[[alternative]]A Survey of the Piano Curriculum of Junior High School Musically Talented Program in Taiwan

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study is to investigate the planning process and the current status of the piano curriculum of musically gifted education in Taiwan. This survey seeks to understand current status of the curriculum planning, scheduling of classes, determination of the time of each class, selection of text book, learning and teaching resources, and evaluation methods of the piano curriculum among different programs in Taiwan. Findings of the study will be used to model a new piano currilum design, which can promote the effects of the teaching and learning process. The study began with an overview of the development and the current status of musically talented program in Taiwan. Followed by a review of the literature on the musically talented program and piano teaching. The reasearcher conducted a nation wide survey. There were thirty-six junior high schools inTaiwan participated in this survey, including seventy-seven piano teachers and four hundreds and seven junior high school students. The author developed the questionaires for both piano teachers and students. Finding and suggestions of the study: (1) the musical programs in Taiwan lack a systematic piano curriculum planning; (2) the effects of piano instruction in the target program should be strenthened; (3) the research indicated that a standardized curriculum evaluation method should be provided based on the systematic piano curriculum planning; (4) several consideration and suggestions for the selection and evaluation mehods of piano teachers is provided. The reaserch findings and suggestions can be used as a reference for educational administors, piano teachers, and future researchers.