Globalization, Nationalism, and Music Education in the Twenty-First Century in Greater China examines the recent developments in school education and music education in Greater China Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and the relationship between, and integration of, national cultural identity and globalization in their respective school curriculums. Regardless of their common history and cultural backgrounds, in recent decades, these localities have experienced divergent political, cultural, and educational structures. Through an analysis of the literature, official curriculum documents, approved music textbooks, and a survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews with music teachers, this book also examines the ways in which policies for national identity formation and globalization interact to complement and contradict each other in the context of music education in respect to national and cultural values in the three territories.
Wai-Chung Hos substantive research interests include the sociology of music, Chinas education system, and the comparative study of East Asian music education. Her research focuses on education and development, with an emphasis on the impact of the interplay between globalization, nationalization, and localization on cultural development and school music education. First, this book will synthesise the methods of the sociology and cultural studies of music education for a variety of readers, including music scholars, educators, and even arts policymakers. At present, there are no books about the development of school music education in response to the double paradigm of nationalism and globalisation (or multiculturalism), so this book will provide a fascinating basis for comparative studies of these three Chinese societies. It will also provide key papers that will enable students to have a single point of reference for their music education, cultural studies, liberal arts education, and even other humanities courses. Second, the book will be a core text on culture and education, as well as music education programmes, for both undergraduates and postgraduates in both local and international markets. In particular, it will present readers with background material to understand more about cultural politics and the characteristics of music education with the analyses of official documents and data from teachers collected from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, as well as advance social and political perspectives that will contribute to informed discussions about the key education issues facing educators in the three territories. Third, other educators and academics who are interested in Chinese cultural studies and/or Chinese education will come to understand the changing role of music education in the global era and be able to see how the relationship between school music education and the process of state formation has evolved.
