INTEGRATING CULTURAL ELEMENTS IN TEACHING MUSIC FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACQUISITION OF UNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS’IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the impact of integrating cultural elements in teaching music for students’ acquisition of entrepreneurship skill in Unity Schools in South-East Nigeria. One research question guided the study. A survey research design was used for the purpose of the study. The sample of the study was all the 30 cultural and creative arts teachers hence; no sampling technique was adopted by the researcher for the teachers while purposive sampling was adopted for selecting 60 students. A 16-item statements/questionnaire were used to collect data from the respondents(teachers) and ‘Focus group discussion on Cultural Music (FGDOCM)’’for students. The instrument was validated by two experts in Department of music, another expert in cultural and creative arts in Department of Arts Education and one expert in Measurement and Evaluation all from Faculty of Education University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The instrument yielded the following reliability estimates of 0.84 using Cronbach Alpha method. The result was analyzed using mean scores and content analysis. The result revealed that integrating cultural elements in teaching of music has a lot of benefits like helping students to develop life coping skill, embrace cultural diversity, improve creative engagement in music and music related field among others. It was recommended among others that cultural and creative arts teachers of Unity Schools in South-East Nigeria should be exposed to sensitization programmes through conferences, workshops, seminars on the need for integrating cultural elements in teaching music.