PhD Candidature Confirmation Seminar

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PhD Candidature Confirmation Seminar
Lau Kai-chi, Anthony (???)
Supervisors Prof. Mark Bray
Dr. Bob Adamson Committee Dr. Law Wing Wah
Dr. Ng Ho Ming 2
/ 6 /2001
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A Comparative Study of Chinese Music Teaching in
Junior Secondary Schools in Hong Kong and Taipei
(1st Year PhD Research)

• Questionnaires
• Interviews

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Aims to know

• What is the nature extent of Chinese music
  teaching in junior secondary schools of HK
  Taipei?
• How do they compare?

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Design of Questionnaire (HK)

• with references to some formats of previous
  questionnaires in music curriculum
• questions designed are according to current HK
  official music syllabuses by CDC
• revised by supervisors at the University
• pilot study 3 experienced music teachers with
  master degree in education
• modification

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Design of Questionnaire (Taipei)

• modify the questionnaire in HK with adding
  suitable terms and items
• e.g. modify the terms
• Year One , Two Three instead of Form
  One, Two Three
• Ministry of Education instead of Education
  Department etc.
• e.g. adding musical items
• add local Taiwanese music genres in Chinese
  music genre

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Process of Distributing Questionnaires (HK)

• mailing to all music teachers in junior secondary
  schools via their principals
• reply data enter in Excel no replyre-mailing
  via their music panel chairman
• reply data enter in Excel no reply telephone
  directly to those junior music teachers then
  mail or fax the questionnaires to them again

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Process of Distributing Questionnaires (Taipei)

• mailing to all music teachers in junior secondary
  schools via their school academic officers
• one week later, write letters to schools
  principals to ask permission to visit their
  schools as well as remind them to send back the
  questionnaires
• no reply telephone to them by three local music
  teachers and then mail the questionnaires again

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Selected Results

• Teachers Personal Particulars
• HK 20 Teacher Certificate 20 Degree
  60 Degree Teacher Certificate
• Taipei 100 Degree Teacher Certificate
• HK 50 teachers know how to play Chinese
  Instrument
• TaipeiOver 70 teachers know to play Chinese
  Instrument
• Most of teachers in both places can play 2
  or more Western instruments

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• HK 25 (none) 50 (1 - 2 years)
  Learned Chinese Music in tertiary education
• Taipei Most of them learned 1 - 2 years Chinese
  music in their tertiary education
• HK 1/6 teachers have attended Refresher Training
  Course in Chinese Music
• Taipei 1/3 teachers have attended Refresher
  Training Course in Chinese Music
• Most of teachers in above at both places have
  attended only one RTC in Chinese Music

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• HK designed their syllabuses in different ways
• Taipei Most of them are according to textbooks
  or official syllabus with modifications

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Extent of Chinese Music Teaching in Lessons

• HK Western Music Chinese Music 71
• Taipei Western Music Chinese Music
  91 (1st year) 82 (2nd year) 73 (3rd year)
• HK singing/listening local music is 50
• Taipei singing/listening local music is 60

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Extent of an Ideal Chinese Music Teaching, mainly
follows (own judgement)

• HK 1. Students own interests 2.Music
  teachers own interests 3.
  Official Syllabuses
• Taipei 1. Official Syllabuses
  2. Music teachers own interests
  3. Students own interests

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Extent of an Ideal Chinese Music Teaching, mainly
follows (actual implementation)

• HK 1. Music teachers own interests 2.
  Students own interests
  3. Official Syllabuses
• Taipei 1. Official Syllabuses
  2. Music teachers own interests
  3. Textbooks

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Nature of Chinese Music Teaching

• HK 1. Folk Songs
  2. Chinese Instruments
  3. Local songs (eg. pop songs)
• Taipei 1. Folk Songs
  2. Chinese Instruments (1st 2nd year)
• Taipei 1. Chinese Music Theory 2.
  Chinese Music History (3rd year)

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Common Chinese Music Genre Taught in Lessons

• HK Guangdong folk music, Guangdong Operas,
  Guangdong Nanyin
• Taipei Kejia Fujian folk music, Beijing
  Operas, their local origin music
• Both places are nearly taught all the Chinese
  instruments to their students

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Chinese Music Extra-curricular Activities

• HK half of schools have these activities but few
  students participate, normally, taught by
  external tutors who always organize Chinese
  Instrumental Classes
• Taipei one-quarter of schools have these
  activities and very few students participate

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Interviews and School Visits

• HK interviews with music teachers to get
  in-depth information
• Taipei interviews in addition to, school visits
  and National Taiwan Normal University visit (most
  of music teachers trained here) to get in-depth
  information

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Conclusion

• Teachers in both places seem do not keen on
  teaching Chinese music and students do not like
  to learn Chinese music
• Teachers have some different understanding of
  Chinese music in HK Taipei
• Teachers in both places designed their curriculum
  of Chinese music are majority from textbooks or
  their own wills
• The most favourite Chinese music genre in both
  places by students are Pop music instead of
  Traditional Chinese music

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Follows-up

• write summary report and discuss it with some
  music teachers in both places
• hand summary report to supervisors
• published in academic journal

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Acknowledgement

• Supervisors Prof. Bray Dr. Adamson
• Support Scholarship Funds Sir Robert Black
  Trust Fund (postgraduate scholarship),
  2000-01 Sik Sik Yuen Educational Fund
  university visit grant by 2001 Taipei Trade
  Centre Exchange Scheme
• Especially thanks for all of your coming today