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(2015). The Importance of Music in Preschool Education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40 (7).  \n[http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2015v40n7.3](http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2015v40n7.3)  \nThis Journal Article is posted at Research Online.  \n[http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol40/iss7/3](http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol40/iss7/3)  \nAustralian Journal of Teacher Education  \nThe Importance of Music in Preschool Teacher Education  \nAnna Ehrlin  \nHans-Olof Gustavsson  \nDepartment of Education, Culture and Communication  \nMälardalen University, Sweden.  \nAbstract: At a few universities in Sweden students can chose a preschool  \nteacher education programme with a music profile. At one of these  \nuniversities, a study was undertaken that aimed to explore student  \nteachers´ understanding of self as musician, their future professional role  \nas a preschool teacher and how the education equips for that. Sixteen  \nstudents participated in focus group interviews, and thirty students  \nanswered a questionnaire. The study shows that almost three-quarters of  \nthe students did not choose the music profile for the sake of the specific  \nprofile in music. Instead, it happened that this was the programme they  \nmanaged to get into or they found the location of the education suitable.  \nHow, then, to develop the design of a music profile that prepares  \npreschool teacher students to become skilled leaders and a source of  \ninspiration for music in preschools?  \nIntroduction  \nPreschool teacher education in Sweden has been a three-and-a-half-year academic education since 2011. Besides pedagogical and didactic issues, the programme focuses on content areas such as language, mathematics, technology, and science, as well as on documentation and evaluation. A preschool teacher needs a limited but interdisciplinary knowledge in these different content areas (Sheridan, Williams, Sandberg & Vourinen, 2011). The arts historically have played a prominent role in Swedish preschools and preschool-teacher education programmes in Sweden (Tellgren, 2008; Vallberg Roth, 2001) but today only a few credit points are dedicated to music and other forms of the arts. The learning outcomes are most focused on the theoretical understanding of childrens´ esthetic learning processes. For example a learning outcome for the course “Esthetics and esthetical learning processes in preschool” states that the student should be able to explain how aesthetic forms of expression can stimulate childrens´ imagination, self-discovery and development.  \nAt a few universities in Sweden students can chose a preschool teacher education programme with a music profile. At one of these universities, a study was undertaken that aimed to explore student teachers understanding of self as musician, their future professional role as a preschool teacher and how the education equips for that. In the overall context the study seeks to uncover knowledge that could be useful in the development process of a music profile. As there are no musical criteria for entry students have a very broad range of abilities and interests in every cohort. The first group of students studying in the programme with a music profile at the current university participated in focus group interviews, and the second group of students that chose the profile at the same university participated in answering a questionnaire. In total 16 of 25 students participated in focus group interviews, and 30 of 32 answered the questionnaire. The study shows that almost three-quarters of the students did  \nVol 40, 7, July 2015 32  ","cbCaiuMlpsJZ1IwU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuMlpsJZ1IwU","pdf",136579,12,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Background","[{\"question\":\"What was the aim of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To explore student teachers’ understanding of self as musicians, their future professional role as preschool teachers, and how the program equips them for that role.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study conducted?\",\"answer\":\"Sixteen students took part in focus group interviews, and thirty students answered a questionnaire.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did most students choose the music profile?\",\"answer\":\"Almost three-quarters chose it for reasons other than the specific music profile—such as getting into the program or finding the location suitable.\"}]","The Importance of Music in Preschool Education | PDF",1792077646]