DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC CURRICULUM FOR SOUTH KOREAN CHILDREN

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this research was to develop and evaluate an extensive early childhood music curriculum for South Korean Kindergarten children based on music learning theory. The problems of this study were (1) to develop an appropriate, multi-level, comprehensive music curriculum, the Audie Music Curriculum, (2) to determine the effects of enriched music experience on developmental music aptitude, (3) to determine the effectiveness of the new curriculum to teach musical and non-musical skill, (4) to determine the extent to which the Audie Music Curriculum spurs interest in music education among teachers and administrators.
Development of the Audie Music Curriculum, as an action research study, consisted of a series of lesson plans for two academic years of South Korean Kindergarten. A between subjects design was used to investigate the general effects of early instruction and the specific effectiveness of the Audie Music Curriculum for five-year-old subjects who experienced instruction for varied periods of time. The Tonal and Rhythm subtests of the Primary Measures of Music Audiation, serving as criterion measures, were administered three times during one year to Experimental Group I, who experienced the Audie Music Curriculum for one year, Experimental Group II, who experienced the Audie Music Curriculum for two years, and Control Groups I and II, who received no Audie Music Curriculum instruction.
A two-way Analysis of Variance (groups by administrations) showed that the two Experimental Groups were not different in tonal aptitude but were significantly different (p< .05) in rhythm aptitude at the end of the academic year. A t-test comparing Experimental and Control Groups at the end of the final Kindergarten year showed the Audie Music Curriculum efficiently increased children’s music aptitude.
The analysis of questionnaires and interviews with school-teachers and administrators showed the Audie Music Curriculum was valuable in teaching musical and non-musical skills and teachers and administrators revealed the values and specialties of early childhood music education by experiencing Audie Music Curriculum. The results of this research suggested that a music learning theory for very young children was adapted effectively for children in a South Korean Kindergarten class setting.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Contents = iv
• ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION = x
• Chapter 1 Overview = 1
• Chapter 2 Specialization, Agency Cost and Firm Size = 5
• 2.1 Introduction = 5
• 2.2 Related Literature = 10
• 2.3 Preliminaries = 15
• 2.3.1 Basic Model = 15
• 2.3.2 Preliminary Analysis = 18
• 2.4 Detailed Model = 22
• 2.4.1 Technology = 22
• 2.4.2 Cost of Effort = 26
• 2.4.3 Benchmark Cases = 27
• 2.4.4 Multilateral Relational Contracts = 28
• 2.4.5 Bounded firm size = 32
• 2.4.6 An Example with CES Production Function = 35
• 2.4.7 Discussion of Imperfect Monitoring = 37
• 2.5 Extensions = 38
• 2.5.1 Imperfect Monitoring with Observable Monitoring Effort = 38
• 2.5.2 Imperfect Monitoring with Unobservable Monitoring Effort = 45
• 2.6 Conclusion = 49
• 2.7 Appendices = 51
• 2.7.1 Proofs of Results = 51
• 2.7.2 Bounded Firm Size under Profit Sharing = 54
• Chapter 3 Product Market Competition and Productive Managerial Effort = 59
• 3.1 Introduction = 59
• 3.2 The Model = 66
• 3.3 Preliminary Analysis = 70
• 3.3.1 Entrant’s Problem = 70
• 3.3.2 Full Information = 72
• 3.3.3 Optimal Contract for the Incumbents = 74
• 3.4 Effect of Competition = 80
• 3.4.1 No Entry Case = 80
• 3.4.2 Entry Case = 84
• 3.5 Conclusion = 85
• 3.6 Appendix = 87