International Conference on the Role and Place of Music in the Education of Youth and Adults; Music in education; 1955

Mwir in education

the supervisor. Sooner or later the general teacher will develop ability
in such matters as class management and discipline but he needs the
advice of a more experienced person regarding purely musical matters.
The aim of supervision is to improve the teaching and this involves
the following: visits to schools and observation of the teacher at
work; conferences involving comment, criticism, suggestions and
planning.
Even if the teacher is well trained in the specific type of work, he
needs supervising visits and consultations to achieve unity and co-
ordination.
So we must regard the general teacher and the classroom teacher,
under the guidance of the music specialist, as one of the most important
factors in the effective realization of school music.

THE TRAINING

OF MUSIC TEACHERS IN FRANCE

by

Blanche SOURIAC, Professeur de Lycke, Paris

In France, with very few exceptions, music is taught by specialists only

at secondary school level, i.e. in the &he3 and coll2ge.r.

In Paris there is a Centre de Preparation au Professorat de Musique

(Training centre for teachers of music) at which I am in charge of in-

struction in music-teaching method. Music teachers from all over the

world-Poland, Japan, Uruguay, Turkey, etc.-have passed through

my hands in very large numbers and I know, from what they have told

me, that the centre has few counterparts abroad. I propose therefore

to tell you briefly about it, of how it functions and,' more particu-

larly, of the work done there.

Let me begin with a brief account of the structure of the competitive

examination for which we train future music teachers. To become a