코로나 시대 이란의 음악교육 체계 변화: 테헤란 여자 음악학교 사례를 근거로

Abstract

This study is about the history, the major, the curriculum, the current status of education since Covid-19 focusing on Tehran music school(girls branch) located in Teheran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has strictly been under control of government regardless of the field of classical, traditional, and popular music. Therefore, music subject was not educated separately in the curriculum of the general elementary, middle, and high schools except for a few private schools, and because of this reason, it is very hard to explore the current status of music education in the public education of Iran. However, students who want to study or to major in music still can enter related music schools to have professional education, so it is still possible to study the current status of music education by it. Tehran music school located in Teheran, the capital of Iran, is a prestigious music school with a history of more than about a century. Since the established in 1914, the name of the school and the curriculum has reorganized. So, now the school is divided and operated into boys and girls separately. Since the spread of Covid-19, Tehran music school(girls branch) has been conducting both face-to-face and non-face-to-face classes, and non-face-to-face classes have been conducted from March 2020 to August 2021, and since September 2021, both face-to-face and non-face-to-face classes have been conducted. The teaching methods of face-to-face and non-face-to-face classes are similar with other music middle and high schools since Covid-19, so it was confirmed that the school follows the global educational trends. Moreover, there were some problems, for example, the use of government-provided “Shad” platforms being not familiar in the early non-face-to-face classes as well as other factors such as slow internet speed and unstable connection, pointed out. Moreover, other major issues, for instance, the lack of infrastructure, the spread of Internet networks, the government’s regulation of Internet speed, the lack of educational restrictions like laptops and mobile phones for students in poor areas, have emerged as well. The changes in the education field because of Covid-19 are still in progress, and this remote education system will continue in the future. Therefore, the efforts of Iranian government for improvement of many problems sincerely need to establish stable Internet infrastructure system, provide an appropriate environment for art education classes, and develop user-friendly educational platforms. This study is meaningful as a basic study because there is no any other research related to music education in Iran and nothing has not been introduced in Korea yet, so based on this study, it hopes to continue discussions on the music environment of Islamic culture countries as well as understanding the current status of music education in Iran.