Digital Audio Archives as Pedagogical Tools in Cross-Cultural Music Teaching: A Study of University Music Departments

Abstract

Purpose: The surge of the digital advancement and technologies poses a remarkable shift in the traditional cross-cultural music teaching practices, hence reshaping how the instructors teach and students engage with the diverse music traditions. In response to this, music education practices are gradually incorporating digital tools and technologies, causing an environment of more interactive and diverse in musical traditions. This study, by focusing on the same context, investigates the digital audio archives as pedagogical tools in cross-culture music teaching. It further combines how the instructor’s technological proficiency influences the relationship between DAUR or Digital Audio Archives, and TLOU or Teaching and Learning Outcomes. Desing/Approach: the study employs both the quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. A sample of 216 faculty members from various universities was surveyed by using the covariance based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM) to examine the direct and moderating effect of DAUR and TPOI on teaching and learning outcomes with the specific context of cross-culture music teaching. Addition to this, qualitative interviews were conducted with five departmental heads in music departmental heads, providing a detailed insight into challenges, opportunities and pedagogical strategies linked with the DAUR in the field of cross culture music education. Results: The quantitative analysis confirms significant and direct effects of both DAUR and TPOI on TLOU among which the latter is showing much strong impact. The moderating effect of TPOI on the relationship between DAUR and TLOU demonstrates that technological efficiency of the instructor enhances the effectiveness of the digital audio archives. On qualitative grounds, interviews highlight some of the challenges of technological limitations context of the cultures and need effective training programmes for the instructors. Limitations/contributions: The limitations of the study specify the specific sample, and the results may not capture the broader academic landscape in the domain of cross-culture music. The study contributes to the growing body of research on digital tools in music education with the help of mixed methods of analysis