Practice habits among music education students in UiTM Shah Alam Malaysia / Nurazween Mohd Ghazali

This study was conducted to determine the practice habits among Music Education Students in Uitm. The study was designed to examine students' musical background, time spent for practicing their instrument, the factors that influence music education students' style while practicing their instrument and the ways of encouraging students to be more effective while practicing their instrument. The questionnaire was distributed to 50 music education students (n=50), in Uitm, Campus 17, Shah Alam. The research findings indicate that, most of the music education students do not have any musical background before entering music education programme. It also shows that the students know the benefit of practicing the instrument daily. It was also found that, students need a lecturer to guide them to improve their skill of playing instrument was the most influential factor to prove their style while practicing. Meanwhile attendances in major instrument class all the time was the most important factor in encouraging students to be more effective while practicing.