高等师范院校音乐教育长期以来一直效仿了专业音乐院校的教学模式。实施素质教育 ,我们必须明确音乐教育专业的培养方向 ,是培养合格的、全面发展的、适应新时期社会需要的中小学音乐教师。本文对实施素质教育 ,音乐教育专业的特点 ,教育教学改革等问题进行了探讨 Music education in higher normal colleges has long followed the teaching mode of professional music colleges. To implement quality education, we must clarify the direction of the cultivation of music education major, and train primary and secondary music teachers who are qualified and fully developed to meet the social needs of the new era. This article discusses the implementation of quality education, the characteristics of music education, education and teaching reform and other issues were discussed