It was a pleasure to serve as external examiner for the Doctoral Defense of Ms. LIN Qi at The Education University of Hong Kong. This dissertation was supervised by Koji Matsunobu (main supervisor) and Bo-Wah Leung (committee member), and the defense was held today in a hybrid session with participants in both Hong Kong and Europe.
Teaching of
sight reading is often challenging for music teachers. Ms. Lin’s doctoral study is a
multifaceted exploration of current approaches to sightreading pedagogy (how
people are taught to read western classical music notation on keyboard
instruments) at multiple higher education institutions in the mainland China
context. It also tests the impact of an intervention (implementation of a specific
sightreading pedagogy) in terms of both quantitative data (testing of sightreading
skills as well as self-efficacy scores) and qualitative data, which include observations,
journals, and over 50 interviews.
This unique doctoral study demonstrates relationships between self-efficacy and competence in the field of sight-reading pedagogy, and affirms the effectiveness of newer pedagogies in the mainland China context. Personally, this was my first dissertation committee in China, and with this dissertation completion I have now served on doctoral supervisory and examining committees with universities in 15 countries. That experience has served as a foundation for my teaching in interdisciplinary courses on Doctoral Supervision as well as my recent writings on the topic of doctoral studies and doctoral mentoring.
Ms. LIN Qi’s
doctoral dissertation makes a new contribution to knowledge in this important area, and she has
demonstrated an array of skills that are likely to serve her well as a
researcher in the future with a doctorate from The Education University of Hong
Kong.
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source (at top): Brian Ferneyhough Day, Barbican
Centre | The Arts Desk
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