ABSTRACT

COVID-19 forced extreme measures in cities worldwide, including school shutdowns and limited social contact. Semi-structured interviews with 14 Israeli music teachers were conducted to expose the challenges of teaching musical instruments and vocal during social distancing, focussing on struggles and technical challenges, teacher-student relations, and creative leveraging. The study explores solutions or advantages to online teaching offered by the participants' experience, while also stressing advantages of face-to-face lessons, which could have been taken for granted. Music educators who participated in the study reported that the pandemic forced them to accommodate teaching methods, demonstrations, and physical guidance, which required reshaping to online communication; latency and poor sound quality required compromise and adjustment. They shared perceptions of online learning, coping methods, creative approaches, attentiveness to students, temporary solutions to technical problems, and forward-looking insights. The role of the teacher as a source of empathy and human connection was highlighted, as was the need for face-to-face, intimate lessons. Findings indicate that online music lessons enable creative methods that may enrich future post-pandemic lessons, but that their positive effect on the learning process is of a short-term nature. The study’s limitations include teachers’ nationality, and future research could examine cultural and gender coping differences.

摘要

COVID-19 迫使全球城市采取极端措施，包括学校停课和有限的社会接触。对 14 位以色列音乐教师进行了半结构化访谈，以揭示在社交距离期间教授乐器和声乐的挑战，重点关注斗争和技术挑战、师生关系和创造性利用。该研究探讨了参与者的经验为在线教学提供的解决方案或优势，同时也强调了面对面授课的优势，这可能被认为是理所当然的。参与这项研究的音乐教育工作者报告说，大流行迫使他们适应教学方法、演示和物理指导，这需要重塑为在线交流；延迟和较差的音质需要妥协和调整。他们分享了对在线学习、应对方法、创造性方法、对学生的关注、技术问题的临时解决方案和前瞻性见解的看法。强调了教师作为同理心和人际关系源泉的作用，以及面对面、亲密课程的必要性。调查结果表明，在线音乐课程能够提供可能丰富未来大流行后课程的创造性方法，但它们对学习过程的积极影响是短期的。该研究的局限性包括教师的国籍，未来的研究可以检查文化和性别应对差异。强调了教师作为同理心和人际关系源泉的作用，以及面对面、亲密课程的必要性。调查结果表明，在线音乐课程能够提供可能丰富未来大流行后课程的创造性方法，但它们对学习过程的积极影响是短期的。该研究的局限性包括教师的国籍，未来的研究可以检查文化和性别应对差异。强调了教师作为同理心和人际关系源泉的作用，以及面对面、亲密课程的必要性。调查结果表明，在线音乐课程能够提供可能丰富未来大流行后课程的创造性方法，但它们对学习过程的积极影响是短期的。该研究的局限性包括教师的国籍，未来的研究可以检查文化和性别应对差异。