The purpose of this study was to investigate the policy in music education throughout the historical overview, changing curriculum, teaching methods based on the learning theories, contents in textbooks, and teacher education. From this study, the res...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the policy in music education throughout the historical overview, changing curriculum, teaching methods based on the learning theories, contents in textbooks, and teacher education. From this study, the researcher found that we have faced a new situation of music education due to the revised curriculum in 2009.
According to the revised curriculum, music is no longer an independent subject anymore but is now a comprehensive art subject, which consists of music and fine art. Also, the curriculum will be run as an intensive course. That means students can take the course alternatively. For example, they can take music one year and fine art the other year.
Music education is regarded as the 'education of feeling' which is quite different from other educational fields. It does not aim to achieve a certain academic knowledge, but aims to nurture children to have balance between intellectual development and emotional growth. In this point, the researcher wonders if we can fulfil the purpose of music education through intensive courses and block-time systems.
Through this study, the researcher found several issues and possible suggestions to change our recognition for the future development of music education.
First, people in the field of music education are worried about the integration of music and fine art as an art subject and we need to recognize exactly the possible problems and proper solutions.
Second, to develop a new curriculum, a large scale of collecting public opinion and many experts' participation is needed to obtain procedural validity and reliability about the process.
Third, the music profession has to participate in developing music educational policy and also it needs to be conscious of Korean traditional music education.
Fourth, music teacher training and education is essential for developing music education. For this purpose, curriculum and employment system should be developed properly.
Fifth, for better music education, many efforts are needed in the development of learning and teaching methodology, including textbook.