The new curriculum guidelines of 12-year basic education is scheduled to be implemented in the 2019 school year, with literacy-oriented and school-decided curriculum as the two main focuses. The school-decided curriculum however has become a pressure and stress for teachers from small rural schools, on how to develop distinctive diversified and internationalized
This study was taken from the aesthetic education curriculum is based on the bamboo panflute teaching curriculum of Sioulin Elementary School in Nantou County, that has been implemented for many years. This curriculum is used as a basis to integrate into the bamboo culture of the hometown, combining the teaching of nature, sports, and art. And it won the 2019 School Year's Cross-Disciplinary Aesthetic Education Highlight School Award from the Ministry of Education. The Tianjiale Community in the school district has organised 4 years of international exchange activities. The rich experience is worth learning. Therefore, summarizing the design and practical experience of the Sioulin Elementary School's school-decided aesthetic education curriculum should be used as a reference for the construction of the school's school-decided curriculum. This research uses unstructrued interviews and document analysis methods to organize data, feedback and reflection.
The results of the research are:
School-based curriculum construction model:
1. Establish school vision and blueprint;
2. Review and analylise the school teachers’ CV and characteristics;
3. Establish the direction of aesthetic education;
4. Review the fields that can be integrated into aesthetic education;
5. Formulate the goals for aesthetic education curriculum;
6, Identify the curriculum theme and implementation strategies;
7, Implement curriculum teaching;
8, Curriculum teaching guidance.
Editing the school-decided aesthetic education curriculum into the curriculum design and planning of international exchange activities: 1. International etiquette; 2. Introduction to hometown culture; 3. Introduction musical instruments made from bamboo; 4. Understanding the exchange national culture.
Based on the foregoing research results, this research proposes the following recommendations from the perspective of practical implementation and follow-up research:
1. All faculty members involved in establishing the school vision;
2. The school-decided curriculum must be fully integrated with the Ministry's curriculum;
3. Enlist the assistance of experts and scholars outside the school;
4. Timely revision and adjustment;
5. Affirming the value of local culture and presenting it to the world stage;
6. Using comparative education research methods to analyze school-based curriculum construction thinking in various countries.