Multicultural-world music education and music teacher education at the Big Ten schools: Identified problems and suggestions

The purpose of this study was (a) to examine the current multicultural-world music course offerings at the Big Ten universities and (b) to explore the perceptions of music education and ethnomusicology faculty regarding multicultural-world music education and undergraduate music teacher education. The following questions were explored: (1) What are the current multicultural-world course offerings available for undergraduate music education majors at the Big Ten schools? (2) What are the perceptions of music education and ethnomusicology faculty members at the Big Ten schools regarding multicultural-world music education and undergraduate music teacher education? (3) What are the suggestions of music education and ethnomusicology faculty members at the Big Ten schools regarding issues of multicultural-world music education and undergraduate music teacher education?; Data were gathered through document analysis and through thirty-three interviews with ethnomusicology and music education faculty members at nine of the eleven Big Ten schools. Data were then coded and emergent themes were categorized under two broad categories. Chapter IV presents findings in relation to the first research question on available course offerings. Chapter V presents findings in relation to the second question on identified problems and Chapter VI presents the findings in regards to the third research question on suggestions for improvement. Implications for music education and music teacher education are discussed throughout the document.