An analysis of selected Shona children's songs: Philosophical perspectives on child development

Muwati, Itai; Mutasa, Davie E.

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“…They addressed how to love God Almighty, fellow humans, parents, brothers and sisters, and the beauty of nature expressed in simple language according to the nature of the children's thinking and can be used to develop ideas, persuade, and educational or moral counsel (Gunawan & Zulaeha, 2017). Therefore, children's songs are cheerful songs reflecting high ethics (Arief & Isnan, 2020;Gunawan & Zulaeha, 2017;Muwati & Mutasa, 2008).…”

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Development of the Religious Character of the Nation through Learning Religious Songs: Teachers’ Perception and Challenges

2022

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Songs as learning media provide an aesthetic experience for students and can also teach character. Academics in many countries pay little attention to this issue because songs are mostly used to memorize foreign language vocabulary. This study investigates teachers’ perceptions of using songs to build students’ character. This study focuses on exploring teachers’ perceptions of the development of religious character as a core character in the curriculum in Indonesia through songs. The case study design was employed by involving 45 elementary school teachers spread over several districts in West Java province. This research was carried out in several stages; First, by preparing questionnaires distributed online; Second, by following up the answers to the questionnaire by conducting in-depth interviews; Third, by analyzing the data in an inductive-thematic manner in relation to learning problems, psychological and social issues arose. The research resulted in themes related to teachers’ perceptions of developing students’ religious character through religious songs. Four themes were explored in-depth related to teacher appreciation for songs, the benefits of religious songs, teacher challenges, and instructional design. It can be drawn that the song function was not only limited to developing a cognitive domain that functioned to remember and collect facts and data but could also be a means of developing students’ characters, especially religious characters. From the teacher’s perspective, religious songs were able to develop students’ religiosity dimension, including students’ beliefs, worship, appreciation, knowledge, and morals. Hence, this study contributes to the importance of developing songs related to religious themes to develop national character.

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Development of the Religious Character of the Nation through Learning Religious Songs: Teachers’ Perception and Challenges

2022

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“…Children's song poetry contains simple things that are usually done by children [20]. Furthermore, according to Muwati, children's songs are songs that are cheerful and reflect high ethics [21]. Based on Kim's opinion, it can be concluded that children's songs teach good things or moral values, or nowadays, it is often called having character education [22].…”

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Children Songs as A Learning Media Used in Increasing Motivation and Learning Student in Elementary School

Arief

Isnan

2020

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“…The lyrics of children's songs are crucial for imparting manners, education, and psychology, evoking emotions through words, vocal gestures, and therefore, are taught frequently in primary school music classes (Satır, 2009). Additionally, Muwati (2008) asserts that children's songs are cheerful and ethically upright. Kim's viewpoint leads us to the conclusion that children's songs impart positive lessons on moral values, or as it is known nowadays, character education (Kim and Kim, 2015).…”

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Inculcating Values Through Entertainment: A Study Based on Sinhala Children’s Songs

Wijesuriya

2024

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Children’s songs have an impact, on the wellbeing, personality development, communication skills and cognitive growth of preschool and elementary school children. They teach values, character education and positive behavior through creativity. This study aims to explore how Sinhala children’s songs can be used as a medium to instill values. A purposive sampling method was used to select twelve songs for analysis. Each song underwent an examination to identify phrases and ideas related to ten fundamental values using discourse analysis. Through qualitative approach, the research focused on uncovering values embedded in the lyrics. The importance of these values was assessed based on their presence and influence on the theme and narrative. Application of Schwartz’s Theory of Basic Human Values revealed a range of values within the selected songs that reflect experiences and perspectives influenced by cultural norms, family dynamics and societal expectations. The songs highlight concepts such as thoughtfulness, empathy, respect, education, tradition, relationships, personal growth, ethical reflection and cultural values such as benevolence and harmony with nature. Among this identified values benevolence emerges as the main theme in the songs symbolizing nurturing love and support. Conversely, power appears to be the least emphasized value in these songs, suggesting that they place an importance on relationships, empathy, personal growth and kindness. In a nut- shell, it is crystal clear that children's songs have the ability to impart values in children, aiding the overall development of a child's character.

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An analysis of selected Shona children's songs: Philosophical perspectives on child development

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Development of the Religious Character of the Nation through Learning Religious Songs: Teachers’ Perception and Challenges

Development of the Religious Character of the Nation through Learning Religious Songs: Teachers’ Perception and Challenges

Children Songs as A Learning Media Used in Increasing Motivation and Learning Student in Elementary School

Inculcating Values Through Entertainment: A Study Based on Sinhala Children’s Songs

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