Although many music teacher candidates begin university studies planning to teach secondary ensembles, most will ultimately be certified to teach younger children and may be called to do so. The purpose of this study was to examine how music teacher education programs prepare preservice music educators to teach music to children from birth through elementary school through coursework. We emailed survey invitations to representatives from 512 institutions accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music to prepare music educators. We received 134 usable responses (response rate = 26%). Nearly all respondents offered elementary general music methods (EGMM), and over three quarters required EGMM for all students in initial licensure programs. Only about one in ten responding institutions offered early childhood music methods (ECMM). We describe findings on EGMM and ECMM course structures, content, and materials as well as the employment status, degree background, and other qualifications of the person who typically taught this coursework

虽然许多音乐教师候选人开始大学学习计划教中学合奏，但大多数最终将获得认证，可以教年幼的孩子，并且可能会被要求这样做。本研究的目的是研究音乐教师教育计划如何让职前音乐教育者为从出生到小学到课程作业的儿童教授音乐。我们通过电子邮件向来自 512 家获得全国音乐学校协会认可的机构的代表发送了调查邀请，以帮助音乐教育者做好准备。我们收到了 134 条可用回复（回复率 = 26%）。几乎所有的受访者都提供了基本的通用音乐方法 (EGMM)，并且超过四分之三的人要求所有参加初始许可课程的学生都学习 EGMM。只有大约十分之一的响应机构提供幼儿音乐方法 (ECMM)。