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Figure 7.5.3 Do you think you get enough encouragement from teachers Responses
from CVC students
Before music therapy
After music therapy
13%
12%
Yes
Yes
88%
Some
No
25%
62%
Some
No
Don't know
Don't
know
Before music therapy, all students at CVC felt that they were encouraged to some
degree. David felt strongly and said “Yeah, if I ever need help they’re always there to
help me” (appendix 7.1.27, p.409). The increase in those who felt that there was
definitely enough encouragement increased from 12% to 62%. However, more
students felt that they were not encouraged and that figure rose after music therapy
from 0 to 13%. As suggested in the results in 7.4, considering the issue of respect, it
is possible that as students have greater self-confidence after music therapy, they are
able to give a more measured answer and might feel less reliant on teachers for
encouragement.
Students were then asked whether they thought about the future, had plans and knew
people who could help them to achieve their goals. Every student answered this
question in their first interview but the subject only came up in 13 cases (68%) after
music therapy. The responses from The Centre School students were divided: 45%
did think about the future and 54% gave it no thought. However the responses from
CVC students were more marked in favour of giving the future some consideration:
88% thought about it and only 12% did not. After music therapy, 29% of Centre
School students said they thought about the future, 57% did not and 14% did not care
either way. Similarly, the number of CVC students who thought about the future
(50%) was less than in their first interview.
The lack of directly comparative data from the interviews makes it difficult to draw
any significant conclusions (9.2.1). However, the figures show that fewer students
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