Study on Strategies for Improving Piano Education for Preschool Children with Parental Participation

Abstract

This study focuses on exploring the key role of parental involvement in children's education, especially in the process of piano learning, in the field of music education, in order to provide corresponding improvement strategies. This study adopts a mixed method research design, combining quantitative and qualitative research methods. First of all, the basic information of parents, their participation in children's piano learning and students' piano learning level were collected through a questionnaire survey. SPSS software was used for frequency analysis, descriptive statistical analysis and difference analysis to explore the relationship between parents' characteristics and participation level and the influence of participation level on students' piano learning level. Secondly, through in-depth interviews with school administrators, qualitative data on the challenges faced by parents involved in children's piano learning were obtained, and targeted solutions were proposed on this basis. The quantitative results show that parents' gender, age, education level and occupation are closely related to their participation in their children's piano learning, and parents' participation is significantly positively correlated with students' piano learning level. The qualitative analysis reveals the challenges encountered by parents in the process of participation, such as time and resource limitations, cognitive level and skills deficiencies, and puts forward some coping strategies, such as providing educational resources and strengthening communication and cooperation between family and school. Finally, this study emphasizes the positive role played by parents in children's piano learning, that is, by creating a good learning environment, emotional support and strengthening family ties, it effectively promotes the development of children's musical ability and the improvement of comprehensive quality. Therefore, it is suggested that school administrators actively advocate and promote parents to effectively participate in their children's piano learning, and form a good mechanism of home-school cooperation and co-education to help children develop comprehensively.