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、正在消失的科目。许多学校转为学院和引入英国文凭证书是导致该科目下降的原因之一，因为学校减少了获得音乐的机会，转而选择STEM科目，或者将其从课程中完全删除。诺丁汉音乐服务中心(NMS)等音乐中心已经根据《国家音乐教育计划》(2011)，在小学提供每周班级合奏教学，以应对这些学术变化。自2002年以来，NMS已经覆盖了诺丁汉77%的教室。许多工作都发生在弱势群体中，这一群体被认为是最容易从音乐参与中受益的群体，但也是最不容易获得机会的群体。然而，这些好处的证据主要是与处境不利的儿童有关的轶事。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，利用人种学方法，以提供对音乐参与的影响的见解，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.