%L discovery10020263
%I Institute of Education, University of London
%O Thesis: (PhD) University of London Institute of Education 1996..
%T Hong Kong secondary music education : a sociological enquiry.
%D 1996
%A Wai Chung. Ho
%X The thesis intends to explore struggles over the content of musical
knowledge and musical meaning within the music education system, in
relation to overall social political change. The research focuses on music
education in Hong Kong, with reference to the transfer of Hong Kong's
political sovereignty from the United Kingdom of Great Britain to the
People's Republic of China in 1997.
Part One (Socio-political and cultural heritage) traces the
interrelationship between China, Britain and Hong Kong in the content of
Hong Kong music education during the period of British administration.
This includes the following: Chapter One introduces the research problem,
theoretical orientation and main argument of the thesis. Chapter Two
examines patterns of the historical context of Imperial China, modern
China and colonial Hong Kong music education. Chapter Three is an
analysis of the rise of Hong Kong indigenous popular and serious (classical)
music outside the school environment.
Part Two (Impact of the 1984 and 1989 political events) describes the
significance of these two events on Hong Kong music education. This
includes the following: Chapter Four is a comparison between formal Hong
Kong music education, the changing socio-political configuration and other
social institutions under the influence of the 1989 Tiananmen Square
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Incident. Chaptet: .five is a comparison between music education and other
parts of the education system in Hong Kong as a consequence of the 1989
Tiananmen Square Incident.
Part Three (Tensions of Hong Kong music education) highlights the
dilemmas of Hong Kong music education. This includes the following:
Chapter Six focuses on the struggles of Hong Kong music education within
the socio-political, cultural and economic arenas. Chapter Seven is an
investigation of music teachers' opinions about Hong Kong secondary music
education.
Part Four (Music as a social construction) is the conclusion of the
thesis in Chapter Eight which reviews the patterns of Hong Kong music
education by treating music as a socio-political construction, and attempts
to apply the broader implications of the thesis.