기악교육과 음악인지능력, 적성, 흥미도간의 상관성 연구 = A Study on the Interrelationship between Instrumental Music Education, Musical Cognitive Capacity, Musical Aptitude and the Extent of the Interest in Music

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The three main purposes of this study are: (1) to examine whether Korean middle school students have received an instrumental music education and how much interest they feel in music itself; (2) to investigate the relationship between their musical cognitive capacity and their aptitude for music; and (3) to acknowledge the importance of the early education in instrumental music and thereby reinvigorate the instrumental music education for developing each student`s musical ability. Home education of instrumental music seems to have often been expected to contribute to the improvements of children`s musicality. In this study, a closer inquiry was made into the influence of this education upon the development of their musicality and musical cognitive capacity. In particular, this study went further to clarify the relationship between the instrumental music education prior to the age of 15 and the musical ability and musical cognitive capacity of students who have received the education. In addition to this, special emphasis was laid on whether the experience of the instrumental music education has anything to do with the extent of the interest in music and whether the latter with the musical ability and musical cognitive capacity. This study conducted a questionnaire survey towards 285 middle school students and their parents in order to have a thorough understanding of each student`s experience in the instrumental music education, the circumstances in which they have had the education, and the extent of the interest that they have in the instrumental music education and music itself. For the sake of a more effective analysis, the selected students and parents were asked to undergo both a musical aptitude test and a musical cognitive capacity test. This study statistically analysed the results taken from these two tests by using SPSS 14.0 and its results are as follows: First, the results empirically show that there is a static correlation between the experience in the instrumental music education and the melody score in the aptitude test. In particular, the longer the period of the education, the higher the score in the musical aptitude test. Second, there is also a static correlation between the experience in the instrumental music education and each student`s personal interest in music. It has become clear that the students who have received a training in instrumental music have a higher degree of interest in music than those who have not. Third, a more noticeable interrelation between the total score in the aptitude test and its melody score is observed for students who said yes to the question whether or not they are interested in music than those who said no. Moreover, the voluntarily motivated education in music resulted in a higher score in the aptitude test and this suggests that there is a clear interrelation between the total score of the test and the initial motivation in education. Fourth, it is also found that there is a correlation between the parents` concern about music education for their children and children`s aptitude for music and their musical cognitive ability. As a result, there is no doubt that the parents` deep concern about music education plays a significant role in enhancing their children`s musica aptitude. Given the fact that the instrumental music education conducted ahead of the age of 15 is deeply related to students` interest in music, their aptitude for music, and their musical cognitive power, it seems not only important but also imperative to provide them with a proper amount of music education at their proper age. For this reason, it is required to develop an effectively designed music training curriculum and appropriate evaluative methods so that a more various, systematic and comprehensive education in music could be made possible. All this considered, however, what is really necessary for achieving this goal is to create the home and social circumstances in which students are encouraged to cultivate their musical aptitude and interest as freely as possible, and therefore enable them to experience the true worth and beauty of the music.