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Item Expectations and perceived roles of the female musician among the Isukha(2012-02-01) Bullindah, Jacqueline Zinale; Akuno, Emily Achieng; Kidula, J. N.Studies carried out in various countries on music and gender portray women as people whose music making activists are dictated by their role and status in their various communities, among other factors. For example, women's dance styles have been perceived by scholars to reflect their sex roles. Campbell and Eastman (1984) for instance sat that among the Swahili of Kenya, women are taught dancing styles, which involve hip rotations, a reflection of their sex role. This study examined the implications of gender upon music composition and performance among the Isukha people, a sub-tribe of the Luhyia community of Western Kenya. It addressed explicitly, two central questions. First, to what degree does the Isukha community's gender ideology and resulting gender related behaviours affects its musical thought and practice? And second, how does music function in the Isukha community to reflect or affect people's attitudes towards women musicians. The study, in the long run, outlined the role played by women in music and articulated their values in music making. In the endeavor to achieve the above, a descriptive research design was adopted. Questionnaires, interview schedules, and observation schedules were used as research tools to get people's views, expectations and attitudes towards female musicians in the Isukha community. This resulted in a number of factors, which both directly and indirectly affect these women's music making activities. These, as shown in the study are a reflection of the society's perception of these women, both just as women and as women musicians. Their place in the society, their role and value in music making is also articulated.Item Factors affecting instrumental Music tuition in Kenyan secondary schools: a study of Nairobi province(2012-02-24) Kahindi, A. W.; Akuno, Emily Achieng; Okafor, R. C.This study examines the area of performance in music education. Music, being a creative art, requires certain activities to take each and every time it is heard. These activities, then, make music a living art. Performance is one of the activities that bring music to live. The study aimed at investigating the factors that hindered the tuition of Western music instruments in secondary schools in Nairobi Province, Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to; (i) Establish whether instrumental tuition took place in Kenya secondary schools. (ii) Investigate whether music instruments and other instructional resources were available for students' use (iii) Determine the extent to which the school programme supported the acquisition and exercise of skills and knowledge in music. (iv) Establish whether music teachers contributed to the choice and learning of music instruments. The target population was secondary school music teachers and Form Three and Four music students. Seventeen (17) music teachers and seventy-seven (77) music students were involved in the study. These were selected using both simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Two research instruments were used to collect data from the respondents. These were questionnaires and oral interviews. A portable battery-operated cassette recorder was also used to record the proceedings of the oral interviews. The data was analyzed and the results were presented in terms of frequencies, percentages and tabular representations. From the analysis and presentations, a number of findings were revealed. Among these were; inadequate tome allocation for music as a subject of study, lack of instructional materials, inadequate music instruments, lack of performing opportunities for students and poor planning of the tuition sessions all of which affected the tuition of Western music instruments in a negative way. In conclusion, a number of recommendations were made in relation to future research in music education. These were broadly classified into two areas, mainly, Planning and Organisation. They included, a review of the practical syllabus by the Music Curriculum developers as well as the as the organizing of seminars/workshops for music teachers countrywide so that they get a forum to exchange views on how to handle the specific areas of music education; accessibility to music instruments for all the music students; proper maintenance of available instruments in schools and proper structuring of the tuition sessions on the part of the music teachers of private tutors.Item Integration of the Visually Impaired: The Case of Voice Training in Kenyatta University(2002) Okeyo, D. A.; Akuno, Emily Achieng; Tipton, C.This study investigated the integration of the visually impaired students particularly those training in voice. The study sought to: a) Identify the strategies employed by lecturers in voice training of the visually impaired. b) Determine how the strategies differ from those employed with the sighted students. c) Identify the activities visually impaired and students engage in to ensure the learning of a song. d) Outline how the lecturers' teaching strategies and students learning activities are integrated to ensure maximum benefit to the visually impaired students. The study targeted the voice-training lecturers, visually impaired and sighted voice students. The simple random sampling was used in selecting those that participated in the study. A total of 11 lecturers and 39 students participated in the study. Data was collected using three types of tools questionnaires, interview schedule and observation schedule. Interviews were recorded using a cassette tape recorder.Information from the interviews and the observation schedules were tabulated. The data analyzed using frequency tables and percentages. This revealed patterns, which described the level of integration of the visually impaired. The major findings of the study revealed that lack of proper teaching and learning activities, and methods like listening to the recorded excerpts acted as an impediment to effective teaching of voice. Inadequate time and regular training also lead to the lagging behind of voice students particularly the visually impaired. In light of these findings, recommendations for improvement and further course of action by appropriate authorities included: a) More time should be allocated for lecturer-student contact. b) Learning activities beyond lecture hour should be engaged in to enhance concept assimilation and skill development, for example, participation in group singing, choirs/ensembles and own practice with or without accompaniment. c) Training of music lecturers to handle visually impaired students and also to update music skills. d) Curriculum should be developed for voice as an instrument with graded teaching and learning material. Expansion of resources and provision of specialized material for the visually impaired students also to be included.