Music Education: A Much Needed and Important Discipline "A nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself," said Richard Dreyfuss during the Grammy Awards broadcast on the 28th of February (National Coalition for music Education 14). This is a very interesting statement because it involves something that is related to everyone -- school curriculum. When school budgets have to be cut, the music classes are usually the first ones to be removed. Ironically
The Importance of Arts Education Jane Alexander, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), once said, “Many children are missing out on something which gives their education context, gives their lives depth and meaning, and prepares them to be the future workforce.” This “something” that she spoke of is music and art education. Unfortunately, she is entirely correct. We are currently seeing in our country a dramatic cut in arts education curriculum in our public schools
that the arts and music hold no beneficial value to students other than for an extracurricular activity. Some believe that there are not benefits and that it is a waste of time. However, research has shown that music education provides great benefits and values to the adolescents that are involved in their schools music program (“Music Matters”). Music plays a large role in the advancement of academic scores and allows juveniles to express themselves in an inspiring way. Music helps students to become
arts and music programs hold no beneficial value to students other than for an extracurricular activity. Others believe that there are no benefits and that these activities are a waste of time. However, research has shown that music education provides great benefits and values to the adolescents that are involved in their schools music program (“Music Matters”). Music plays a large role in the advancement of academic scores and allows juveniles to express themselves in an inspiring way. Music education
extracurricular program was the music department. Between orchestra, full orchestra, concert band, pep band, and marching band, most of my summers throughout high school and a bit of every school day were taken up by music. I also met some of the best people I’ve ever known through my participation in the arts. It gave me a place to use my talents to become part of something greater than myself. This is the case for many others I know, which is why cutting out the music program from school is a scary
Science Education and Knowledge Despite the distinction being made between the arts and the sciences in the curriculum appearing definite, there are a number of aspects of Science education in primary education which make it more similar than different to music education. The first aspect which provides a link between science and music is the idea of exploration and discovery through science. Contrary to the beliefs of many, science is not only about discovering “truths” as there are no scientific
Movement Education is a very instrumental tool in physical education today. Movement Education was founded by Rudolf von Laban in the early 1900s. Movement Education is a form of teaching which aims to educate and aid in the development of students’ motor skills through physical movement. There are many benefits regarding Movement Education, Dr. Karen Weiller Abels stated, “Children in movement education programs do much more than merely learn skills; they learn to apply movement elements and create
position are as follows: education needed for occupation, annual salaries of different positions, and the duties of the position. It is one thing to be a teacher, but it is nearly shooting for the stars to aspire to be a professor. Music means so much to me, and to be able to profess that passion of mine is my goal in life. For many years I was told that I could go far in life if I chose to go down music, and I plan on taking my opportunity and running with it. To become a
Concoction of Music and Exercise Music has a greater impact in our lives than we realize. Music is everywhere we go and is listened to on a daily basis, which affects us in different ways. Music is incorporated into different aspects of living such as a work environment, sports games, while studying, in the car, or while doing exercise. Incorporating music into exercise has been proven to make exercising in any environment more fun, boost one’s mood, increasing motivation, and varying heart rate
syllabus and the medium of instruction. The most important feature of this reform is that it was based on philosophy of education which was first documented. The National Philosophy of Education (NPE) which was introduced in 1989 acts as a guide for all educational activities in Malaysia. It sets the values and principles of the Malaysian education system from primary to tertiary level. Arts Education Curriculum in Malaysia Primary School In Arts Education for Malaysia primary school, the aim is to