An Investigation of the Status of Piano Teacher Training in Taiwan from the Perspective of Undergraduate Piano Pedagogy Course Offerings

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the status of piano teacher training in Taiwan. A survey questionnaire and two groups of interviewees facilitated research to conduct the study. The information gained from survey questionnaires documents the content of undergraduate piano pedagogy courses in Taiwanese universities and colleges. The targets of the survey questionnaire were twenty-three undergraduate piano pedagogy instructors in Taiwanese universities and colleges. In addition to the survey questionnaire, two target groups were interviewed. Group one shared their perspectives on current Taiwanese piano pedagogy. It included three prominent piano pedagogues, one each from the northern, central, and southern regions of Taiwan's west coast. Group two contained four recent piano performance graduates of Taiwanese universities and colleges from northern, central, southern, and eastern regions of Taiwan. These interviews asked participants about the applicability of their undergraduate piano pedagogy courses to their current teaching situations.