I’m asking the big questions today, prompted by the new year 7 to 10 (12 to 16 years) music syllabus released recently by the NSW Government: what is classroom music education for? What are the aims of this syllabus, and can we remember the good to avoid the not-so-good? Today I’m focusing (mostly) on what’s good in this new syllabus, and using that to advocate for the same aims in Music Education.

I also mention an article that I wrote recently for AARE (The Australian Association for Research in Education) responding to the new syllabus, and you can read that here: https://blog.aare.edu.au/the-brand-new-syllabus-should-let-the-music-play/?unapproved=234158&moderation-hash=5ce8abd82ef18bc132a6a4b9443b8915

Please leave comments on the blog post for this episode at https://humberstone.org/2024/03/14/music-zettel-s3e8-the-new-nsw-syllabus-pt-1-what-is-classroom-music-education-for/.

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