초등 음악과교육의 최근 실태와 문제점

Abstract

The music education tends recently to stray out of its own aim on the development of personality in the curriculum as well as on-side education and to depend on its functional purposes and computers. Thus, in this paper in order to prepare an alternative for the desirable surroundings on the music education, I have reviewed the current trend of the music education based on the elementary education. The gist of the paper is as follows. First, in the 'revised curriculum', the contents related to the development of personality is deleted in the textbook. In the formation, the graded system is adopted and in the contents the middle area is deleted. Second, in the 'revised curriculum', both Korean traditional songs and multi- cultural songs have drastically decreased. This is not appropriate in the multi- cultural era. In each lesson, author's name is introduced and it is systematized. In addition, integrated lessons appear in the subject of the textbook, Happy Days. Third, In B.A. level at many national universities of education, the importance of multi-cultural education is argued, but in M.A. level at graduate schools in the national universities of education and in the academia of the elementary music education, the results of the relevant studies are not enough, and the contents on the multi-cultural music education are emphasized in the curriculum but the multi-cultural songs have decreased in the textbooks. Fourth, as in the case of the multi-cultural music education, the importance of the education on the Korean cultural identity is emphasized in the curriculum, but the Korean traditional songs have decreased in the textbooks. Fifthly, while the comprehensive music education is considered in the curriculum, Western music is mostly treated in the textbooks. This goes against the trend of the comprehensive music education. Finally, in the case of teachings by ICT, generalization of the music education based on computers causes difficulties to the true aim of education on the development of personality. In teachings by ICT, music educators should try to change their minds on computers themselves from 'the education of the computer' to 'the education by the computer'.