The Musical Repertoire taught in Academic Teachers' Education Programs: Approaches and Applications 

(Hebrew) 

Authors

  • Lea Marzel Author
  • Zipi Zelkovich Author

Keywords:

Music education, Music repertoire, Multicultural education, Music teacher educators

Abstract

Israeli society is heterogeneous from a social and cultural viewpoint. The educational practice is built in the pattern of values of the establishment governing the society (Barlev, 2002). Musical education as part of general education reflects social occurrences (Marzel, 2007). This study explores attitudes of music teacher educators towards cultural differences as mirrored in the musical repertoire integrated in their teaching plans as well as the repertoire which they actually teach.  The study was conducted during 2012 using a qualitative approach. 35 music teacher educators in colleges and universities responded anonymously to questionnaires. The findings illustrated gaps between teaching in practice of educators and their stated attitudes. Most of them attribute importance to the exposure to multicultural musical variety. In practice, they mainly integrate western art music and Israeli music. Most teacher educators stipulate that they are not acquainted with the Ministry of Education's core curriculum of multicultural musical education and therefore do not implement it. This situation indicates a flawed relation between policy makers and teachers many of them who teach in Teachers' training programs. 

Author Biographies

  • Lea Marzel

    Dr. Lea Marzel is the head of Music studies  at the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel. In the past she was a national instructor of music education in the preschool department of the Ministry of Education.  Currently – she is a lecturer at the Kibbutzim College, the Tel Hai College and the Rimon School of Jazz & Contemporary music, where she teaches courses in music education, the history of music, Israeli music and music and society. 

  • Zipi Zelkovich

    Zipi Zelkovich is an Educational Psychologist and a qualitative researcher in various fields. She lectures in the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and in The Mofet Institute. In the past she served as a pedagogical instructor for Elementary schools and specialized in developing alternative teaching methods.

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Published

2024-04-23

Issue

Vol. 13 (2016)

Section

Articles