The effect of a short voice training program in future teachers.

The purpose of this study was to investigate if a module consisting of six hours of voice training is effective in future teachers. Sixty-five students, enrolled in the academic teaching programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), participated in this study.The trained group (n=35) received six hours of voice training, whereas the control group (n=30) received no voice training. A multidimensional test battery containing subjective judgements and objective measurements was applied in both groups at the study onset and after four months in order to evaluate the training outcome.No significant differences were observed for the subjective judgments. For the objective measurements, by contrast, several significant differences between the trained and thecontrol group were found.This outcome favours the systematic introduction of voice
training during the schooling of future teachers.

Jaar van publicatie:2011

Trefwoorden:voice, teacher education, voice training, prevention

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