the draft of what was supposed to be the decree on "The Good School" reads: "Art. 2 paragraph 2

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March 5, 2015, 15:32

In the draft of what was supposed to be the decree on "La buona scuola" (The Good School), it reads: "Art. 2 paragraph 2. For the objectives referred to in Article 1, starting from the 2015/2016 school year, the following subjects are enhanced in upper secondary schools: a) art, so as to ensure its study in all high school tracks starting from the first year; ...".
"Art" is restored, "Music" is not.
ONCE AGAIN, THE TEACHING OF "MUSIC" IS BEING DISREGARDED IN UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL.
Apparently, consideration was not given, among other things, to what was indicated by the VII Senate Commission, with resolution Doc. XXIV n. 44 of January 14, 2015, initiated by Senator Puglisi, which commits the Government to "the inclusion of musical education – understood as the acquisition of skills both for practice and for the conscious understanding and enjoyment of music – in all tracks of upper secondary school (reinserting it into the high school for human sciences)" (point 18 of the conclusions).
Furthermore, one wonders if the famous "Committee for the practical learning of music for all students" considers itself satisfied with the "valorization" of music in the first cycle and has nothing to say regarding the complete absence of music in upper secondary school, considering that instead the "National Plan for Music in schools and in citizen training" presented to Minister Giannini in October 2014 gave precise indications for music in secondary schools. Is a little "sugar-coating" of more music in elementary school enough to throw away musical training in upper secondary schools?
One can only hope that, with the eventual discussion in Parliament, there will be a way to repair this "damage" at the expense of the education of young people.

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March 5, 2015, 17:30

Even though I am a staunch supporter of introducing music teaching into schools, I wonder what the rationale is for introducing it in high school without preceding it with an educational path that allows high school students to "understand" concepts that are only "understandable" to those who play or have already studied music. Do we want to do music history without knowing anything about what is being discussed? They will already do this at university (I can provide dozens and dozens of direct proofs).

The problem, in my opinion, is the lack of a specific "supply chain":

- choral singing-guided listening-first instrumental basics in primary school

- in-depth study of the three sectors in middle school

- development in high school.

Which is what happens with the Italian language, foreign languages, mathematics, sciences, drawing and, at least in my day, also with art.

It is a reform that would financially cost the State something, but it would certainly return ten times as much to the same in the form of better citizens. Perhaps it would even spend less in sectors related to "social distress".. who knows..