The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of secondary music education as perceived by college students and the use of music for psycho-emotional support in daily life. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted targeting 72 college...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of secondary music education as perceived by college students and the use of music for psycho-emotional support in daily life. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted targeting 72 college students in Seoul and Gyeonggi region to collect data on school music education experience, participation in music activities, and use of music for psychological and emotional support. The survey was conducted on 6 students. By conducting non-face-to-face interviews to collect data on perceptions of secondary music education, the results of the analysis are as follows.
First, although there were many participants who had received music education other than secondary music education, the proportion of participants who participated in musical activities in their daily lives was low. Second, the preferred musical activity was listening to music, the atmosphere of the music they preferred was a ‘fast and light atmosphere,’ and the reason they preferred music was ‘I like the melody.’ Third, the highest use of music for psycho-emotional support was 'to help relieve stress' from a personal aspect, 'to build intimacy with others' from a relational aspect, and 'team goals' from a social aspect. It was found that group music activities were carried out 'to receive help in achieving'. The correlation between the areas of music use for psycho-emotional support was high in the use of music in social and relational aspects. Fourth, university students perceived that secondary music education had a ‘somewhat’ influence on the practical application and participation of musical activities in daily life and the use of music for psychoemotional support. Fifth, as a result of the interview analysis, positive aspects of secondary music education include experiencing a sense of accomplishment through collaborative and creative learning, enjoyment felt through performance activities, and positive emotional experiences that only music subjects can provide, on the other hand, on the negative side, the results showed that there was a sense of burden in evaluating musical activities, lack of musical knowledge, and low motivation for musical activities due to compulsory participation. In addition, regarding the direction of secondary music education, we will actively support and structure group music activity classes, improve class participation and evaluation methods that allow students to have actual musical experiences, teach classes that focus on actual music, and improve curriculum and teaching materials that foster a sense of intimacy.
We recognized the need to make full use of the music classes and secure time for music classes. The results of this study suggest that secondary music education with the goal of ‘making music a daily life’ will help university students develop their attitude toward using music in their everyday and explore ways to improve their relationships with others and provide support for social difficulties. This highlights the need to expand opportunities for participation in group music activities. This research is significant in that it explores the direction of secondary music education and collects basic data on the use of music for psychoemotional support for university students. In the future, I hope that research will be conducted on practical measures that can encourage university students to incorporate music into their daily to alleviate the difficulties they experience in their everyday