Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s K-12 Music Curricula for comprehensive music education programme and Educators Standards; International comparative research for best practices in music education and curriculum development (2021-2022).

Sponsor

National Talents Company, hired by the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)                                                                                                                                 

Coordinator-Leader Institute

Antonine University, Music and Musicology Department, Lebanon

Team

Antonine University, Music and Musicology Department, Lebanon

Antonine University Music Research Associates from Lebanon and Sorbonne University musicology research group

International partner

C.C.R.S.M. Cyprus Centre for the Research and Study of Music

The project comprises three levels:

• Conduct a benchmark to evaluate international and regional best practices in curriculum development and extract outcomes;
• Develop Standards and design K-12 music curricula & evaluation tools for establishing KSA’s comprehensive music education programme;
• Comparative research for international and regional best practices in music educators' training; define Standards, educator’s profile and content of university studies to obtain suitable qualifications for each cycle of music education (K-12 = from kindergarten to end of secondary school).