The purpose of this study is to identify how preservice early childhood teacher’s music knowledge
and music teaching anxiety influence children’s music education beliefs. In the study, researchers
looked at a survey of 404 preservice early childhood teachers to conduct a correlation and regression
analysis. There were two finding that are important. First, children’s quality of life, social-emotional
and aesthetic benefits, which are low variables in their music education beliefs, are positively
correlated with all low variables in music knowledge and two low variables in music teaching
anxiety. Second, variables influencing preservice early childhood teacher’s music education beliefs
include their understanding of music concepts, music activities and music activity state-trait anxiety.
In addition, variables influencing preservice early childhood teacher’s quality of life, social-emotional
benefits, include their understanding of music concepts, music activities and music activity state-trait
anxiety, while variables influencing their aesthetic benefits include their understanding of music
concepts and music activities. Therefore, strategies are needed to train better preservice early
childhood teachers about music knowledge and follow research about music teaching anxiety.