Egypt and Turkey: music education in two predominantly muslim countries

• Autores: Diana Harris
• Localización: Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, ISSN 0010-9894, Nº 161-162, 2004, págs. 117-124
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Since teaching in a girls' high school in UK with nearly 90% Muslims, I have become interested in issues concerning teaching music to Muslims. In an attempt to understand the concerns that many Muslims have with music in school in the UK, I have visited various Muslim countries looking at their music education (Harris, 2003.) Egypt and Turkey present two interesting cases because although they both have a predominantly Muslim population, Egypt is ruled according to Islamic principles, whilst Turkey has a secular constitution. In looking at the music educating in each country I aim to understand something of the culture of origin of some of the Muslim- ;»: Britain. This is part of a research project, the aim of which is to find a way in which music :<: schools in Britain can be more acceptable to Muslims, without violating their principles, u->- -at the same time fulfilling the requirements of the National Curriculum.