A Study of the Process of Establishment and Practice of the National Music Standards in the United States

本研究的主要目的是探讨美国国家音乐标准（1994）的制定和实施情况，主要研究了以下几个问题：1.国家标准与以下方面有关：（a）美国教育体系的历史背景？(b)日本的国家标准和学习课程？2.美国音乐教育在多大程度上受到了国家标准的影响？研究结果表明：1）《国家标准》已趋向于学校课程的跨学科和综合化; 2）音乐教育作为美育的发展性课程; 3）它包含了与语境相关的多元文化教育内容; 4）它不仅强调艺术教育，而且强调理解音乐与其他艺术、艺术之外的学科之间的关系。

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of the establishment and practice of the National Music Standards (1994) in the United States.To accomplish this purpose the following research questions were investigated :1. What were the National Standards in relation to : (a) historical background in American education system? (b) the National Standards and the Course of Study in Japan?2. To what extent can the National Standards influences be observed in American music education since?As a result of this study the following conclusions were reached :1) The National Standards has tended to be the interdisciplinary and integrated curriculum in school curricula.2) It is developmental curriculum of music education as aesthetic education.3) It includes the contents of Multicultural education in relation to contexts.4) It emphasizes not only arts education but also understanding relationship between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.