Music Literacy and Soundscape Perception: A Study Based on the Soundwalk Method of Soundscapes

Baoqing Song, Chenyu Gong, Yicheng Gao, Yue Ke, Zehua Wang, Ruichong Lin and Yunji Cai
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Baoqing Song: Art Education Center, Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519085, China
Chenyu Gong: School of Aviation, Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519085, China
Yicheng Gao: School of Aviation, Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519085, China
Yue Ke: School of Accounting and Finance, Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519085, China
Zehua Wang: Division of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Zhuhai 519087, China
Ruichong Lin: Division of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Zhuhai 519087, China
Yunji Cai: Student Affairs Office, Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519085, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: To explore a method of promoting college aesthetic education through campus environments, the Aesthetic Education Center of the Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai (BITZH-AEC) used the soundwalk method of soundscapes to carry out an experiment on students’ soundscape perceptions on campus. Half of the students who participated in the experiment ( n = 42) had musical instrument learning experience and musical literacy. The research work used conventional statistical analysis methods and “Soundscapy”, newly developed by the British soundscape research team, to process the experimental data. It was found that the soundscape perception evaluation of students with musical literacy was different from that of ordinary students. This included a difference in the overall evaluation of the three experimental areas and a difference in the degree of dispersion of the soundscape evaluation of all six experimental areas. The study also found that there was no correlation between the acoustic noise level and the students’ evaluations of soundscape perception. BITZH-AEC proposes that aesthetic educators should pay attention to the idea of inspiring students to stimulate cultural imagination through soundscape perception.

Keywords: aesthetic education; soundscape; higher education; music literacy; campus environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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