[[alternative]]A Study on Curriculum Design of Talented Students at Music in the Senior High School

[[abstract]]The purpose of this thesis is to have a further understanding of the practice of curriculum, planning and the related problems about the musical talented students classes. I would also discuss about the relationship between the lessons and the textbooks, analyze the purpose of teaching, and the planning of lessons and class period. This would provide a reference for the education administration and the senior high school teachers of the musical talented students classes in curriculum design.In order to match the subject of this study, questionary research is used as a method. As for the processes, first of all, I use my own work, "The Questionary Research of the Lessons of the Musical Talented Students Classes and Its Practice," as a reference tool for investigation and analysis, and have an introduction to the development of the musical talented students class and the research related to the lessons. The form master (chief of the musical group), full-time and adjunct teachers, and the stude1. Most of the teachers believe that a series of lesson reference should be set up so as to set a standard for curriculum design.2. None of the investigated school ever plan the lessons and textbooks with any curriculum design model. In addition, before curriculum design, the abilities and need of the students were not taken into consideration. Neither any periodical investigation nor discussion was held to examine the course model. More attention should be stressed on these points so as to lead to improvement.3. In curriculum design, most of the schools pay their attention to the organization of the lessons. Mostly, the teachers and students approve of the curriculum design in the high school musical classes. However, they claim that the improvement of the courses content and the class period are required.4. The Joint College Entrance Examination has a great influence on the curriculum design in the musical classes. However, about 40% of the students believe that the education in schools is not enough for handling the Joint College Entrance Examination. As a result, it is quite obviously that the information about the way of entrance is not popularized enough. Moreover, it is shown that the students do not have full confidence on the content of the lessons and the teaching method arranged by school. 5. Most of the students believe that the academic courses have lay too much pressure on them. The class period of the general courses cost a lot of time. They wish to have more classes for Chinese and English. The teachers and the students agree that in order to deal with the entrance examination, the types and percentage of the professional courses should be increased.According to the result of this study, suggestions were made by the researcher about the curriculum design and the direction for the further study of the musical talented classes in our senior high schools. These sug-gestions would be an important reference for curriculum design and the education policy for the musical classes.