Humphreys, Jere T.
This collection consists of articles, papers, keynote and other major speeches, reviews, and responses, mostly related to music education, but some to arts education and arts business, in some cases with reference to emerging countries. A number of these items appeared in difficult-to-access publications such as foreign journals and foreign and domestic proceedings. A few are translations of English-language articles that appeared in foreign language journals, and a few others are in English with accompanying foreign language abstracts.
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DescriptionThe purpose of this study was to examine relationships between school music participation in choral and instrumental ensembles--by socioeconomic status, gender, and race--and a composite measure of academic achievement.
ContributorsBush, Jeffrey E. (Author) / Humphreys, Jere Thomas (Author) / Allen, Douglas (Author) / Lohr, Sharon (Author)
Created2001
DescriptionSummary from "Influences on College Music Students' Decision to Become a Music Teacher." Research study and report sponsored by MENC: The National Association for Music Education. September 2001.
ContributorsBergee, Martin J. (Author) / Coffman, Don D. (Author) / Demorest, Steven M. (Author) / Humphreys, Jere Thomas (Author) / Thornton, Linda P. (Author)
Created2001-09
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This study investigated the effects of a training seminar and selected background variables on Greek music teachers’ attitudes and self-evaluation regarding research. Public school, university, and conservatory teachers (n=41) participated in 16 hours of seminar instruction over a two-week period at a Greek university. The seminar provided an introduction to empirical research methods, testing, and basic statistical concepts and, procedures and an overview of music aptitude testing and the administration of selected tests. There was no significant pre-seminar difference in self-assessed interest and ability in research between participants who had and had not taken a prior research course. However, participants with prior training scored significantly higher on self-assessed knowledge of selected research concepts. A mixed-model analysis of variance indicated that the seminar instruction was effective in improving self-assessed research knowledge and interest, and that those with previous research training improved more than those without such training.
ContributorsStamou, Lelouda (Author) / Humphreys, Jere Thomas (Author) / Schmidt, Charles P. (Author)
Created2007
DescriptionAn article describing building of professional accomplishments and Habitat for Humanity houses by Professor of Music Dr. Jere T. Humphreys of Arizona State University.
ContributorsWang, Shei-Chau (Author)
Created2003-08
DescriptionA brief eulogy for music education historian George N. Heller (1941-2004) of the University of Kansas, USA.
ContributorsHumphreys, Jere Thomas (Author) / dal Pino, Claudia (Translator)
Created2004
DescriptionDescription of how to use a stroboscope to chart the pitch tendencies of a given player/instrument.
ContributorsHumphreys, Jere Thomas (Author)
Created1979
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Some ancient Greek perspectives on three praxial musical activities: composing, performing, and listening. Early founders of modern Western thought created boundaries and hierarchies among these three activities, in addition to the scientific study of music. Under the dualistic conception of reality, or "truth," original musical works became objects. Plato stipulated the use of "good" songs, reserved composition for a select few, and believed that "goodness" in music could be determined objectively by society's leaders, a form of universal "truth" represented in artistic products. The praxis of music performing, regarded as a "practiced habit" and given lower status than composing, was deemed an appropriate leisure-time activity for gentlemen. Virtuoso music performance was to be left to non-citizens, leaving citizens free for more intellectual pursuits. . . . [I]t is no surprising that subsequent educators taught music primarily through theoretical means. . . .
ContributorsHumphreys, Jere Thomas (Author) / Elliott, David J. (Respondent) / Androutsos, Polyvios (Editor)
Created2007
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An investigation of musical aptitude and attitudes toward teaching among pre-service music teachers in Turkey (n = 42) and the United States (n = 35). Multivariate analysis revealed statistically significant differences by nationality in favor of the Turkish subjects on the tonal, rhythm, and total tests on the Advanced Measures of Music Audiation (AMMA) by Edwin Gordon. There were no significant differences by sex or for the interaction of nationality and sex. There were negative correlations between AMMA scores and scores on the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory, which means that subjects with high music aptitude scores tended to hold attitudes that do not predict effective teaching behaviors. There were also significant differences by nationality on a questionnaire about attitudes toward various music instructional activities in schools.
ContributorsOzeke, Sezen (Author) / Humphreys, Jere Thomas (Author)
Created2000
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The purposes of this study were to examine relationships between three listener characteristics (college major, sex, school music performance experience) and college students' (N = 300) attitudes toward nine types and styles of music. Significant differences (p < .05) were found in favor of music majors (n = 100) toward classical and contemporary classical music, and in favor of non-music majors (n = 200) toward rock music. Females expressed significantly more favorable attitudes than males toward country and spiritual music. Rap received significantly higher ratings from male music majors than from female music majors, and music major and non-music major males gave significantly higher ratings to rock than did their female counterparts. Subjects with high levels of school music ensemble experience exhibited significantly more positive altitudes toward jazz than did those with less experience. In addition, females with high levels of school music performance experience expressed significantly less favorable attitudes toward rap than did less experienced females, and female non-music majors expressed significantly more positive attitudes than male non-music majors toward classical, spiritual, and country music.
ContributorsBuzarovski, Dimitrije (Author) / Humphreys, Jere Thomas (Author) / Wells, Barrie (Author)
Created1995 to 1996
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A discussion of instrumental music in American educational institutions during the last 100 years, a century that has encompassed virtually the entire history of tax-supported instrumental music education in this country. The essay deals with the entry of instrumental music into the school and college curriculum, the evolution of instrumental music education, reasons for success disparities between instructional modes, the "masters" and "world-be masters" that instrumental music education attempts to serve, and some speculations about the future. Instrumental music ensembles share with choral ensembles the following characteristics, as opposed to the (far) less successful instructional modes in schools: they are single medium, generally do not deal with controversial materials, and involve large numbers of students in a single ensemble. These ensembles owe their entry and continuing success in schools largely to popularity with students and the public.
ContributorsHumphreys, Jere Thomas (Author)
Created1992