Efektywność holistycznej metody nauczania emisji głosu

Abstract

In this doctoral dissertation I compared the effectiveness of my method of teaching the voice emission – which I refer to as holistic – with the effectiveness of 3 other selected methods of teaching the acting students. Cognitive basis for this work is: the general didactics, multidimensionality of teaching by W. Okoń, holistic pedagogy by A. Szyszko-Bohusz, and positive disintegration concept by K. Dąbrowski. I presented a review of various methods of working with the voice. I described at length my own method based on multidimensional and multisensorial pedagogical impact, which also embraces the student’s individual learning style / preferences. Main hypothesis was: in shaping 5 voice qualities – color, intonation, capacity, range, and rhythm – my holistic method is more effective than other investigated methods. To test my hypothesis, I used pedagogical experiment which lasted 2 years. I invited to it the Theatrical Academy students who were taught with the use of 4 methods: holistic, psychological, based on physical exercises, and based on vocal exercises. I investigated changes of the examined voice qualities and compared the outcomes of holistic teaching (experimental group) with the results of applying 3 other selected methods (encompassed altogether in control group). The results showed that the holistic method is more effective for 3 voice qualities – intonation, capacity and range. Such qualities as color and rhythm are not affected or are affected marginally regardless the applied method. Also, it is worth mentioning that the most significant progress occurred after the 1st year of pedagogical work.