Poučevanje inštrumenta v času epidemije COVID-19 / Teaching musical instruments during COVID-19 epidemic

Abstract

The purpose of our study was to examine the distance teaching of a musical instrument during the COVID-19 epidemic from the perspective of instrument/ vocal teachers in music schools. We were interested in how successfully the method of face to face learning worked with the use of ICT in distance learning. 238 teachers of primary music schools from all Slovenian regions participated in the research. In addition to the findings, the results of the survey show that during the distance learning process, contacts between teachers and parents were strengthened, student`s authonomy increased, school governing bodies and cooperation between teachers were activated. The use of new teaching methods has led to an increase in digital literacy for both teachers and students. The most common online classroom model took place via Viber video call (34,1%), was most often supplemented with instrument playing videos (76%) and formed by new learning strategies (92%). According to teachers, the advantage of such teaching is most evident in the increased learning self-regulation, however the biggest learning deficits are expected in performance, ensemble music making and tone production. From the research we can understand that the participants, despite the successful implementation of distance learning, find that it is a lower quality way of teaching the instrument. The practical value of the experience, according to teachers, is the acquisition of a proven model of alternative teaching.