Appraisal of the Performance/Role of Women in the Teaching and Learning of Music Education in Nigerian Colleges of Education.

This study examined the pattern of performance/role of Women in the teaching and learning of Music Education in Nigerian Colleges of Education. The descriptive survey research was used for this study. The population for the study comprised of twenty female Music lecturers from eight Colleges of Education. The samples of the study consisted of eight Colleges of Education purposively selected from the Federal and State Colleges of Education from South – West, South – South, South – East, and North – Central covering four geo – political zones in Nigeria where music is offered as a course of study out of the six geo – political zones. Two hypotheses were tested and inferential statistics of ttest was used to test the hypotheses. The results of the study showed that Junior and Senior female music teachers in the Colleges of Education have favourable opinion about the pattern of performance (role) of women in the teaching and learning of Music Education in Nigerian Colleges of Education{t (df.18) =0.834; P>0.05}. Their perception and attitude to Music Education Programme in Nigerian Colleges of Education do not differ {t (df.18) = -0.364; P>0.05}. It is therefore recommended that more music personnel should be employed at the federal and State Colleges of education, especially the female music personnel to maintain gender balance, to enhance the smooth running of the single and double major music programmes, and also in order to ensure compliance with the NCCE Minimum Standard requirement on staffing.

Keywords: Music Education, Performance, Teaching & Learning.