Shifting Primary School Teachers Understanding of Songs Teaching Methods : An Action Research Study in Indonesia

Abstract

Contribution/Originality: The paper's primary contribution is finding why primary school teachers possess a wrong understanding of songs teaching methods for their students, which results in poor teaching performance. Through an action research approach, this research is trying to pioneer that a technology and media assisted methodology can change their understanding and result in better teaching performance. 1. INTRODUCTION Primary school teachers in one of districts in West Java, Indonesia, are accustomed to teach songs to students through traditional oral methods, though their singing skills lack adequate techniques, a strong pitch control and a stable singing tempo. Such an inadequacy in their teaching methodology has been there for a long time. Evidences prove that these methodological weaknesses have made a systemic impact on students' singing skills, techniques and pitch control. Their weaknesses are also reflected in the results of tests which show that an average of about 10% students in each class can sing well which is unfortunately not the result of teaching and learning in school, but because of their artistic discordancy, or pursuing art courses from outside institutions. It is expected that Indonesian students pursuing courses in singing and music under the guidance of school teachers should eventually acquire adequate singing skills. Their music or vocal education starts at primary school level (six years), then at

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