Jiujiang University "qingyang Cavity" School-based Curriculum Development Research

Qingyang Accent of Hukou county was formally ranked in the first set of the NationalIntangible Cultural Heritage List in June,2006. As the only college in Jiujiang city, JiujiangCollege is responsible to protect and pass down the local intangible cultural heritage. Afterstudying the document and the declaration of the state council, the college leaders has taken someeffective measures to open the course--Qingyang Accent, which represents our local specialty inthe department.The survey is divided into5parts. The first part is introduction, which states the study’scause, present status, purpose, content, ways, and so on. Through literature and investigation, thesecond introduces the history, the plays, the names, the associations, the famous artists, thespecialties, and the cultural value of the local opera--Qingyang Accent. By adoptingquestionnaire and interview, the third part analyzes the present situation of the school–basedcurriculum--Qingyang Accent, which includes4aspects: the curriculum’s purpose, content,implementation and assessment. The fourth part discusses5questions of the curriculumdevelopment: the teacher’s consciousness of curriculum development, the teacher competence, theexperts, the compilation, the assessment system, and then finds out the reasons. The fifth partoffers some strategies to solve the problem, for example, unifying the understanding of value ofthe course, improving the teacher’s professional competence, strengthening the cooperation of thedevelopers, looking for support from the administration in and outside the campus, constructing aperfect assessment system, etc. lastly, it gives us a prospect of the development of theschool–based curriculum--Qingyang Accent.By studying the development of the school–based curriculum--Qingyang Accent, thesurvey aims at driving the development process and quality of curriculum reform and helpingprotect and pass down the local intangible cultural heritage.