Higher Vocational School Of Music Appreciation Curriculum Development

Music appreciation class is an elective class of advanced vocational college. It is a unique and complex psychological activity process, kind of esthetic activity, the experience and apperception of elegant music. It can also raise student's music interest, expand their music vision, improve their ability of appreciating, experiencing and assessing music, develop their imagination and enrich student's spiritual life. This can make students maintain the balanced development between their body and mind. Considering the current situation of teaching in our college, I explore a new music appreciation curriculum which is suitable for the college students.My thesis is based on the curriculum developing theory and it follow s the leading idea that we should pay equal attention to teaching and study. In this thesis I adopt the motion researching method, survey procedure, interviewing method and method of inspection. It emphasizes the exploration and reform of the current teaching content, teaching model method, teaching appraisal mechanism in music appreciation class of advanced vocational college. Through the exploration and research, I summarize a set of educational model and the method, which suits to the college students, and obtain the assessment method for music appreciation class. The developing principle for music appreciation class includes: 1.The educational principle 2.The students-center principle 3.Scientific principle 4.Comprehensive principle 5.Open principle. The educational model: VCD broadcast type (audiovisual education equipment), multimedia courseware, and multimedia network. The assessment method: Student appraises music appreciation curriculum; the teacher appraises the student (including processing appraisal and terminative appraisal). Final conclusions:1. The development of music appreciation class in advanced vocational college has consummated its esthetic education curriculum system. 2.It can promote teacher's specialized knowledge through the development of music appreciation class. 3. The development of music appreciation class boosts student' s all-around progress. 4. The combination of information technology and music, endows music appreciation curriculum with more attraction.