National Review of School Music Education - Murdoch Research ...

Status
Summary of recommendations
Overarching Recommendations
The Australian Government and State and Territory governments
O.R.1 Assert the value of music education for all Australian students
O.R.2 Place immediate priority on improving and sustaining the quality
and status of music education
O.R.3 Provide sufficient funding to support effective, quality music
education that is accessible for all Australian children and addresses the
specific areas detailed in this Review.
Specific recommendations
Strategic direction
R.1 To enhance the status of school music education
Recommended actions
MCEETYA and CMC
R.1.1 Promote the value, status and quality of music education in
schools through the Joint Ministerial Statement on strengthening
and expanding links between the arts and education with
explicit attention to the role that music plays in education
The Australian Government in partnership
R.1.2 Take action to promote the value of school music education
nationally
R.1.3 Celebrate excellence in school music education through
Awards of Excellence for teachers, principals and schools
State and Territory systems and sectors
R.1.4 Address workload, industrial, curriculum, assessment and
resource issues that impact on the status of music teachers
R.1.5 Address perceptions of loss of status for music arising from
curricula that focus on the Arts as a learning area
Schools, Principals and Teachers
R.1.6 Promote and advocate for music in schools
Music organisations and musicians
R.1.7 Promote and support music in schools
Parents and Community
R.1.8 Promote and support music in schools
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