The Needs Assessment of General Music Education Course of Universities in Henan
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The purposes of this study were (1) To assess the demand for general music education courses in Henan universities. (2) To construct a new course plan. (3) To use the new course plan. (4) To evaluate the experimental effects of the new course plans. This study adopts mixed research methods. Targeted at five universities in Henan, the thesis investigates the present situation of basic resources setting of university music education, and focuses on the specific content of music education general courses, professional teaching staff resources, and students' demand condition for music learning, based on survey methods of questionnaire and interview. Select a class of students in a school as the experimental object, carry out the new course teaching experiment, and evaluate the teaching effect.
The research results of the thesis: (1) there are courses with single teaching content and backward methods, which lead to the lack of innovation and practical ability of students and are not conducive to the development of music education; (2) this paper constructs a new theoretical course, focusing on improving students' application ability, inquiry ability and innovation ability, cultivating students' musical aesthetics and cultural literacy, as well as focusing on setting up different courses for different learning styles and musical interests; (3) using the practical method of new course teaching, with a teaching plan of 30 hours and 2 hours of examination (including pre-course test and post-course test), and evaluating the experimental effect of the new course by means of experiments; (4) The results show that the new course teaching is effective, the new course content and teaching methods are practical, better promote students' overall development, help improve students' music literacy and creativity, and are welcomed by students.
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