Within the field of American secondary school wind band teaching, women have been historically and persistently underrepresented, making it important to consider ways to (1) expand pre-service teachers’ opportunities to engage with successful female band directors, and (2) to explore undergraduate women’s insights into becoming female band directors themselves. The purpose of this survey-based study was to explore the perceptions of American female-identifying collegiate music education majors ( N = 32) regarding the American school-based wind band teaching profession and their experiences within an intensive, one day, community-building event for female band directors. Results of the survey and subsequent analysis revealed a lack of female band director role models under whom participants had studied, a significant positive correlation between participants’ confidence in their ability to succeed in the role and their level of motivation for doing so, and a moderately positive perception of belief in their ability to balance potential future parenthood with their career. Thematic analysis of written responses revealed participants’ gender-specific concerns about entering the band directing profession and their takeaways from the day-long event. Implications are provided, including suggestions for pre-service teacher education, future research, and the development of other such events aimed at developing community for female-identifying band directors.

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发展社区的方法：对美国女大学生未来乐队指挥观点的调查

在美国中学管乐队教学领域，女性长期以来一直代表性不足，因此必须考虑以下方法：（1）扩大职前教师与成功的女性乐队指挥接触的机会，以及（2）探索本科女性对成为女性乐队指挥的见解。这项基于调查的研究的目的是探讨美国女性大学音乐教育专业学生 (N = 32) 对美国校内管乐队教学职业的看法以及她们在密集的一日社区建设中的经历女性乐队指挥的活动。调查结果和随后的分析表明，缺乏可供参与者学习的女性乐队指挥榜样，参与者对自己成功担任该角色的能力的信心与他们这样做的动机水平之间存在显着的正相关关系，并且参与者对自己成功担任该角色的能力的信心与他们这样做的动机水平之间存在显着的正相关关系，并且参与者对自己成功担任该角色的能力的信心与他们这样做的动机水平之间存在显着的正相关关系。对自己平衡未来为人父母与职业生涯的能力的积极看法。对书面回复的主题分析揭示了参与者对进入乐队指挥职业的特定性别担忧以及他们从一整天的活动中得到的收获。提供了一些启示，包括对职前教师教育、未来研究以及旨在发展女性识别乐队指挥社区的其他此类活动的发展的建议。