The pandemic has affected education worldwide and scholarly pursuits in music research is not left out. In this video podcast, I'm joined by Lee Voon Foong to discuss about some of the challenges and changes in the field of music research during this trying times. Is going virtual the only research method now? We also discussed a little about how the pandemic has affected music teaching and the learning attitudes of music teachers.   

Timestamps 

00:00 Host intro

00:35 Guest intro

07:55 Topic intro

09:07 Brief overview of Voon Foong's research

11:20 Type of research he is doing

14:14 Finding his research participants

15:19 Getting information from music teachers

17:28 Challenges during the pandemic

21:15 The new norm of research

24:00 Using survey in research

25:34 Is the pandemic discouraging qualitative research?  

27:46 Significance of research observation

29:51 Challenges of experimental research

31:07 Opportunities in research now

32:03 Challenges in virtual learning - Latency, teacher experience in virtual class

33:39 Self-efficacy of music teachers in teaching and learning

37:50 The attitudes of music teachers towards the pandemic

40:05 The difficulties of teaching wind instruments virtually and how it affects audio suppression in video calls

42:56 Closing thoughts by Voon Foong

46:25 Phd????

47:55 Connecting with Voon Foong

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