Direction for developing textbooks through analysis on contents and physical features of music textbooks in Korea Park Jihyun* Professor, Dept. of Music Education, Gwangju National University of Education, Korea *Corresponding Author: Jihyun Park Professor, Department of Music Education, Gwangju National University of Education, Korea Email: jhp@gnue.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract This study will analyze how textbooks, utilized in music education, have been published and developed and explore the direction for developing music textbooks in the future. Literature study was conducted based on music curriculum and music textbooks according to periods of curriculum in order to achieve this objective. By doing so, major issues in contents were analyzed. Analysis tools include content features and physical features of textbooks by which how music textbooks have changed by periods of curriculum. The study will present analysis from content feature. At the beginning, textbooks are mainly composed of basic ability and patriotic music, yet transformed into instruction on music composition highlighting music activity or internal content as time progresses. Moreover, a variety of music, activities and materials were contained in the textbooks. Analysis from physical features is as follows. The quality of papers was poor and printed with a single color with a few data. As time goes by, textbooks were printed with different layers of colors and got bigger. Editing system had been autonomous. In addition, there is a diverse range of texts as multiple supplementary materials including video, audio and music sources on top of paper textbooks were added. As music textbooks published in South Korea gained high prestige, internal as well as appearance of music textbooks in the future should draw much attention. Top Keywords Music textbook, Music education, Content, Physical feature, Music curriculum. Top |