Dance Ethnography: An Analysis on Aeta Ambala Tribe of Barangay Tubo-tubo, Bataan

In order to enhance music education courses, the study's primary goal is to evaluate students' academic performance in music at Visayas State University (VSU). It specifically sought to establish the respondents' age, gender, educational attainment, and demographic profile. It also aimed to determine the students’ academic success in music and provide suggestions to enhance the curriculum at the Visayas State University. In the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age, the students dominate the younger generation wherein they belong to the age bracket of 16-20 years old. 75% of the participants were females, which reflected the majority of the population. Most of the students only got average grades. The weak background and foundation are due to less time given to music in MAPEH as a subject. Thus, they just encountered proper music education upon reaching the tertiary level hence, lacking the basic skills necessary for them to learn and appreciate the course then and obtain higher grades.

Rewards and Creativity: the Next Step

Though research has shown a consistent and positive relationship between intrinsic rewards and creative behavior, the research to explore the impact of extrinsic rewards on creative behavior has yielded mixed and non-conclusive results. The mechanisms and psychological processes through which rewards affect creative behavior and the boundary conditions within which rewards trigger creative behavior are largely unknown. Most of the reward – creative behavior research is based on three assumptions, a- The relationship between rewards and creative behavior is direct and un-moderated, b- Rewards have same impact on individuals, irrespective of their dispositional differences and contextual settings, and c- All types of rewards produce similar type of creative behavior. This study challenges all of these assumptions and forwards the reward - creativity research by identifying factors that mediate and moderate the relationship between rewards and creative behavior. The results based on the data collected through survey forms from 260 employees and their supervisors, suggest that rewards affect individuals differently, depending on their personal dispositions and on contextual factors. The study shows that intrinsic and extrinsic rewards produce different types of creative behavior. The results also show that contextual and personal variables such as organizational climate, locus of control and goal orientation affect the relationship between rewards and creative behavior. Thus, the study makes it clear that impact of rewards on creative behavior depends on several personal and contextual factors and ranges from significant positive to significant negative. The study guides managers about how to use rewards to enhance creative behavior of their employees, and how to trigger different types of creative behaviors, byiv aligning rewards with personal and contextual factors. The study advances the reward - creativity debate from cognitive – behaviorism dichotomy to the social cognitive paradigm.