The attitudes and perceptions of undergraduate music education majors toward multicultural music education

This study offers a descriptive account of the attitudes and perceptions of undergraduate music education majors toward multicultural music education. Students (N=148) from four colleges and universities in Indiana responded to a 30-item Likert-scale survey, created by the researcher. Research questions sought to describe the general attitudes of the participants, as well as compare differences between areas of focus (i.e., instrumental, vocal, general music). Quantitative analysis of the data did not show significant differences among the focus areas, but did reveal statistically significant differences between years in school. Positive changes in attitude occurred as students progressed through their curriculum, suggesting a greater exposure to multicultural music education as they reached the completion of their undergraduate career.School of MusicThesis (M.M.