(University of the Free State, 2000-05) Dzorkpey, Theodore Kwadzo; Heunis, G. J. L.
English: The acknowledgment and appreciation of diversity in South Africa can only
come about if all racial and ethnic groups of the nation are able to
understand the similarities that bind them and the differences that distinguish them as entities of one (rainbow) nation. In this regard, the role of education
is primo facto.
Thus, the need for a paradigm shift to multi cultural education cannot be
overemphasized. Music education, which still relies to a large extent, on
Euro-centric attitudes and principles, has to redefine its purposes and
principles to reflect multicultural dynamics of world musics. Couple with the
multicultural demand in education in this country are the demands of OBE
and curriculum 20005. With regard to these demands and the phenomenon
of globalisation, a curriculum framework for training music teachers for
Multicultural-outcome-based education in South Africa has been proposed.