What´s Music Education?

When music education comes to one’s mind, one may think that it only applies when it comes to listening to diverse songs and beating two drum sticks together to the beat of songs. However, there is much more of a deeper meaning to it than that. According to the acclaimed author, J. Yudkin, “Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain (the development of skills), the cognitive domain (the acquisition of knowledge), and, in particular and significant ways, the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity. The incorporation of music training from preschool to postsecondary education is common in most nations because involvement in music is considered a fundamental component of human culture and behavior. Music, like language, is an accomplishment that distinguishes us as humans” (Yudkin 4). The subject of expurgating music education has been discussed for numerous decades. However, those discussing this fail to realize that music education not only has an imperative part in the students’ grades improving but also betters their behavior. Music education should remain in the curriculums of today’s students because it has a positive effect on their upbringing, in turn leading them to better, more fruitfulfutures.

In today’s modern society, most students are usually not enthused by the idea of coming to school. However, if each and every one of those students were to be enrolled in a music education class, their perspective on school would most likely be swayed. Esteemed news article author, James Catterall, expressed his opinion on what would happen if music education were to be removed from schools’ prog...

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...ssful in school, society, and most importantly, life. Without music education, not every student will have the skills, abilities, and manners that are needed to endure everyday life. It can be inferred that the Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, said it best when he said that, “Music and arts education is not some frivolous extra-curricular, extraneous, or expendable part of the academic curriculum for students in America. It is an essential part of every single student's curriculum. Without it, we will be leaving a lot of children behind. And that's why we have to make sure that every child has that access” (Huckabee). Therefore, music education should not be cut from the curriculum of today’s students in hopes that they will not only benefit from it socially, physically, and emotionally, but also to use some of the qualities instilled in them to succeed in life.