Review of Secondary School Curriculum Reform

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Committee of "Golden Needle Series"
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Publishing Date: 2004-11-01
Features: "Since ancient times, the education of schools and academies has been most complete in China." With a long-standing tradition, Chinese education is undergoing profound and unprecedented changes. Currently, the tide of curriculum reform in basic education is sweeping across the country rapidly. The immense and far-reaching impact it has caused, as well as the changes of global significance it has brought, have already spread across the vast land of our motherland. For whom is our education? Where is its ultimate goal? "Everything for the development of every student" is the highest purpose and core concept of the basic education curriculum reform. Therefore, this transformation is first a challenge to traditional educational thought. In traditional education, students are basically passive recipients of knowledge. Whether they enjoy learning, whether they live happily, whether their studies are engaging, whether their experiences and insights are fully mobilized, and whether their potential is fully tapped—few people care about or study them. The book covers both macro aspects, such as concept transformation, management strategies, school-based development, and curriculum culture, and micro aspects, such as teacher training, classroom teaching, evaluation reform, and school-based curriculum, encompassing all aspects of the new curriculum reform.