Music industry to indoctrinate kids on copyright
Strangely unsure about this - can’t help but see funding for actual instruments being cut at the same time as a one-way dogma on file-sharing gets injected into children, but here’s the deal (from the Telegraph).
“For the first time, pupils will learn about intellectual property rights in the music industry - and how it relates to downloads.
Music classes this term will also cover the use of technology in music as part of new-style syllabuses introduced in all secondary schools
The updated national curriculum is designed to make lessons more relevant by focusing on contemporary issues alongside traditional subjects.
Other changes see the inclusion of more modern authors in English; an attempt to boost awareness of global issues and climate change in geography; lessons in body image and the way the media creates a picture of young people (I think that last lesson is simply intended to encourage conformity, yawn).
Oh, and our kids will get lessons in ‘Britishness’ - oh dear, presumably Irish or Welsh children will be exempt from these?
“Pupils will also be required to learn about the impact of immigration and the different ethnic and religious groups represented in the UK,” the report informs.
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[...] Com o inÃcio do novo ano lectivo na semana passada no Reino Unido os estudantes vão deparar-se com uma série de matérias novas introduzidas no currÃculo. Para além das aulas de Inglês passarem a contar com novelas de autores contemporâneos e do programa de Geografia incluir assuntos na ordem do dia como as mudanças climáticas, as aulas de Música vão também passar a abordar temas como “os direitos de propriedade intelectual na indústria da música e o modo como eles se relacionam com os downloads”, de acordo com o Telegraph (via Distorted-Loop). [...]