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The Issues of Teaching Music Performance Skills During the COVID- 19 Pandemic in Teacher Education Study Programs

Students of Teacher Education during their studies undertake courses of acquiring essential music performance skills lasting 3 to 5 semesters depending on the study programs at Croatian universities. Within the group classes, students need to develop the basic technique of playing instruments with keys or guitar and accurate intonation singing to perform the songs prescribed by the curriculum for Music Culture of primary education. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the classes at universities were conducted as online learning, contact classes, or hybrid teaching model. The remote music training consisted of various forms of mentor’s demonstration: synchronously as real-time teaching or asynchronously, by sharing the digital educational content with detailed explanations. However, some mentors only used written methods of teaching. The individual approach to each student is of great importance due to various initial predispositions of the students for music learning, so the mentor’s control and adequate feedback were crucial. This research examines student opinion on distance learning and self-assessment of their music performance skills adopted during the pandemic. The results indicate a different approach of mentors and demand to add awareness and educate university teachers about digital technology to enhance their methodological activities. The research has been conducted through an online survey among university students in Zagreb, Split, Osijek, Rijeka, Zadar, and Pula.

COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning, music class, music performance skills, teacher education

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