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The SDT in ME: Self Determination in Music Education and Cultural Inspiration (2025)

Sara Darwish
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This research explores how the Self Determination Theory can be catered to music education to keep both teachers and students motivated in the learning\teaching process by intentional application of the three main elements: autonomy, competence and relatedness. I dive deep into motivation, what SDT has to offer, and how I can design my piano lessons to the specific needs of my students by having them answer a carefully formed questionnaire. The goal is to create a meaningful learning process that is both educational, adjustable and motivating for my piano students. In this research, I conducted experiments on two students, one 8 and the other 30 years old. I taught and filmed three lessons for each student after designing lesson plans that were specifically tailored to their wants and needs. After observing the lessons as they progressed, I was able to specify which element of SDT worked best for the student, which helped me adapt the activities further. The strategies that proved to be effective were: 1) Getting to know the students through a questionnaire and customizing the lessons through the relation of their interests to SDT. 2) Feedback and reflections from my students after each lesson, and with my critical friend. 3) Learning SDT by consciously applying it, helped me design a teacher training workshop that I conducted in Jordan to introduce SDT to Jordanian Educators.
typeresearch exposition
date01/01/2025
published17/07/2025
last modified17/07/2025
statuslimited publication
copyrightSara Darwish
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3310278/3310279
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue1. Master Research Projects


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