Undergraduate Choral Methods Instructors' Value Ratings of Choral Methods Topics for Non-Choral Music Education Majors.

The purpose of this study was to explore participants' value ratings of specific methods course topics in the choral teaching preparedness of non-choral music education majors . Forty-four university/college level choral methods instructors, identified through the College Music Society membership list, participated in the survey . Participants rated 16 choral methods topics using a seven-point Likert-type scale (1 = Not Very Important; 7 = Very Important) in their importance to non-choral music education majors' choral teaching preparedness . Participants identified choral rehearsal techniques, vocal techniques, and choral repertoire as the three most important topics . Participants also identified choral student recruitment and retention, choral conducting techniques, choral student recruitment and retention, and choral class administrative tasks as the three least important topics . The findings of this study may provide undergraduate choral methods instructors information on developing effective course experiences in the preparation of non-choral music education majors for future classroom choral instruction . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]