public
elementary schools such as Caasinan Elementary School, Conception Elementary
School, North Cabadbaran Central Elementary School and FC Jongko, Integrated
School. Survey questionnaire will use to obtain primary data on the respondents ’socio-
demographic profile.
The following statistical techniques will use to interpret the data.
1. Weighted Mean is a tool to be used to consolidate all responses of teachers in their
socio-demographic profile and teacher’s level of proficiency in teaching [Link],
Frequency and Percentage: The statistic will be used to provide the discussion on the
socio-demographic profile and the Correlation Coefficient- will be used to test the
relationship between the respondents’ socio demographic profile teacher’s level of
proficiency in teaching music.