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\title{COVID-19: A New Challenge to the Teaching Management at a Conservatory
of Music in China}



\author[1]{Yuan  Zhou}%
\author[2]{Kai Zhang}%
\affil[1]{Tianjin Conservatory of Music}%
\affil[2]{Tianjin Gong An Hospital}%


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  \date{May 19, 2024}


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\textbf{COVID-19: A New Challenge to the Teaching Management at a
Conservatory of Music in China}

Yuan Zhou\textsuperscript{a}, Kai Zhang\textsuperscript{b,*}

College of Continuing Education, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Tianjin,
300171, China.

Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin Gong An Hospital,
Tianjin, 300042, China.

*Correspondence to: Kai Zhang, MD

*Correspondence author at: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,
Tianjin Gong An Hospital, Tianjin, China.

No. 78 Nanjing Road, Heping District, Tianjin,300042, China.
Tel:008613043295598.

E-mail address: coolzhangkai@163.com.

Kai Zhang ORCID 0000-0002-7248-1451

Yuan Zhou, MD

College of Continuing Education, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Tianjin,
China.

No.57 Shiyijing Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300171, China.

E-mail address: lark.zhou@126.com.

Number of words: 816.

The number of Figure:2.

\textbf{Data Availability Statement}

Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were
generated or analysed during the current study.

\textbf{Conflict of interest statement}

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to
the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

\par\null

\textbf{Keywords:} COVID-19; Prevention; Management; Conservatory of
Music; China

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, hereinafter referred to as
COVID-19, has provoked huge numbers of infections and deaths on a global
scale, and become a public health emergency all over the world {[}1{]}.
COVID-19 can have person-to-person transmission through sneezing or
cough-caused respiratory droplets from the mouth or nose of the infected
{[}2{]}. Prevention constitutes the prime way to the control of COVID-19
transmission. Measures include promoting all-round information and sound
understanding about the disease, urging the public to maintain positive
attitudes, and cultivate favorable health habits like washing hands with
a soap for no less than 20s, keeping at least a two-meter distance from
others, using the facemask, etc {[}3,4{]}. Thus, public understanding,
attitudes and actions are of vital importance to the deployment and
reinforcement of the hygiene measures in the fight against COVID-19.
University is a place with a large fluid population, and obviously, the
awareness of COVID-19 prevention among university teachers and students
plays a critical role in reducing the spread of the disease {[}5{]}. The
prevalence of COVID-19 has brought a huge challenge to university
education {[}5,6{]}. We are working in a conservatory of music in
Tianjin, China. Tianjin is the largest port city in northern China. By
February 7, 2021, a total of 346 COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in
Tianjin. Although the outbreak is under initial control, the number of
cases is still increasing. Due to the particularity of music curriculum,
a large number of teaching tasks cannot be completed simply by using the
network teaching method. How can the school guarantee the health and
safety of teachers and students, while ensuring the quality and progress
of the teaching work? In response to these problems, our school has
developed relevant measures and methods during the CIVID-19 epidemic. By
February 7, 2021, the school had maintained a record of ``zero COVID-19
infection'' among all the teachers and students (about 3,000 people).

First, the school arranges students to return to school according to
different grades and majors, thus avoiding the concentration of a large
number of students. We keep a detailed record of each student's travel
experience and health status in the 14 days before their return to the
school. For students from areas with reported cases, they need to go to
a unified isolation site for isolation and return to school. During the
COVID-19 epidemic, the general public are likely to experience anxiety
{[}7,8{]}. Psychological interventions that reduce fear need to be made
available to the students. We encourage teachers and students to have a
correct, rational and scientific view of the COVID-19 epidemic, build up
confidence and courage to overcome the epidemic, and employ professional
doctors to conduct psychological counseling. We also conduct online
education and training concerning the epidemic for teachers and
students, and organize them to watch popular science videos such as
''How to Prevent COVID-19'', ''Six Steps to Wash Your Hands '' and
''Correct Selection and Use of Masks''.

We use social media (WeChat, Facebook, etc.) to communicate the health
information of teachers and students {[}4{]}. The main symptoms of
COVID-19 are fever, dry cough, tachypnea, and shortness of breath
{[}3{]}. Therefore, as soon as suspected symptoms such as fever and dry
cough are found, temporary isolation should be conducted immediately,
and the situation should be reported to the school clinic. After the
preliminary appraisal of the school doctor, the suspected case will be
sent to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Those in contact with
the patient will also be quarantined.

In terms of teaching, the ``one-to-one'' teaching mode is mostly
adopted. Fig. 1 shows the one-to-one teaching scene in the Pipa class.
Pipa is one of the traditional Chinese musical instruments. In teaching,
both the teachers and students wear a face mask, the seats are separated
with an interval of more than two meters, and one window is kept open
for ventilation. The Dance Department and the Drama Department need to
organize rehearsals, basic training and other courses on the spot. Under
the premise of taking proper protective measures, the teaching tasks are
conducted in groups and in batches. In principle, no audience will be
allowed to attend the graduation examinations and concerts in the
Department of Music Performance and Music Education. Composition and
composition technical theory, drama, film and television art design and
other majors will no longer arrange performances and exhibitions. For
the students who are temporarily unable to attend the school or
temporarily separated, professional guidance, graduation examination,
thesis defense and other links will be arranged online.

In summary, our efforts seem to have reduced the spread of COVID-19 to
some extent on campus (The preventive measures are summarized in Fig.
2). However, the feasibility of our approach in other countries needs
further study, and the limitations of our initiatives may involve our
ignorance of the patients without respiratory symptoms, especially
asymptomatic infected persons.

\textbf{Funding}

The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship,
and/or publication of this article.

\textbf{Conflict of interest}

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to
the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

\textbf{Ethical statement}

In this study, we used a photograph of a one-on-one teaching session and
we have received authorization of agreement from two ladies in the
photograph. No ethical approval was required for this manuscript as this
study did not involve human subjects or laboratory animals.

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\textbf{Fig. 1.} One-to-one teaching in Pipa class.

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