A flipped learning environment to develop some solfege skills and enjoy learning among music education students at the Faculty of Specific Education

The current research aims to develop some solfege skills and enjoyment of learning among first-year students in the Department of Music Education at the Faculty of Specific Education by developing a flipped learning environment. It was developed through the Microsoft Teams platform. The research followed the descriptive and experimental approaches, and the quasi-experimental design with two groups for a sample of (80) first-year students in the Department of Music Education at the Faculty of Education, Minia University. The research was implemented in the second semester of the academic year 2021-2022 AD. They were divided into two groups: the experimental group, which included (40) students, who studied through a flipped learning environment, and the control group, which studied through a traditional learning environment and included (40) students. The research tools were: an observation card for solfege skills, and a scale for enjoyment of learning. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed in the post-application of the solfege skills observation card and the scale for enjoyment of learning, indicating an improvement in their skill level in some solfege skills and enjoyment of the learning process through the application of various activities within the traditional part of flipped learning. The study recommended the necessity of designing educational programs that include content Interactive, such as infographics and videos, to increase student engagement, motivate them to learn flipped, enjoy learning, and reduce procrastination.