Study on the Current Situation as well as Countermeasures for Music Education at Rural Primary and Middle Schools in Shaanxi, China (Kajian Mengenai Situasi Semasa dan Tindak Balas Pendidikan Muzik di Sekolah Rendah dan Menengah di kawasan luar bandar di Shaanxi, China)

Qi Fan

Abstract


Music education is an important means of quality education and plays an irreplaceable role in inducing all-round development of students. China’s rural areas are weak areas for popularization of education. Music is a scarce subject in rural schools, but it is not a dispensable subject. Rural students should receive strict and formal education. Music education is important for cultivating students’physical and mental health and healthy thinking. The influences and feelings produced by, aesthetic taste, etc. cannot be replaced by other disciplines of education. Currently, music education in rural primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi province, China is restricted by various factors while still being far from achieving requirements of modern education. This research aims to study, investigate and analyse the current situation of music education in rural areas, highlight the problems in music education in rural area as well as proposing related solutions to promote the development of music education in rural Shaanxi province in China. To solve the problems of music education in rural primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi, it is necessary to increase the importance of leadership to music education in rural primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi, increase investment in music education in rural primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi, and innovate the training and supply mechanism of music teachers in rural primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi.

Keywords: China; Countermeasures; Current Situation; Music Education; Shaanxi Province

 

Abstrak

 

Pendidikan muzik adalah salah satu kaedah yang penting dalam pendidikan berkualiti dan pada masa yang sama, pendidikan muzik juga memainkan peranan yang tidak dapat diganti dalam mendorong perkembangan secara menyeluruh bagi setiap pelajar. Kawasan luar bandar China adalah kawasan yang lemah untuk mempopularkan pendidikan. Muzik adalah subjek yang jarang berlaku di sekolah luar bandar, tetapi ia bukan mata pelajaran yang boleh dibuang. Pelajar luar bandar harus mendapat pendidikan yang ketat dan formal. Pendidikan muzik penting untuk memupuk kesihatan fizikal dan mental pelajar dan pemikiran yang sihat Pengaruh dan perasaan yang dihasilkan oleh, rasa estetik, dan lain-lain tidak dapat digantikan oleh disiplin pendidikan yang lain. Pada masa ini, pendidikan muzik di sekolah rendah dan menengah yang berada di luar bandar dalam wilayah Shaanxi, China telah dibatasi oleh pelbagai faktor dan masih jauh dari mencapai keperluan pendidikan moden. Penyelidikan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji, menyelidik dan menganalisis keadaan semasa pendidikan muzik di luar bandar, mengenalpasti masalah dalam pendidikan muzik di luar bandar serta mencadangkan penyelesaian yang berkaitan untuk menggalakkan pembangunan pendidikan muzik di kawasan luar bandar wilayah Shaanxi, China. Untuk menyelesaikan masalah pendidikan muzik di sekolah rendah dan menengah luar bandar di Shaanxi, perlu meningkatkan kepentingan kepemimpinan terhadap pendidikan muzik di sekolah rendah dan menengah luar bandar di Shaanxi, meningkatkan pelaburan dalam pendidikan muzik di sekolah rendah dan menengah luar bandar di Shaanxi , dan menginovasikan mekanisme latihan dan persediaan guru muzik di sekolah rendah dan menengah luar bandar di Shaanxi.

Kata kunci: China; kawasan luar bandar; keadaan semasa; pendidikan muzik; Wilayah Shaanxi

 

 


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