South African teacher education is confronted by educational problems of avast magnitude and complexity. In view of students' needs, society'sexpectations and improvement of teaching, problems need to be criticallyinvestigated.In order for the subject didactics curriculum to meet these needs and demands,a critical analysis was done of the current music syllabus (1991) for teachertraining colleges in Venda. Against the background of the structure andcomponents of didactics, subject didactics in general and of music inparticular, criteria were formulated for the analysis. As a result of theanalysis deficiencies such as the lack of suitable aims and objectives,content with a Eurocentric emphasis disregarding African music, a lack ofteaching methods which could be applied in the classroom, etc., werediscovered. In conclusion, recommendations and guidelines were formulated inorder to address these problems.
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