高师乡土音乐教育的实践与思考-以临沂大学乡土音乐课程为例的中期报告

高师乡土音乐教育的实践与思考——以临沂大学乡土音乐课程为例的中期报告AbstractThisreportpresentsananalysisofthepracticalimplementationofFolkMusicEducationinGaoShiTownship,usingthecurriculumofLocalMusicatLinyiUniversityasacasestudy.Thereportinvestigatesthemainchallengesfacingtheintegrationoflocalmusicintotraditionalacademiccurriculaandthesolutionsproposedandadoptedtoaddressthesechallenges.Theauthorevaluatestheimpactofthecourse,highlightsthestrengthsoftheprogramandsuggestsfutureareasofdevelopment.I.IntroductionWiththeglobalizationofeducationandtheriseofstandardizedcurricula,therehasbeenagrowingconcernabouttheerosionoftraditionalculturalheritagesandtheneedtopreserveandpromotethem.ThishasbeenparticularlypronouncedinGaoShiTownship,wheretherichlocalmusiccultureisindangerofbeinglostduetothelackofformaleducationanditsintegrationintomainstreamcurricula.Toaddressthis,LinyiUniversityintroducedacourseonLocalMusicin2018asawayofpreservingandpromotingthelocalculture.Thisreportisamid-termevaluationofthecoursethatassessesitseffectiveness,challenges,solutions,andsuggestionsforthefuture.II.BackgroundGaoShiTownshipislocatedinthesouthofShandongProvince,China.Ithasapopulationofover60,000people,mainlyconsistingoffarmersandmigrantworkers.Thetownshipisknownforitstraditionalmusicculture,whichincludesvariousformsoffolksongs,dances,andinstrumentalmusic.However,theyoungergenerationisincreasinglylosingtouchwiththisheritageduetotheinfluenceofmodernmediaandlackofformaleducation.Inresponsetothis,agroupoflocalscholarsandeducatorsproposedacourseonLocalMusicinLinyiUniversity.Theaimofthecoursewastoprovideaplatformforthepreservationandpromotionofthelocalmusicculture,aswellastointegrateitintomainstreamacademiccurricula.III.ImplementationTheLocalMusiccoursestartedinthefallsemesterof2018andhasbeenofferedeverysemestersincethen.ThecourseContentisdividedintothreemodules:HistoryandDevelopmentofGaoShiMusic,TheoriesandConceptsofFolkMusic,andPracticeofLocalMusic.Thecourseisopentoallstudentsintheuniversity,andthenumberofstudentsenrolledhasbeenincreasingsteadily,reachingover100inthemostrecentsemester.Thecoursehasfacedseveralchallengesinitsimplementation.ThelanguagebarrierwasasignificantissueasGaoShiMusicismainlysunginalocaldialectthatisnotwidelyunderstood.Additionally,thecourserequiresspecializedequipmentsuchastraditionalmusicalinstruments,whichhavebeenchallengingtoobtain.Finally,thecoursehasfacedscrutinyfromtraditionalacademics,whoviewitaslackinginacademicrigorandirrelevanttomainstreamcurricula.Toovercomethesechallenges,thecourseinstructoradoptedseveralstrategies.Firstly,instructionalmaterialswerecreatedtobridgethelanguagebarrier,includingtranslationsoflyricsandexplanationsofculturalcontext.Secondly,instructionalresourcesweresourcedfromlocalcommunitiestoprovideauthenticcontextandenablestudentstogainaccesstotraditionalinstruments.Finally,theinstructorworkedcloselywithtraditionalacademicstoincorporatelocalmusicintotheircourses,emphasizingtheculturalrelevanceandpotentialforcross-disciplinarylearning.IV.ResultsTheLocalMusiccoursehashadasignificantimpactontheparticipatingstudents,especiallyinpromotingculturalawarenessandpride.Thecourseevaluationdatashowsthatstudentsatisfactionwiththecoursehasbeenconsistentlyhigh,withover90%ofstudentsratingitasexcellentorgood.Furthermore,manystudentshavedemonstratedakeeninterestincontinuingtostudyGaoShiMusicbeyondthecourse,forminginformalmusicgroupsandparticipatinginlocalmusicevents.V.ConclusionandFutureDirectionsTheLocalMusiccoursehasbeenaneffectivemeansofpreservingandpromotinglocalmusiccultureinGaoShiTownship.However,thereisaneedforfurtherdevelopmenttoensurethatthecourse'simpactissustainedlong-term.Firstly,thecourseshouldreceivemoreinstitutionalsupport,includingspecializedequipmentsuchasrecordingandeditingtoolsandprovidingopportunitiesforstudentstoparticipateinlocalmusicevents.Secondly,thecourseshouldbefurtherintegrated