Effective Music and Theatre Teaching in Africa’s 21st Century: The Vidal Approach

Abstract

Music and theatre are professional disciplines which requireprofessional approaches for effective and efficient tutelage. Teachingof the subject cannot be carried-out the same way non-practicalcourses will be delivered. Impactful music and theatre teaching callfor methodologies suitable for them. More importantly, developmentsas the world advances call for ‘out-of-the-box’ practices in theteaching of these subjects. It must be noted that music and theatreeducation in Nigeria seem lagging behind their counterparts in othernations who are rank equal with Nigeria, talk less of those thatrank higher. Numerous issues such as poor funding, poor infrastructure,outdated curriculum, ineffective approach to teaching andlearning, incompetent teachers, half baked high school leavers whoare prospective undergraduate, government policies, ‘the Nigerianfactor’ and many more are found to be responsible for the deprivedmusic and theatre education in the country.