The Motivation for Studying Music at Conservatory

Authors

JURČÍKOVÁ Taťána

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Topical Issues of Contemporary Music Education
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web http://www.ped.muni.cz/wmus/studium/sborniky/topical_issues_of_contemporary_m_e.pdf
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-6102-2012
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords Music; music schooling; conservatories; professional musicians; the choice of school; the choice of career; motivation; aspirations; research; questionnaire survey
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Description The article deals with the subject of motivation for professional studies of music at conservatory, especially with the reasons for choosing this school, motivation in studies, study and professional aims of the students at the beginning of the studies. The results of the research which examined the mentioned questions and was conducted in the form of a questionnaire survey in the first year conservatory students are presented. The results show the main motivational factors of the studies and also an interesting disproportion between students’ aspirations and possibilities of their realistic fulfilling.
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