Abstract
There are two forms of educational institution in musical education: one for advanced professional training carried out in colleges or junior colleges, the other for the initiation of elementary knowledge of music given in compulsory education level schools. In either case, what is aimed at finally is in principle to "develop sentiments for loving music." Various academic researches have naturally been made with regard to their objectives, contents and methods from an educational point of view. But little attention seems to have been paid to individual tuition or music lesson class. The number of teen-agers and downward enrolled in this special form of musical education is said to reach more than 40 per cent of those in the same age-bracket. Mental environment is a potent influence on character building, especially with preschool age group. Then, it is a matter of great importance whether or not music teachers concerned are conscious of the importance of their occupation. What kind of research study are they really engaged in? Isn't it necessary for us to make an inquiry into these problems on a scientific level? On over 20,000 junior high school students and 88 music teachers, the writer made a survey of their educational consciousness and the actual condition in which they are placed. By the help of what this survey indicates, the writer expects to throw an objective light on the problems involved in private form of musical education, with emphasis on training teachers in this direction.
