NURUNNAJWA BINTI PAINOH

MUE 701
PERSONAL REFLECTION 1
A day reading of Johamis book gives me the basic perceptions of music education in
Malaysia. It is the beginning of the development of our country's musical education level. Not
only the efforts of teachers, educators and even students themselves. Our country has a lot of
specialist expertise in music education but do not use it well. Music specialists in Malaysia most
prefer to teach in a private school and worked in the private sector compared to teach in schools,
universities and public colleges.
In school, we always ask students to present chorus, dance, singing etc. They want the
entertainment but they didn't realize that entertainment that they want is come from a good
foundation of music. To get the good foundation, musicians have to develop their skills not even
in playing instrument, but their knowledge too. But some school administrators to take it easy on
the subject. They can easily provide music education to the other core subjects. At the same time,
they want schools that do the best in co-curriculum activities but they do not give priority to the
basic subjects such as music education.
Malaysian always assumes that study in music courses is wasting time and money but
they didnt realize that music education is a part of forming a balanced human in holistically. In
Malaysia Philosophy of Education (Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan), its mentioned that
education is a continuous effort to develop individual potential holistically and integrated to
create balanced and harmony human in terms of intellectual, spiritual, physical and emotional.
Music educations are include in most of the aspect that mention in the philosophy but its always
be mentioned that its wasnt an important subject.

NURUNNAJWA BINTI PAINOH

MUE 701
PERSONAL REFLECTION 1
Music education also covered the aspect of intellectual. Intellectual in music is including
skills in mathematics such as counting the beat, playing notation by the values, meters and
etcetera. Its also has its own grammar in playing instrument, reading scores, writing and
etcetera. If the musicians didnt have a good basic in music, they will not be able to master the
skills of good music. Knowledge in music across all subjects, but not all subjects has music.
In the aspect of emotional, music is one of the subjects that can makes pupils or students
to release their tension in studying core subject at school. In spiritual aspect, we can get it from
our religious practices. In Islam, we can hear music or called as taranum in reading the Quran,
singing the nasyid and etc. It must be learn from a teacher. I believe other religion also has their
own religious music that makes listener more calmness and feel more in believe their own God.
The last aspect in Malaysia Philosophy of Education that I want to elaborate is physical.
Physical in this philosophy expressed about physical activity. We can see a lot of physical
activities contained in music education as coordination aspects of reading notation while playing
instruments, movement in music that includes tempo, rhythm and beats.
As a whole, studying music education can help improve the skills required in accordance
with the requirements of the national educational philosophy that is fundamental in building a
balanced human being in terms of knowledge, skills, honorable, responsible and able to achieve
well-being in society. Discipline in music education covering all aspects required. Support of all
music educators are needed to further strengthen the country's education system so that
philosophy can be best accomplished.