PEDAGOGICAL CONTINUING EDUCATION OF MUSICAL ART TEACHERS IN THE PR CHINA
This paper highlights the algorithms for continuing education of music art teachers in the PRC. Also, attention is paid to the difference in the use of the terms "teacher of music» and "teacher of music art", which are used in the terminology of the People's Republic of China. The peculiarity of continuing education of music art teachers in the People's Republic of China is their perception as civil servants, and it regulates the peculiarities of passing qualification courses for a given category of teachers, as well as the content of the courses. The state undertakes to create conditions for the development of teachers` own educational level and the updating of teachers' knowledge. Today, the Chinese government is actively expanding its work on retraining and deepening the knowledge of teachers in order to continuously improve the qualitative characteristics of the entire staff. For teachers of music arts who work in primary and secondary schools, continuing education courses are mainly conducted by pedagogical schools and institutes of different levels, institutes for continuing education of teachers and other retraining institutions, as well as specialized educational institutions (in the form of courses with compulsory qualification in the subject "Education") System of continuing education of teachers is in charge for the further education of primary and secondary schools teachers, including teachers of music art, which includes centers of continuing education attached to 35 universities of the country. According to the normative documents, every teacher of music arts in particular has to undergo a continuing education course every 5 years. The course program consists of 90 hours, its passing is obligatory and on-call, for which the teacher is given a paid leave at the main place of work. The training is carried out at the accredited district consulting center (usually at a pedagogical university or an institution, occasionally – in the administrations of settlements, where the corresponding specialists ...