DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING ACTIVITY FRAMEWORK BY USING HAN FOLK MUSIC FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

Han folk music, traditional to the Han Chinese, includes instruments like  guzheng, erhu, pipa, dizi, and sheng. Teaching this music to primary school students provides a rich cultural exploration. This study develops a teaching  framework for using Han  folk music  in primary schools,  employing  the Design and Development Research (DDR) approach by Richey and Klein,  modified by Saedah Siraj, Abdullah, and Rozkee. It involves three phases:  needs  analysis,  design  and  development,  and usability evaluation.  The  first phase  used  a  questionnaire  with   100  primary   school  music   educators, showing strong support for music in  teaching.  The second  phase  employed the  Nominal  Group  Technique  with  9  experts,  resulting  in  a  structured framework for integrating Han  folk music  effectively. The third  phase used the  Fuzzy  Delphi  Method  with  45  elementary  school  music  educators, confirming the framework's usability. The results of the first phase show that  there were agreement  among respondents regarding the positive  impacts  of incorporating music into teaching practices. The results of the  second phase have developed a teaching activity framework by using Han Folk Music for Primary Schools based on the expert’s opinions. While the results of the  third phase show a high agreement in the usability of the framework when  all usability constructs get a percentage of over 75%. Overall, this research advances  educational methods by offering  educators  a  guide to enhance  learning through culturally rooted music experiences.