Performance of Grade Seven Students in Music Education

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study determined the performance of grade seven students in Music Education at Dinapa National High School Castilla, Sorsogon, for the school year 2015-2016. This served as the basis in the development of strategic intervention materials to enhance teaching music in the said school. The subjects of the study were 5 MAPEHteachers in Dinapa National High School and 75 grade seven students of the same school as the respondents.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was used in this study. The questionnaire-checklist was employed to gather the needed data on the perceptions of teachers and students for the factors affecting the teaching and learning of music. In addition, the data were tabulated, analyzed, and interpreted with the use of appropriate statistical measures. Findings revealed that the teaching of Music in the MAPEH subject for secondary schools in need of strategic intervention materials to be the basis of MAPEH teachers in their teaching of music. There were factors that affect the teaching of Music in MAPEH, such as the factors on the availability of musical instruments, knowledge of musical elements, and designing localized musical instruments.

RESULTS

It was found out that the performance level of grade seven students in Music along song analysis was 49.09 described as not mastered. On the other hand, their mean score in the improvisation of musical instrument was 2.50 described as approaching proficiency. It was reflected that 53 or 71% of the students perceived that the availability of musical instruments affected the teaching and learning Music, while 5 or 33% of the teachers perceived the same. On the other hand, the remaining percentage of both groups of respondents said that it did not affect the teaching and learning of Music.

DISCUSSIONS

On the knowledge of musical elements, 60 or 80% of the students and 10 or 67% of the teachers perceived that it affected the teaching and learning of Music. On the other hand, the remaining percentage of both groups of respondents said that it did not affect both the teaching and learning process. Moreover, 52 or 69% of the students and 10 or 67% of the teachers perceived that designing localized musical instruments affected their teaching and learning of Music. A strategic intervention material was developed based on the results of the study to enhance the teaching of Music in secondary schools.