2006
DOI: 10.1080/02188790600937383
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Challenges to Values Education in Hong Kong School Music Education

Abstract: This study deals with the issue of incorporating values education in music education in Hong Kong's primary and secondary schools. It includes the development of the state's cultural and national identity since its handover from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Thirty primary and secondary school music teachers were interviewed in order to understand how notions of "musical values" and "non-musical values" have been addressed in the curriculum. In particular, this study focuses on mu… Show more

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“…Being an adaptive expert will make the teacher eager to learn and innovate continuously. These results are also in line with the findings documented by Lockwood (2009) and Ho (2006), which stated that schools should be a place to instill value. Thus, the curriculum in schools must be a significant means to instill value in its students.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Being an adaptive expert will make the teacher eager to learn and innovate continuously. These results are also in line with the findings documented by Lockwood (2009) and Ho (2006), which stated that schools should be a place to instill value. Thus, the curriculum in schools must be a significant means to instill value in its students.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Due to their musical background and educational training, most teachers mainly teach Western music in their school music lessons. Though traditional Chinese music is also important, most teachers felt that this type of music could only be taught through extra-curricular instrumental ensemble (Ho 2006). These data could imply that traditional Chinese music continues to be not highly regarded in the curriculum.…”
Section: Music Education Research 447mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…A survey of values education in Hong Kong found that elite respondents did not rate global awareness as an important element in school (Lee 2001). In a sample of 30 primary and secondary school music teachers, all of them maintained that they taught multicultural music in class but only three said that it represented 30% or more of their music lessons, with a focus on folk songs from other countries (Ho 2006). The rest noted that only a small fraction of their lessons were given over to multicultural music.…”
Section: Hong Kong School Music Education Caught Between Globalisatiomentioning
confidence: 99%
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