Comment / Future Development

In Austria too there is undoubtedly – to a variable extent – a relevant discrepancy between the lessons stipulated in the curriculum and actual music lessons taught at particular schools. Due to the lack of appropriate methods of data collection the authors have had to restrict themselves to the “fiction” of the curriculum. The value placed on the subject undoubtedly varies depending on the location, the type of school and the people concerned (teachers and students), to name just a few relevant factors.