Music textbooks in early childhood educationdesign of an instrument for the analysis of sound qualities

Resumen

The aim of this study is to develop an instrument for describing and analysing aspects of programming and musical expression activities related to sound qualities included in Educational Projects for the 2nd cycle of Early Childhood Education used in the Region of Murcia. The designed instrument is an ad hoc systematic observation protocol and consists of the following sections: identification data; the musical activity within the curriculum; areas of musical content; sound qualities; sound quality work phases; creativity and emotions; and musical errors and observations. To determine the reliability and validity of the protocol, Cronbach’s alpha statistic and Cohen’s Kappa statistic were used, respectively. In addition, content validity was determined through expert judgment (Kendall’s W). The findings reveal that the observation protocol could be used to analyse the selected study object