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Common musical mistakes in Early Childhood Education textbooks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2021

Judith Sánchez-Marroquí Open the ORCID record for Judith Sánchez-Marroquí [Opens in a new window]  and
Gregorio Vicente-Nicolás Open the ORCID record for Gregorio Vicente-Nicolás [Opens in a new window]
Judith Sánchez-Marroquí
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Gregorio Vicente-Nicolás*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia, Facultad de Educación, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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Corresponding author. Email: gvicente@um.es
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to detect and analyse mistakes in musical activities included in Early Childhood Education textbooks from a musical and didactic viewpoint. The sample comprised 2,200 activities corresponding to the textbooks of four leading publishers in Spain. An instrument designed ad hoc for collection of information was developed, proposing a taxonomy of mistakes in three categories: musical, didactic and worksheet. Results revealed that 22.6% of analysed activities contained some type of mistake. The most frequent were in the musical category (concepts, terms or graphic representation), followed by didactic (level, planning or methodology) and, finally, those related to student worksheets.

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TextbooksEarly Childhood Educationpublishing housemusic educationtextbook mistakes
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , November 2021 , pp. 264 - 273
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