ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived factors that influenced the career choice of piano pedagogy majors in Korean universities and to compare their occupational aspiration and the actual occupational expectation after graduation. The KPPMI was developed for investigating the career choice to the piano pedagogy major and their occupational aspiration and the actual occupational expectation after graduation. The participants indicated that they chose piano pedagogy as the college major because they liked piano music and teaching piano and children. Also, other reasons to choose piano pedagogy as college majors were the experience of teaching piano and the improvement in piano performance skills. Regarding their occupational aspiration and expectation for the future occupation, the participants pointed out that the most desirable occupation was a piano professor while the actual occupational expectation was a piano teacher for children. Recommendation and conclusion were provided for piano pedagogy majors and Korean Universities.

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