Aesthetic Education in Chinese Colleges and Universities: Music Education to Non-music Majors

Abstract

The background that lots of Western universities have noticed the importance of aesthetic education and music education is that they offer a higher level of teaching and add teaching equipment, the lack of music education in Chinese universities has been more obvious. Based on the development of music education in Western universities, the authors looked into how students were being taught music in Chinese universities and colleges. Although the authors' findings from the questionnaire indicate that Chinese university students do not receive adequate music instruction, they are not pessimistic. The article by the author offers some reference data for upcoming studies on music instruction in Chinese universities and colleges.