DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING ACTIVITY FRAMEWORK BY USING HAN FOLK MUSIC FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Han folk music, traditional to the Han Chinese, includes instruments like guzheng, erhu, pipa, dizi, and sheng. Teaching this music to primary school students provides a rich cultural exploration. This study develops a teaching framework for using Han folk music in primary schools, employing the Design and Development Research (DDR) approach by Richey and Klein, modified by Saedah Siraj, Abdullah, and Rozkee. It involves three phases: needs analysis, design and development, and usability evaluation. The first phase used a questionnaire with 100 primary school music educators, showing strong support for music in teaching. The second phase employed the Nominal Group Technique with 9 experts, resulting in a structured framework for integrating Han folk music effectively. The third phase used the Fuzzy Delphi Method with 45 elementary school music educators, confirming the framework's usability. The results of the first phase show that there were agreement among respondents regarding the positive impacts of incorporating music into teaching practices. The results of the second phase have developed a teaching activity framework by using Han Folk Music for Primary Schools based on the expert’s opinions. While the results of the third phase show a high agreement in the usability of the framework when all usability constructs get a percentage of over 75%. Overall, this research advances educational methods by offering educators a guide to enhance learning through culturally rooted music experiences.