2016
DOI: 10.1177/0255761416667471
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A cross-cultural comparison of music education experiences and ambitions in two Spanish and English primary schools

Abstract: A small-scale comparative study of music education provision in two Spanish and English primary schools was carried out in 2013-14, using questionnaires, interviews and observations. The study investigated the musical experiences of the children in the two schools, their ambitions for their musical futures, and the classroom practices and policy contexts that shaped these encounters with musical learning. Through

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“…(2) Practicality: Teachers should pay attention to the actual experience of students' music and create real music learning scenes so that students can get exercise after learning knowledge to promote students' development better. (3) Comprehensive: The cultivation of students' core music literacy is inseparable from students' social experience, and the improvement of students' core literacy is conducive to students' self-development, therefore teachers should start from three aspects to carry out the music curriculum teaching [8].…”
Section: Characteristics Of Core Literacy At the Primary School Levelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(2) Practicality: Teachers should pay attention to the actual experience of students' music and create real music learning scenes so that students can get exercise after learning knowledge to promote students' development better. (3) Comprehensive: The cultivation of students' core music literacy is inseparable from students' social experience, and the improvement of students' core literacy is conducive to students' self-development, therefore teachers should start from three aspects to carry out the music curriculum teaching [8].…”
Section: Characteristics Of Core Literacy At the Primary School Levelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interestingly, several of them compare the practice of piano instruction in Asian and North American countries. Although these studies are not directly related to the two Asian countries that are the focus of this paper, they can provide insight regarding the commonly used approaches to examining teaching practices for cross-cultural differences, namely through questionnaires, observation, and interviews (Benson & Fung, 2005; Brand, 2001; Comeau, Huta, & Liu, 2015; Hardcastle, Pitts, & Aróstegui, 2017; Kuzmich, 1995).…”
Section: Related Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the 1990s, the philosophy of practical music education began to emerge, advocating that music is the practice of human diversity, the main goal of music education is to allow students to participate in a variety of practical activities in music, and then obtain the musical experience, which is not only limited to the aesthetic experience, the student's life experience, daily experience, etc., can be connected to the musical experience obtained in the music practice activities [7]. Literature [8] compares music education in English and Spanish elementary schools, pointing out that cross-cultural comparisons are useful for analyzing and studying issues related to music education. The philosopher's meaning of dance is revealed in literature [9], and its metaphysical significance is rooted in the inevitable connection between form and movement.…”
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confidence: 99%