Conception of Music Education in Thailand
Keywords:
Music Education, Management in Music Teaching and Learning, Evaluation in Music Subjects, Production of Music Teachers, ThailandAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the principles of music education in Thailand. They are divided into three sub-concepts based on aesthetic beliefs and scientific truths. 1) Bringing music courses into Thailand's educational curriculum from early childhood to undergraduate level to enhance numerous developments that help learners become a well-rounded individual in terms of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth. 2) The concept of evaluation in teaching and learning music, two course categories have been established based on their characteristics: (1) theoretical course, which focuses on knowledge and uses mostly measurement data from cognitive domain learning theory. (2) practical course, affective domain and psychomotor domain metrics from learning theory are used to focus on the growth of individual music in a music practice group. 3) Production of music teacher, according to the National Higher Education Qualifications Framework, the origins, characteristics, and trends of the need for potential music teachers are discussed. To be in accordance with the educational environment that will lead to a learning society in the coming decade.
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