National identity in the textbooks for music culture

Abstract

The paper deals with the analysis of textbooks for the subject Music Culture for the younger grades of primary school, with the aim to determine the extent to which they contribute to strengthening the national identity of students. In order to make the results relevant, the textbooks of few publishers were analyzed. Quantitative analysis of the content was carried out and content related to encouraging the development of national identity were identified. Also, it was analyzed the didactic-methodical apparatus that accompanies the basic text, and which is related to national identity. Pictorial contents and general information that interprets songs or compositions for listening are highlighted. The results of the research indicate that there are not enough content that contribute to strengthening of national identity in the textbooks for Music Culture, that they are very little accompanied by pictorial content, while general information almost don't exist.