Setting the tempo - The inside view of music education from South Australian primary teachers

This report reveals key findings from the Music Education: Right from the Start – Primary Teachers Survey – South Australia (ACER, 2024), and observations about their implications from music learning expert and researcher, Dr Anita Collins.

The survey was jointly funded by Music Education: Right from the Start, the South Australian Department for Education, and the Day Family Foundation, and conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

This is the latest project as part of a continuing vision: “All Australian primary school children need, and have the right to, a quality, sequential and ongoing music education.” It follows previous research that uncovered both the benefits of music education to students and the need to restore music learning as a valuable part of initial teacher education (ITE) degrees.