Attitude formation in music instruction

This paper is a follow up of an earlier study carried out on the relationship between attitude towards Music education and achievement among pupils in Kenya (Wanjala, 2011) which established that there is a positive correlation between pupil’s attitude towards music education and their achievement. In the major findings of the study, it was observed that attitudes were fundamental to the dynamics of behaviour and they greatly determine how learning took place in situations of music instruction. It was further pointed that in the process of learning, certain experiences may create a favourable or unfavourable atmosphere which in turn makes students either to dislike or appreciate music. On the basis of these findings the author of this paper articulates the impact of attitude formation in the learning environment.