Music Education in Chile: Continuity and Change in three Curricular Reforms carried out in the Years 1965, 1981 and 1996-1998

Authors

  • Carlos Poblete Lagos Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

The purpose of this article is the analysis of the music education curricula employed in the process of three educational reforms carried out in the years 1965, 1981 and 1996-1998. Each curriculum is analyzed and compared with the others is terms of its basic purposes and contents as relate to the features of the social and political contexts in which the educational reforms took place. The official texts of the music education curricula served as primary sources to create the data with the support of archival documents and specialized literature on music and education.

Keywords:

music education, curriculum, educational reforms, teacher training in music education