Teachers' use and assessment of the effectiveness of music in enhancing the reading skills of children with mental retardation

Shin Yi Wang

Date of Publication

2005

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education Major in Special Education

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Educational Leadership and Management

Thesis Adviser

Lilia S. Bautista

Defense Panel Chair

Flordeliza C. Reyes

Defense Panel Member

Perlita M. Jamoralin
Myrna R. Gigantone

Abstract/Summary

This study made use of the descriptive-comparative method to determine the SPED teachers, public and private, use of music in enhancing the reading skills of the children with mental retardation. A total of 38 SPED public teachers and 38 SPED private teachers participated in this study. Results revealed that SPED teachers in both public and private schools use music as an energizer, attention getter, and class opener. Only a few of the respondents use music as a main teaching tool in enhancing the reading skills of the children with mental retardation. It was also found out that the SPED teachers in private schools use music in enhancing almost all the reading skills of the children with mental retardation. The SPED teachers in the public school do not use music in teaching morphemic analysis. Furthermore, the SPED teachers in the public schools perceives music as only slightly effective in enhancing the reading skills of children with mental retardation while the SPED teachers in the private schools perceives music as moderately effective. Moreover, the assessment of music in enhancing the reading skills of the children with mental retardation of the SPED teachers in the public and in the private schools yielded a t-value of 4.74, which is significant at .05 level. This led to the conclusion that there is a significant difference in the assessment of the effectiveness of music in enhancing the reading skills of the children with mental retardation.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG003868

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

xii, 92 leaves ; 30 cm. ; 1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Effective teaching; Mentally ill children; Mental retardation; Music; Reading; Teaching--Aids and devices

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