Tools for Assessment and Evaluation of Vocal Music among Selected Universities in Kenya
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Date
2019
Authors
Ogari, Everline Kwamboka
Digolo, Beatrice A
Wambugu, Duncan M.
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African Musicology Online
Abstract
Vocal music performance occupies a dominant position in Kenya’s musical landscape yet
academic study has raised numerous debates concerning its assessment and evaluation. It
has been realized that performance in the arts presents an intricate problem and an absence
of certain theoretical frameworks that stimulate vocal music discourses. Indeed in all levels
of vocal music performance there is a need for instructors to provide a thorough
documentation of student performance. Guided by Constructive Alignment Model (Biggs,
2003), this paper sought to analyse the tools and techniques used in assessing students’
feedback in vocal music performance by selected universities in Kenya. Twelve (12)
universities that offer music were purposively sampled out of which random sampling
technique was used to select six (6) universities. Students of music were selected using
stratified sampling to acquire gender representation before simple random sampling
technique was used to acquire the actual sample size n=30% of the population. This paper
attempts to enlighten and improve the understanding of the tools used in assessment and
evaluation of vocal music in Kenyan universities. Data was collected using opinionnaires for
individual student responses, questionnaires for voice instructors and heads of the
departments, focus group discussion for students, observation schedule by the authors and
content analysis then presented in bar charts and frequency tables. Content analysed data
was presented thematically. The study findings established that evaluation tools such as goal
setting forms, templates for practice guidelines, lesson journals were inadequate. Therefore,
the authors conclude that tools for assessment and evaluation of vocal music are of great
significance to the growth of students’ vocals
Description
A Research Article in the African Musicology Online
Keywords
Vocal music, Constructive alignment model, Assessment, Tools, Techniques, Universities, Kenya.
Citation
Ogari, E. K., Digolo, B. A., & Wambugu, D. M. (2019). TOOLS FOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF VOCAL MUSIC AMONG SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA. African Musicology Online, 9(1).