Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop an administrative model in which a comprehensive general music program can be executed, specifically designed for middle schools in Martin County, Florida, with implications for other middle schools in Florida. In order to construct a model program as well as to identify significant factors that enhance or inhibit this purpose, a survey approach was utilized. This two-fold approach was used to identify the practices, policies and trends in administration and supervision of existing music programs in representative middle schools in Florida and in Ohio. The first method was that of interviewing music personnel by means of a tape recorder during the Florida Music Educators Convention/ Clinic in January, 1976. The second method was construction of a survey questionnaire which was sent to music supervisors and principals of middle schools. The questionnaire was constructed to obtain data from these areas: (1) the manner in which music programs were funded, (2) variation in time allocations for general music, (3) music activities in which pupils participated, (4) integration of music with other subjects, and (5) degree of interest in music at certain grade levels. The questionnaire was sent to twenty-two principals and music supervisors of middle schools in Florida and three to middle school administrators in Ohio. Of the twenty-five total questionnaires delivered, twenty, or 80 percent were returned. Returned questionnaires were divided into two categories according to school enrollment. Schools with fewer than six hundred students were classified as small schools, and schools with more than six hundred students were classified as large schools. In the small school category there were eight schools or 40 percent. Large schools accounted for twelve or 60 percent of the total. Data from the questionnaires were reported and analyzed by means of tables and descriptive analyses. Results of the interviews were tabulated and percentages in each category were reported and analyzed descriptively, without the use of tables. The interviews aided in securing additional data that were useful in interpretation of survey questionnaires, as well as extending scope, depth and better understanding. Chapter Two reports related literature. Related literature was extensive. Chapter Three shows an analysis of data for the entire study and a discussion of general music programs in operation in middle schools surveyed. Chapter Four reflects a discussion of the administrative design and methods utilized in formulating the design for middle schools. Chapter Five records final findings and implications.

Extent

133 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|College of Education|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.

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FADT11662

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