MUSIC EDUCATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: TENDENCIES AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

The relevance of the study is predetermined by insufficient development of the problem of schoolchildren’s music education in general secondary education institutions in the People’s Republic of China and the significance of the use of educationally valuable Chinese experience in music education in Ukrainian educational practice. The aim of the study is to reveal the tendencies and prospects for schoolchildren’s music education in general secondary education institutions in the People’s Republic of China. Various methods have been used to carry out this research, namely: general scientific (analysis, synthesis, systematization, generalization, comparison, classification), historical, empirical and prognostic methods. The general tendencies of development of music education in general secondary education institutions in the People’s Republic of China in historical, content and organizational-methodical aspects have been revealed. The general trends of development of music education in general secondary education institutions in Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China have been determined. They are the progressiveness of the general strategy of music education, its focus on the development of spirituality of the nation, democratization of educational process, openness to the world and European experience, constant modernization of the content of education, forms and methods of mastering it, improvement of the conditions of educational process, increased attention to Music teachers’ professional training. The prospects for development of schoolchildren’s music education in general secondary education institutions in the People’s Republic of China have been specified. They are the intensification of scientific research and intensifying the implementation of innovations into the practice of music education, the creation of a national concept of general music education taking into consideration the progressive world experience and national cultural traditions, development of curricula of general secondary music education taking into account the specificity and opportunities in the region, the combination of tradition and innovation in music pedagogy. The directions of the use of Chinese experience in modern schools in Ukraine have been determined. They are the development of a concept of schoolchildren’s music education taking into account the realities and prospects for the development of national education, universal and national cultural traditions, children’s assimilation of the most important values by means of musical art, providing pedagogically appropriate organization and improving the conditions of children’s music education, increasing the requirements for Music teachers’ professionalism