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Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre

Parents always play a pivotal role in children’s musical development. This study investigated parental attitudes and awareness of parental roles in children’s music learning. Ten parents in Kuala Lumpur who have been sending their children (7-12 years old) to learn musical instrument in a music cent...

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Main Authors: Chang, Lok Yew, Ang, Mei Foong
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96155/
https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/11655/Attitudes-Awareness-and-Roles-of-Parents-in-Childrens-Musical-Instrument-Learning-at-The-Klang-Valley-Music-Centre
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spelling my.upm.eprints.961552023-01-31T03:25:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96155/ Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre Chang, Lok Yew Ang, Mei Foong Parents always play a pivotal role in children’s musical development. This study investigated parental attitudes and awareness of parental roles in children’s music learning. Ten parents in Kuala Lumpur who have been sending their children (7-12 years old) to learn musical instrument in a music centre participated in this research. The data were collected through a set of interview question based on Youm’s parental attitude framework (2013). The findings revealed that the parents in Klang Valley, Malaysia have clear goals for their children through music learning but lack the initiative and confidence to guide their children when they are practising at home; local parents emphasized the training of independence and responsibility for their children by providing minimal assistance. Although they were aware that parental roles are important, they showed a low willingness to guide their children at home, as well as low willingness on expanding musical knowledge, and a low motivation to enrich and perform their roles. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021 Article PeerReviewed Chang, Lok Yew and Ang, Mei Foong (2021) Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (11). 1706 - 1721. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/11655/Attitudes-Awareness-and-Roles-of-Parents-in-Childrens-Musical-Instrument-Learning-at-The-Klang-Valley-Music-Centre 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i11/11655
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description Parents always play a pivotal role in children’s musical development. This study investigated parental attitudes and awareness of parental roles in children’s music learning. Ten parents in Kuala Lumpur who have been sending their children (7-12 years old) to learn musical instrument in a music centre participated in this research. The data were collected through a set of interview question based on Youm’s parental attitude framework (2013). The findings revealed that the parents in Klang Valley, Malaysia have clear goals for their children through music learning but lack the initiative and confidence to guide their children when they are practising at home; local parents emphasized the training of independence and responsibility for their children by providing minimal assistance. Although they were aware that parental roles are important, they showed a low willingness to guide their children at home, as well as low willingness on expanding musical knowledge, and a low motivation to enrich and perform their roles.
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author Chang, Lok Yew
Ang, Mei Foong
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Ang, Mei Foong
Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre
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title Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre
title_short Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre
title_full Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre
title_fullStr Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at The Klang Valley music centre
title_sort attitudes, awareness, and roles of parents in children’s musical instrument learning at the klang valley music centre
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96155/
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