Level of Competencies in the Implementation of Music among Novice Preschool Teachers

Abstract

This study examines the level of competencies among the novice preschool teachers in government preschool classrooms.  This study utilized mainly the survey method to collect the quantitative data which involved 315 novice preschool teachers teaching in government preschool classrooms.  Questionnaire was used for collecting the data.  The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics which were mean and standard deviation.  In this study, the level of overall competencies was moderate. Although the majority of the respondents possessed overall competencies at a moderate level, about one-fifth of them still had a low level of competencies.  Generally, the levels for the two main categories, namely music competencies and music teaching competencies were also moderate. The respondents had achieved a moderate level of both the music competencies and music teaching competencies. The findings showed that music teaching competencies were rated higher than music competencies by the novice teachers. Future research of competencies in the implementation of music can focus on case study which includes field observation and teachers' interviews as the investigation in this study was mainly utilized the quantitative approach.