The use of music in enhancing teaching and learning in preschools_ case study of selected preschools in Winneba

Abstract

This study seeks to examine the use of music as a medium for enhancing teaching and learning at kindergarten level of selected preschool in Winneba. The study investigated the extent to which music is used in the preschool, teaching strategies employed; how music is use for enhancing teaching and learning in the selected preschool in Winneba the resources which were used to facilitate music teaching and learning. The study involved four preschools and the participants were trained teachers except one of them. Data were collected and analysed qualitatively with a case study as a design. Interviews and observations were used as research instruments which enabled the researcher to identify and describe how music was used in the preschool environment to promote child development. This study revealed that, almost every subject in the preschool was taught with the aid of music. As such, various preschool teaching strategies like repetition, demonstration, role play and storytelling were employed by teachers. In addition, the study brings to bear how the music curricula, instructional materials and strategies meet the various developmental domains of children in the preschool. It is suggested that, preschool teachers and caregivers select the appropriate songs which would enhance the various developmental process in children and stimulate their performance at the right time.