Honors Program Theses

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Open Access Honors Program Thesis

First Advisor

Aliza Fones

Second Advisor

Kevin Droe

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions music teachers in the Midwest have regarding working with multilingual students, how music education benefits their multilingual students, and how they perceive the struggles their multilingual students have regarding music education. The study was a qualitative study in which 5 teachers were interviewed on their perceptions. The study found that music teachers see many benefits of music education for multilingual students including: building a sense of belonging, helping with language learning, having a non-academic outlet, and providing additional socialization opportunities. It also found that teachers did not feel prepared to teach multilingual students freshly out of school and they are not supported by their district when it comes to multilingual students in their music classes. Lastly, it was found that due to a lack of preparation and systematic issues, there were equality and accessibility issues within music education for multilingual students. From the findings, recommendations for music education are discussed.

Year of Submission

2024

Department

Department of Languages and Literatures

University Honors Designation

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors

Date Original

2024

Object Description

1 PDF (24 pages)

Language

en

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