SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL PREFERENCES - ATTITUDES OF FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Keywords:
social influences, students - future teachers, musical preferences, school, family.Abstract
In modern school teachers are the main actuators and initiators in the process of
learning, upbringing and development of pupils. The paper considers how future
teachers perceive the social impacts on their musical preferences. The research part
brings the results of the empirical research conducted with 78 students of the Faculty
of Education in Užice, Serbia. Students’ opinions on social factors that influenced the
development of their musical preferences, changes and influences on them during
their growing up was examined. The results show that students’ musical preferences
changed over time in relation to different social influences.
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