Exploring the teaching challenges in Chinese secondary vocational piano education
List of Authors
  • Miao Hange

Keyword
  • Secondary Vocational School, China, Piano Education, Teaching Challenges, Teaching Strategies

Abstract
  • The term generally describes the various challenges and barriers that educators may encounter while instructing students in secondary vocational piano education. Such challenges could have to do with things like the classroom setting, instructional materials, student-teacher relationships, teaching techniques, and instructional tactics. This review gathers and arranges various academic viewpoints on the difficulties encountered in secondary vocational piano instruction, as well as some suggested approaches and techniques for overcoming them. To understand and investigate how secondary vocational piano educators with varying backgrounds and experiences identify and address the issues they face in the classroom, the researcher is considering using qualitative research methodologies. The expected findings may provide useful teaching methods and strategies to resolve problems in secondary vocational piano instruction. They may also offer theoretical guidance and helpful encouragement for the field's advancement to address present issues, improve instruction's efficacy, and encourage changes and advancements in associated social spheres.

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