An Anthropological Study Of Music Education In Middle Schools In The Netherlands

This article focus on the music education in Dutch junior high school.With the help of research methods of educational anthropology and classroom ethnography,Carlos Clusius College and Meander College in Zwolle in the Netherlands are used as field investigation sites.Deep description and interpretation,notes writing in music classroom,and then analyze and explain the characteristics of music education in Dutch middle school.First,the situation of music education in the Dutch middle and primary school was summarized briefly,and then the basic information,educational programs and history of music education in these two field schools,Carlos Clusius College and Meander College,were introduced.Secondly,based on the dual perspectives of student teacher and researcher,collect first-hand information about the school’s music teaching practice to create an intuitive teaching experience.At the same time,with the help of other interviews and the self-reflection of the researcher as supplements,to further analyze and summarize the characteristics of Dutch junior high school music education.The last part is based on the perspectives of Dutch society,culture,and education policy.And using the results of fieldwork and field analysis to explain the characteristics of middle of music education in the Netherlands from the view of teaching anthropology.At present,music education in Chinese primary and secondary schools is still entangled by Western centralism and passive teaching.Through the analysis of music teaching practices in other countries,it is helpful to reflect on the current situation of music education in middle schools in China.At the same time,the separation of music education research and school music teaching practice was extended.But it is luckily to know the new way to study music education,educational anthropology and classroom ethnography.These two methods were based on real teaching practice and closely links the theory and practice,which beneficial to cultivate research teachers and improve teaching quality.In addition,when I collected the literature,I found that there are very few domestic literature on Dutch educational anthropology investigation,music classroom history,and Dutch music education.I hope to provide a reference case for the study of music education and teaching practice in China.