The Focus of Modern Music Pedagogy in Educational Institutions of Ukraine

Abstract

Contemporary art education has embarked on a path of reform and modernisation in accordance with the requirements of society. Among the current issues of the development of art pedagogy the following ones occupy a prominent place: modernisation of the content of art education, realisation of its educational potential, research of specifics of art-pedagogical diagnostics, problems of implementation of interactive methods. Defining the focus of modern music pedagogy in educational music institutions of Ukraine is relevant to the world trends and has a scientific and practical nature. The analysis of scientific sources leads to the conclusion that music and pedagogical education is a multidimensional system, between the components of which there is a close inseparable relationship. The following tasks were given: to clarify the relation between such concepts as “pedagogy as an art”, “pedagogical practice” and “pedagogy as a science”; to analyse the qualitative and quantitative state of music institutions of Ukraine; consider the features of primary music education and identify changes in higher music education. General scientific methods of idealisation and formalisation allowed to find out how science and art are related in music-pedagogical activity. The method of axiological analysis was used to determine the value of music education, which is aimed to educate a harmonious personality capable to self-realization. The presence of music schools and schools of art in Ukraine according to regions is analysed with the help of the statistical method. There is an urgent need for methodological work aimed at improving the professional level of music education of teachers and the level of their innovative culture and literacy, which is a task for training future music school teachers or music teachers in higher education.