The Integration of Information Technology into Vocal Education for Music Teacher Training Students in Colleges and Universities
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Background and Aim: In the field of vocal music education, the rapid development of Internet technology allocates vocal music education resources reasonably and efficiently, and the integration of information technology and vocal music education has become an important way of teaching contemporary vocal music. The main purpose of this study is to determine whether teaching vocal music in colleges and universities with information technology methods can improve students' academic performance.
Materials and Methods: The subjects of this study were 90 sophomore and junior vocal music students, of which 30 students were in the control group and 60 were in the experimental group. Considering pre-existing differences in singing ability, a pre-test was administered to all students who took the test. After 8 weeks, a post-test was administered to all students who took the test.
Results: The results show that integration learning through We Sing and MOOC can significantly improve student performance in all four domains, namely pitch, rhythm, affective, and musical creativity. Compared with traditional learning methods, blended learning methods can provide students with more flexible learning methods and environments to help students achieve higher scores in the course.
Conclusion: According to the relevant research data, this study draws on and adopts new educational teaching concepts and new teaching results, the method used the quasi-experimental comparison of students' performance on the pre-test and post-test scores, in the process of data collection and analysis, it can be seen that the students' various achievements have obvious and significant improvement, and by the main content of the study and the plan, in turn, on the students' singing pitch, rhythm, affective and musical creativity to detect, get the corresponding data show that this experimental research is of a certain degree of validity.
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