Education of music teachers: A study of the Brazilian higher education programs

Abstract

With reference to educational policies in the globalization process, the purpose of this article is to show the status of higher Music Teacher Education Programs in Brazil after the enactment of the Directives and Bases Act No. 9.394, in 1996. This law emphasizes the evaluation process for higher education, including teaching quality and accreditation of institutions, programs and majors as a resource. In this study, the quality parameters are shown from the perspective of the terms of reference of the institutions (i.e., the vision, mission, objectives, values and commitment), characteristic of the curriculum programs, students and team of teachers. A questionnaire has been used for the data collection, completed by the program coordinators. The results show the inequality of the higher education system, from the administrative and academic organization to the teachers' education and/or participation of the students in the academic life, indicating recent changes that meet the national and international educational policies, and the need for studies that may contribute to the improvement of Music Teacher Education Programs. The university reform in the worldwide calendarThe reform of higher education has been constantly moving forward in most countries of the world during the last decades. What can be noticed is that there are many similarities between the changes in each country, regardless of the social, historical and economic conditions. According to Rivzi (2008), all countries are following the precepts of the same neoliberal market ideology (practices taken from the corporate world) for the education reforms in order to meet the requirements of the global economy and the new requirements of the labor market.Teachers' education is also a theme appearing in this globalization process. 'Today, the education policies are overcoming the national boundaries and are channeled together with the social, International Journal of Music Education 29(1) 45-71

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