The study carried out is meant to analyze and identify the influence of mento dance experienced by students from the school of dance science in an art stream oriented high school, in practical applications of such experiences in their studies and in p...
The study carried out is meant to analyze and identify the influence of mento dance experienced by students from the school of dance science in an art stream oriented high school, in practical applications of such experiences in their studies and in performance enrichment.
The objectives of this research are mainly divided into two divisions. Firstly, based on their mento dance experiences, the study consists of a survey the differences between effects on self-efficacy, disciplinary applications and performance enrichment. An examination of the strength of each influence is followed thereafter.
In order to execute the objectives of this research, six coed art stream oriented high school located across Chungcheungnam-do, Gyeonggi-do and Seoul were arbitrarily chosen. First to third year students from each school were then assembled to take part in this study. The tabulation commenced for two months, from 20th July 2007 until 20th September 2007. Omitting students who were absent on the day of the survey, a total of 350 samples were taken for the purpose of the research from the six schools that volunteered to participate in this question-based survey. Among the collected samples, 50 samples each passed up incomplete surveys of more than 10 questions not answered, resulting in 300 samples that can only be accepted for the analysis of the study.
The reason for choosing Seoul, Gyoenggi-do and Chungcheungnam-do for the research sample partly relates to convenience and in addition, based on past experience, in Korea it is regarded that there are no interregional differences in disciplinary applications, self-efficacy and performance enrichment.
The structure of the question-based survey used is as follows; 8 background questions to study the sample’s personal characteristics, 27 substantive questions to measure the sample’s mento experience, 23 fundamental questions to measure the sample’s self-efficacy, 32 questions to measure disciplinary applications, 6 subsidiary questions to measure performance enrichment. In total there were 96 questions altogether.
Through the execution of the research, the results obtained are written as below.
With regards to the influence on mento experience caused by background characteristics, based on gender, female students scored a higher average than male students for leadership qualities, negotiation skills, role taking and receptiveness. However, statistically there is no significant difference between both genders. For the difference in mento experience based on academic year, first year students were comparatively higher than third year students in terms of negotiation skills, exposure capability, receptiveness whereas the third year students faired better in leadership qualities and role-taking. Thus, it is acceptable to conclude that the former situation is no different from the subordinate factor of a mento experience based on a student’s academic year. In other words, the difference based on a student’s discipline or the junior high school that he or she graduated from statistically provides no significant anomaly.
Secondly, the study on self-efficacy obtained from mento experience and its influence shows that the role-taking factor plays an important part in the sustenance of activity of the sample. Apart from that, leadership qualities are seen as an important factor in the start and execution of a sample’s activities.
Also worth noting is the remarkable influence of negotiation skills on a sample’s accomplishments through his or her past experiences.
Thirdly, it is shown based on the results of the influence of mento experience on disciplinary applications, that negotiation skills greatly influence a sample’s adaptability towards lifestyle and environment. On the other hand, leadership qualities place an impact on adaptability towards instructors and academic performance.
In contrast, the results from analyzing factors behind adaptability towards peers, role-taking stood out significantly.
Fourthly, the effects of mento experience on performance enrichment presented statistically strong correlation between leadership qualities and the number of participation in competitions, exposure capabilities and the number of participation in performances, receptiveness and disciplinary scoring.
Last but not least, the results obtained from the study of background characteristics on performance enrichment show at present students who major in dance score higher in the number of participation in competitions, performances, dance related careers and in disciplinary scores, in comparison with students from other majors. The scenario is also similar when compared the subordinate factors of performance enrichment based on gender, academic year and the junior high school, which the sample graduated from.
In conclusion, in relation to the dance syllabus of an art stream oriented high school and the performance enrichment of each student, personal characteristics play a major role in their development. Besides the direct influence of a substantive factor of a mento experience, self-efficacy, disciplinary applications and performance enrichment provides and indirect motivation too. Therefore, through mento experience, in order to achieve education’s main objective in performance enrichment, it is vital to examine student’s mento experience through both social and psychological aspects for the development of new teaching and learning methods.