Music Education, Cultural Value and Social Change: A Case Study of the Nottingham Music Service

在英国的学校里，音乐是一门被低估、正在消失的学科。许多学校向学院的转变以及英语学士学位证书的引入导致了这一学科的衰落，因为学校减少了音乐课程，转而选择STEM科目，或者干脆将其从课程中删除。诺丁汉音乐服务中心（NMS）等音乐中心根据“国家音乐教育计划#（2011）”在小学每周提供班级合奏教学，以应对这些学术变化。自2002年以来，诺丁汉大学77%的教室都配备了网络管理系统。大部分工作都是在弱势群体中进行的，这些群体被认为是最容易从音乐投入中受益的群体，但却最不可能获得接触音乐的机会。然而，这些益处的证据主要是关于弱势儿童的轶事。此外，由于音乐在关键阶段3和4不是国家课程的必修部分，在中学阶段对这门学科的参与度显著下降。我的研究将解决这些问题，利用民族志方法，以提供深入了解音乐参与的影响和批判性地质疑音乐教育的衰落。

Music is an undervalued and disappearing subject in UK schools. The conversion of many schools to academies and the introduction of the English Baccalaureate Certificate have contributed to the subject's decline, as schools decrease access to Music in favour of STEM subjects or remove it from the corriculum altogether. Music hubs, such as Nottingham Music Service (NMS), have responded to these academic changes by providing weekly class ensemble teaching in primary schools under the 'National Plan for Music Education# (2011). Since 2002, NMS has reached 77% of Nottingham's classrooms with its provisions. Much of the work takes place within disadvantaged communities, a demographic considered the most liable to benefit from musical engagement yet the least liekly to gain access. Evidence of these benefits, however, are primarily anecdotal in relation to disadvantaged children. Additionally, due to music not being a compulsory part of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4, engagement with the subject drops significantly at secondary school level. My research will address these issues, utilising ethnographic methods in order to offer insights into the impact of musicl engagement and critically question music education's decline.