Preliminary Study On Promoting Cooperative Learning In Junior High School Music Class

Based on cooperative learning, an innovative and efficient teaching theory widely adopted in many countries, this paper demonstrates a research on the combination of theory and practice for music teaching, focused on the characteristics of music course, and features of music studying and teaching in junior high school. Also, this paper advances and analyzes the rationality and advantage of promoting cooperative learning in the music class of junior high school, and primarily constructs a theoretical framework for enhancing teaching quality in junior high school music class through cooperative learning.This paper first expounds basic principles, theoretical foundations and implementing strategies of cooperative learning, briefing the development of this theory since it first appeared. Then the characteristics of high school music education are shown, making delicate analysis over the musical tasting attitude, musical tasting ability and comprehensive learning ability; plus the requirements that the newly issued curriculum criterion for music course have for high school music teaching, feasibility and advantage of cooperative learning in junior high school music class are thus presented. Based on the results above and the writer's personal teaching experience and investigations, the paper proposes "the application of 'group cooperative learning centered on the teacher' in junior high school music class", and illustrates the important role that the music teacher plays in cooperative learning.