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

在英国学校，音乐是一门被低估和正在消失的学科。许多学校转变为学院和英语学士学位证书的引入导致了这一学科的衰落，因为学校减少了对音乐的学习，转而选择STEM学科，或者将其完全从中学课程中删除。音乐中心，如诺丁汉音乐服务（NMS），已通过在“国家音乐教育计划#（2011年）”下在小学提供每周班级合奏教学来应对这些学术变化。自2002年以来，NMS已经覆盖了诺丁汉77%的教室。大部分工作都发生在弱势社区，这一人口群体被认为最有可能从音乐参与中受益，但最不容易获得。然而，这些好处的证据主要是与处境不利儿童有关的轶事。此外，由于音乐不是关键阶段3和4的国家课程的必修部分，在中学一级，对该科目的参与显着下降。我的研究将解决这些问题，利用民族志的方法，以提供深入了解音乐参与的影响，并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.