Music as a medium of instruction and children’s performance in learning areas’ in early childhood education in Mukono municipality, Uganda.
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Date
2023-10
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Kampala International University, College of education, open distance and e-learning.
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of music as a medium of instruction on children‟s performance in learning areas in pre-primary schools in Mukono Municipality. The study objectives were: to find out the level of use of music as medium of instruction in ECE in Mukono municipality, to assess the children‟s performance in learning areas numbers, reading and writing in Mukono Municipality; and to establish the relationship between music as medium of instruction and children‟s performance in ECE learning areas in Mukono Municipality, Uganda. The study used descriptive correlation research designs with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data was collected from 159 respondents using a self-administered questionnaire. The study found out that the level of use of music as medium of instruction in ECE in Mukono municipality was high with a mean of 3.06 and standard deviation of 1.01., there was a high level of children‟s performance in learning areas numbers, reading and writing in Mukono Municipality as shown with a mean of 3.04 and standard deviation of 0.99 also there is a significant relationship between music as medium of instruction and children‟s performance in ECE learning areas in Mukono Municipality. In calculating the scores using Pearson correlation Coefficient with a statistical package SPSS. The study concluded that use of music as medium of instruction influences children‟s performance in ECE learning areas in Mukono Municipality. The influence is positive whereby children performance in numbers, reading and writing are among things children can do as a result of use of music when learning. Therefore the researcher recommends that teachers who teach children in ECE should continue to use music as a medium of instruction and the school administrators should provide materials that can foster use of music as a medium of instruction in pre-primary teachers in order to promote performance of children.
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A thesis submitted to the college of education, open, distance and e-learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of master of early childhood education of Kampala International University
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Music, Medium, Instruction, Children’s performance, Learning areas, Early childhood, Education, Uganda