Music learning in adolescents and the changes in puberty

Abstract

This   study  focuses   on  the   relation   between  puberty   and

adolescence  in music  learning.  It is  a  fact that  this  relation

determines success  or failure  in music pedagogy.  To account

for this relation,  three schools in  Anambra State, particularly

Awka  educational  zone  have been  used.  Sixty  (60)  students

from   Upper   Basic   Class    3   are   selected.   A   structured

questionnaire designed  to elicit the perception  of the students

concerning puberty  and the effect  of the resulting  changes on

their music  learning is administered.  The analysis shows  that

changes at puberty affect some of the students negatively while

some others are not affected primarily because  they have been

prepared  to  expect  them  or  they   have  discovered  that  the

changes put them  in a more advantageous  position. The study

therefore   recommends    that   music    teachers   should   pay

attention to  puberty changes in  students and  design activities

that the changes would support.