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"A Brief Discussion on Rural Music Education"

Abstract: This article analyzes the current situation of rural music education from the aspects of parents, society, teachers, facilities, etc., points out the backwardness of rural music education, and music is an indispensable and important part of school education; and then proposes ways to improve rural music education. measures in order to receive attention and development.

Keywords: rural areas; music education; current situation; suggestions

About the author: Zhou Wei (1976.9.25-), a native of Dalian, Liaoning Province, female, first-level middle school teacher. Research direction: music education and teaching. Work unit: Dalian Changxing Island Lingang Industrial Zone Junior High School.

[Chinese Library Classification Number]: G521 [Document Identification Code]: A

[Article Number]: 1002-2139(2013)-14--01

Music education is one of the compulsory subjects in primary and secondary schools. It is also an important means of implementing aesthetic education and has become an important way of quality education today. Music education plays a particularly important role in the entire basic education. It plays an irreplaceable role in shaping young people's personality, developing their perception, imagination, intelligence, and cultivating students' creativity. Music is an important part of the human spiritual world.

Today’s educational circles are vigorously advocating quality education. Music education in schools will inevitably receive more and more attention from departments and schools, but it has become a forgotten corner in the vast rural areas. Most local schools Music education has not received due attention and development. In the vast rural areas, there is still a big gap between the appearance of education and the requirements of modern education.

1. The current situation of music education in rural areas today

1.1 Insufficient attention from parents, society and schools

In China, the vast majority of rural areas are still in an economic crisis In an era of backwardness and conservative thinking, examination-oriented education has always been the main direction and goal in rural education. Schools regard getting into college as a benchmark for evaluating the quality of education, while farmers regard getting into college as the only way to get rid of poverty.

The result of this kind of exam-oriented education is that it forces parents to focus more on entering college to escape poverty, and forces schools to regard the college entrance examination enrollment rate as the only ultimate goal. Parents will not invest their meager income in subjects that have nothing to do with college entrance examination scores, such as tutoring or extracurricular tutoring classes, but they will not have much money to spend on music. This situation is particularly obvious in schools, especially as the school’s education department, which simply pursues the college entrance examination admission rate, almost shuts out subjects such as music that have nothing to do with the college entrance examination, and the only music classes are often occupied. Especially in middle schools, all courses that have nothing to do with the college entrance examination are taken up by college entrance examination subjects. Under the guidance of this idea, music classes are reduced to "minor subjects" and are not taken seriously, becoming an accessory to teaching.

1.2 Serious shortage of teachers

Determining a school’s teaching ability and level in a certain subject area has a direct impact on the level of teacher resources. In rural primary and secondary schools, there is a serious shortage of music teachers and their overall quality is low. There is still a shortage of teachers in the music subject in rural schools, especially primary schools. During visits and surveys, it was found that some schools do not even offer music classes, and even part-time teachers do not exist. Among music teachers, there are few full-time teachers, and most of the rest are part-time teachers, and even part-time teachers have very weak professional skills; some schools also assign teachers with low ability and poor music foundation to teach music classes, which not only affects the music industry Teachers' work enthusiasm and enthusiasm have also seriously weakened and affected the teaching staff and education and teaching level of music education.

1.3 There is a serious shortage of teaching facilities and equipment in rural schools

A school or a department must improve teaching methods and improve the quality of education and teaching. Teaching equipment and teaching utensils are important material guarantees for school teaching work. , With these material guarantees, teaching work can be carried out normally. Since most rural schools do not pay attention to music classes, they do not have the funds or ideas to improve music teaching facilities. The music teaching facilities in most primary and secondary schools are very crude, and very few schools have music classrooms; some schools do not even have the most basic pedal organ, let alone modern teaching equipment such as pianos and audio equipment. I would rather spend five or six thousand yuan on a chandelier than two or three thousand yuan on an electronic keyboard. As for what is required in the "Music Curriculum Standards": Teachers should strive to master modern information technology and use its advantages such as audio-visual integration, audio-visual integration, strong image, large amount of information, and broad resources to serve education and teaching. Among rural primary and secondary schools, It can only become empty talk.

1.4 The low perceptual ability of students in rural primary and secondary schools

The decline in the quality of rural music education and teaching is mainly due to the weak management of music education in primary and secondary schools, the extreme shortage of teachers, and the lack of education and teaching. The equipment is rudimentary and insufficient. At the same time, these aspects have also greatly affected and restricted the perception ability of the majority of rural students. The main teaching objectives of music classes in primary and secondary schools are reflected in the following three aspects: emotional attitudes and values, processes and methods, and knowledge and skills. ?Among rural students, none of these three aspects meet the standards. 95% of students love music class, but most students know little about music knowledge. Only 10% of the students surveyed can read music notation; what is even more incredible is that most students do not know music notation; they are not familiar with rhythm. , rhythm, dynamic expression, etc.; most students like pop songs and have basically never listened to classical music, let alone understand it.

2. Several suggestions for reforming music education in rural primary and secondary schools

2.1 Establish new concepts for music education

To change the current situation of rural music education, We should first improve our understanding of music education. The general society, parents, and education departments should pay more attention to rural music education. Management departments at all levels, especially, should update their concepts and increase their attention to music education. Change the concept that music education is a dispensable accessory in rural areas. It is ensured that class hours are not allowed to be arbitrarily occupied and properly included in the examination process, so that rural music education can develop in a normal and orderly manner.

2.2 Establish a high-quality teaching team

Any change in education must be completed through teachers, who are the backbone of education. According to the current situation of serious shortage of teachers in rural areas, increasing the training and management of music teachers should be put on the agenda. First, train music teachers. Each school can send teachers to music normal colleges for further training. County middle school normal schools and further education schools use teachers' winter, summer and spare time to open short-term correspondence courses and training courses. Second, to improve the status of teachers, they should be treated equally in terms of evaluation and promotion, and should not be selected based on teaching subjects to ensure no discrimination. Third, provide teaching and seminar opportunities. Provide teachers with opportunities to exchange experiences and encourage them to actively participate in teaching seminars. Study business, study teaching methods, and improve teaching effectiveness.

2.3 Improve teaching facilities and optimize teaching environment

First, improve teaching facilities. Complete teaching equipment is the basic guarantee for the normal implementation of teaching. Schools should try to increase investment in music education. First of all, basic facilities for music teaching should be equipped, such as teaching tools, audio equipment and audio materials, etc.; then some musical instruments should be equipped, such as erhu, accordion, piano, etc. Funding problems can be solved through unit investment, social sponsorship and work-study programs.

Second, optimize the teaching environment. While doing a good job in education, it is necessary to establish second classes and interest groups, carry out a variety of cultural activities, and create a strong music atmosphere. Such as forming choirs, dance teams, instrumental bands, etc. to give full play to the talents and expertise of primary and secondary school students. Making use of limited conditions to create a musical atmosphere, such as campus radio stations, student gatherings, radio gymnastics, eye exercises, etc. are all inseparable from campus radio. In many school campus radios, the same old song is echoed almost every day. It's annoying to hear.

Conclusion

The country’s education is facing unprecedented reforms. Reform means opportunities and challenges. Music education in rural primary and secondary schools has a long way to go, and it also faces opportunities and challenges. challenge. As an integral part of school education, music education must draw on this strength. This requires individuals, society, groups, and education authorities to work together to care about and support music education in primary and secondary schools, especially in backward rural primary and secondary schools, and strive to change its current status and strive to implement it in a very short time. Rural music education has reached a new level.