The rational behind doing this research is due to the insufficient of 'good' & proper materials for smoother teaching in building Music Foundation from kindergarten, primary and secondary school. In my current research, I am preparing a suggestion of Music teaching sequence focuses mainly in the primary Chinese public schools. The main purpose of teaching music in schools is not to create only musician but a society with high music literacy.
My suggestion to help build up student music literacy is based on the Kodaly teaching concepts. It is where singing comes before any other instrument. It is important to let young students to differentiate speaking and singing at the first place. It is vital for the students to start off with singing games, proper teaching sequence, local cultural based music before getting them to advanced with other deeper musical literacy.
In the upcoming research, I will discover the different local materials (mainly in Chinese as Kodaly emphasis learning mother tongue as first language), games associate with songs, analysis of melodic and rhythmic in the materials (music), and lastly get my findings published in hope that it will help others music educators in their teaching.
If you have any suggestion or idea, please do not hesitate to email me at liwen[at]acidofire.com.
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