ABSTRACT

This research aims to propose a direction for ecological music education through an investigation on music teachers’ perception regarding music education as an ecological transformation education. The research was carried out by analyzing literature related to ecological music and conducting a survey on ecological music education of 321 music teachers. The data was analyzed by SPSS 29, conducting frequency analysis and descriptive statistics. Additionally, the t-test and linear regression analysis were carried out to explore the relationship between teachers’ background and their perception of ecological music education. The result demonstrated that music teachers positively perceived a potential behind music as an ecological transformation education, believing music and ecology were related, and therefore music could be used to resolve ecological crisis. Furthermore, although many teachers didn’t teach music classes related to ecology, most of them had willingness to receive training about it. On the other hand, they indicated a need for standardization of terminology such as ‘ecological music’, an introduction of example cases for ecological music classes, and the development of ecological music education programs. Also, perceiving that the workplace was nature-friendly had a positive impact on perceiving that music and ecology were related.

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