| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺中師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 91 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the difficulty of teachers in planning and implementation of the curriculum guide for the self-contained classes of the elementary classroom for serving students with mental retardation. The research methods employed in the present study was semistructured interview. Twelve elementary experienced teachers of self-contained classes for mental retardation were interviewed.
The findings of this study are reported in three sections. First is to discuss the teacher’s difficulty in implementing the curriculum guide, the results indicated on-the-job training for implementing the curriculum was insufficient.
Second, the solution of the teacher’s difficulty is that they surmount the difficulties themselves, and modify teaching materials and goals according to student’s abilities.
Finally, the suggestions from interviewed teachers regarding curriculum guide are followings:（1）Lower the total teaching time periods for each area;（2）The teaching materials of all six areas needed for further modification;（3）Providing more teaching materials and teaching tools;（4）Adding the content of participating in the regular education.
Based on above results, implications for practice and further research were recommended on the basis of the finding of this study.
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