A Preliminary Study On Credit System Reforms Carried In High Music Institutions

Credit system acts as a teaching system in institution of higher education. It was born in the late 19th century in America. Experience 100 years of gradual improvement in practice, it has become the main system and mode in higher education management. In the early 20th century higher professional music institutions in China conducted credit system and in mid-20th century it drew academic year system from the former Soviet Union. In the 80's of 20th century, in order to meet the diverse needs of community's cultural talents, each institutions conducted reform on teaching management system and embarked on the road of credit conversion. Professional music education has its special nature which is different from normal higher education; the credit system has its own advantages and specific requirements. Credit system reform in higher professional music education must strive to make the two aspects'advantages and characteristics reach ideal state.In this paper it starts from generation of credit system in higher education system and development clue to make a comprehensive description and comparison; it focuses on credit system management mode and characteristics in higher music education in Europe, the United States and other countries. To combine with the particularity of professional music education, it makes analysis on the necessity and feasibility for Chinese senior music institutions to carry out credit reform; on how to overcome barriers of the credit reform of senior professional institutions, it puts forward views and thinking on credit system. Base on analysis on national conditions, it learns from reform essence of western educational system and generates perfect credit system for professional music education to help train more outstanding musicians.