THE DESIGN OF THE THAI MUSICAL CULTURE AND PERFORMING ARTS COURSE FOR CHINESE UNIVERSITIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MULTICULTURALISM

Abstract

Thai music culture and performing arts are important resources for multicultural education. However, the current situation of Thai music culture and performing arts in Chinese universities, students lacked understanding and learning about these valuable art and cultural resources. Therefore, this dissertation proposed a comprehensive framework for integrating Thai musical culture and performing arts courses into Chinese university curricula, including an introduction to Thai music and the performing arts, and emphasized the value of Thai music and performing arts and its positive impact on cultural exchange and cross-cultural music education from the aspects of philosophy, anthropology, sociology and musicology. Finally, the course concept, objectives, teaching arrangement, content, resources, methods, evaluation strategies and teaching case examples are designed to strengthen multicultural music education in Chinese universities.-