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University of the Pacific

2018

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The Effect Of An Orff-Based Curriculum On Social Emotional Competence Of Migrant Children In A Suburban Kindergarten In Shanghai, Yuanyang Yue Jan 2018

The Effect Of An Orff-Based Curriculum On Social Emotional Competence Of Migrant Children In A Suburban Kindergarten In Shanghai, Yuanyang Yue

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this research set in a kindergarten in a suburban school in Shanghai, China, was to determine the effect of an Orff-based music curriculum on migrant children’s social emotional competencies.

The quasi-experimental design included students in two kindergarten classes, where one class of 28 students was randomly assigned to receive the treatment while the other class of 28 served as the control group. The intervention was a 16-session Orff music curriculum over a period of eight weeks, aimed at improving children’s social competence. Data were collected from the two classroom teachers who provided ratings of their students’ social …