Intercultural Training Proposal for Music Teachers

Abstract

At the educational level, various theoretical positions that have been developed since people became aware of cultural diversity have not been reflected in theory or in practice when training music specialists at universities. Educational legislation has taken steps to reflect certain intercultural concerns, despite the multicultural treatment in different elements of the curriculum.

This can be considered true progress (in spite of the obvious cross-culturalneeds of modern society) in comparison with the lack of training and intercultural perspectives in materials making up the curriculum of future primary school teachers. This article aims to demonstrate how music subjects focus on this reality and, offer few simple guidelines in other subjects in the primary music teacher’s curriculum. These guidelines can assist future music teachers to confront the educational process with the maximum ability to ensure cultural equality for students at this educational stage. The article provides a reflection based on experience with the profile of culturally diverse students, and shows how to revise and specify higher education curricula to adapt to the current reality of Spanish educational centres.