This research study has the objective of examining whether ocarina club activities that apply cognitive apprenticeship theory have an effect on the self-efficacy of elementary school 6th grade students.
To achieve the objectives of this research st...
This research study has the objective of examining whether ocarina club activities that apply cognitive apprenticeship theory have an effect on the self-efficacy of elementary school 6th grade students.
To achieve the objectives of this research study, literature references on self-efficacy, cognitive apprenticeship theory and the ocarina instrument were studied. Also by analyzing the teaching and learning models used in elementary school curriculum creative experiential club activities that would be appropriate for ocarina club activities, a total of 16 ocarina club activity teaching and learning lectures that apply the cognitive apprenticeship theory were developed.
The ocarina club activity that applied the cognitive apprenticeship theory was provided for a period of three months from April of 2016 to June of 2016. The participants of this program were designated as the students from a single 6th grade elementary school student class located in Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. With the objective of examining the effects of the ocarina club activity that applied the cognitive apprenticeship theory, quantitative analysis was conducted by conducting pre and post examination on the self-efficacy levels of students before they participated in the ocarina club activities. Also by combining the daily education log report of teachers with the portfolios of the students, areas of the study that were otherwise difficult to determine through quantitative analysis were supplemented through qualitative research.
The conclusions of this research study are as follows.
First, it was confirmed that the ocarina club activity that applied cognitive apprenticeship theory changed the self-efficacy levels of the elementary school students in a positive way.
Second, it was confirmed that the ocarina club activity that applied cognitive apprenticeship theory was more effective for students in the lower tier of the group than those in the upper tier of the group for student self-confidence.
Third, it was confirmed that for male elementary students, the ocarina club activity that applied cognitive apprenticeship theory had a statistically significant effect only in terms of task-difficulty preference.
Fourth, it was confirmed that the ocarina club activity that applied the cognitive apprenticeship theory did not have a statistically significant effect on self-regulatory efficacy.
Fifth, it was confirmed that the ocarina club activity that applied the cognitive apprenticeship theory was effective both for increasing the ocarina performance abilities of the students and also for changing their attitudes towards music.