Music education in the foundation phase

• Main Author: Beer, Luzaan
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2015
• Subjects: Music > Instruction and study > South Africa; Education > Curricula > South Africa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020302

Music education is an essential aspect of education. The South African school curriculum for the Creative Arts combines dance, drama, music and the visual arts. The curriculum uses a combination of the theories of Carl Orff, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and Zoltán Kodály. Each of these music theorists and educationists have their own distinctive approach to teaching music. This study explores the theories of music education of Carl Orff, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and Zoltán Kodály. These theories are applied in a critical analysis of both the South African curriculum and the curriculum of New South Wales. The researcher developed music activities to address the shortcomings of both the South African curriculum and the music texts.