A Contrastive Analysis of Contemporary Music Education between China and Australia

魏秋明 李梅

摘要：Music directly acts on the human sensory organs through the melody. The development of the right brain is inseparable from music， and the role of music in developing intelligence is unquestionable.

關键词：China and Australia; music education

1. Introduction

Music education is the most important content and way for schools to implement aesthetic education. The quality of music education will directly affect whether aesthetic education and even quality education can be implemented. Therefore， music education plays an important role in quality education.

2. Education of Music between China and Australia

2.1 Current Education of Music in China

In China， the system of music education has been set up and implemented for decades. The form of daily teaching of music education in China's higher normal universities is relatively simple， which does not pay enough attention to teaching practice. For a long time， some teachers of colleges and universities have adopted the single teaching mode in music education major. There is no interaction between teachers and students， teachers' management and students' master， which has led to the weak awareness of students' active learning. The lack of self-motivation and the solid teaching mode are quite different from the essential requirements of music education. It is difficult for students to combine theory with practice and sublimate theoretical knowledge into practical skills， and the teaching ability is poor. Besides fixed practice， it is difficult for students to get the practical opportunity of long time and rich content.

And the music course in China relies heavily on multimedia. Most of the teachers talk about some teaching demonstrations by means of multimedia， but neglecting the training of their own music basic skills.

2.2 Current Education of Music in Australia

Australian music education has been for nearly 200 years， the deposition and inheritance of historical experience make its model showing a unique charm， more prominent the characteristics of the diversity of practical science. The imperceptible teaching method has become the first choice in Australia， music education based on cultural education has become the aim and principle of it. Australian university music education generally uses teaching， discussion and classroom， and the combination of individual tutoring after class. Australian music teachers always pay special attention to the flexibility of education， actively guide students to think and explore actively， and the flexibility of Australian education is embodied in the whole.

From the point of view of the educational model， the current Australian music education is divided into several kinds， one of which is that students first receive four or five years' professional education， obtain the bachelor's degree in the music related subject， and then take more than one year's practice education course. The other is that the University determines the teaching time for two years and increases a certain amount of practice time so that the students can better participate in teaching practice， so that the classroom knowledge can be combined with the teaching experience to improve the students' practical application ability. From the point of view of teaching practice， the flexibility of Australian music education is fully reflected. Students can choose their own suitable teaching form， and then ensure the flexibility of the ideal educational quality education concept and mode. The assessment system of Australian music education is more rigorous and efficient， and its assessment system adopts ordinary performances and concert performances. Facts have proved that this kind of evaluation mechanism encourages students to study hard and urge them to grow up in the ordinary period of study.

3. Conclusion

The Australian music education model has highlighted the main position of students. A set of course system based on the elective course is worthy of reference. We need to set certain elective courses according to the actual needs of the teaching and combine with the required courses so that students can choose freely according to their interests and specialties. The courses enhance students' learning initiative and achieve better teaching results. The emphasis on practice in Australian music education is worth learning. For the students of the music major， the performance and performance of the creative courses are obviously improved for students' ability. There are too many theoretical courses in the college music curriculum system in China. Therefore， the increase of the number and proportion of practical courses has a positive effect on improving the students' professional skills and teaching experience.

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