Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.150
AN EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN POP MUSIC TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGY IN NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENT
Abstract
With the proliferation of new media, modern pop music has already penetrated into the life of music students. The music industry is calling for including modern pop music into music education. In this paper, a questionnaire survey is carried out among 600 non-music majors from three universities in Anhui Province, China. Based on the survey results, the author analyzed the current situation of modern pop music pedagogy. Then, the psychological theory was introduced to the music pedagogy, creating an evaluation system of how modern pop music teaching influences the students’ psychology in new media environment. The established system was applied for comparative analysis of survey data. The results show that there is room to improve the modern pop music teaching system; for college students, modern pop music helps to alleviate the psychological stress, ease mental illness, and develop sound personality and lofty sentiments. The research results highlight the necessity to introduce and improve modern pop music education in universities.
Keywords
Modern Pop Music, Teaching, Students’ Psychology, New Media.