Leadership, Organization, and Promotion of New Courses

Author: Department of Basic Education, Ministry of Education
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: To facilitate the smooth and high-quality implementation of training programs across various levels and types, this manual and CD-ROM were jointly developed by the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Normal Education of the Ministry of Education, focusing on key and challenging issues of the new senior high school curriculum reform. Based on preliminary research, the National Expert Committee on Teacher Education Curriculum Resources reviewed and approved both the manual and the CD-ROM.
The general part of the manual consists of 8 titles, including:
- The Formation of School Curriculum Plans and Student Guidance on Course Selection
- Implementation of Teaching in the New Curriculum
- New Curriculum and Student Assessment Reform
- Implementation and Management of Comprehensive Practical Activities
- Development and Utilization of Curriculum Resources
- School-Based Research and Teacher Professional Development
- Concepts and Innovations of the New Curriculum
- Leadership, Organization, and Promotion of the New Curriculum
The subject-specific part includes 16 titles, covering:
- Curriculum Standards Research for Chinese
- Curriculum Standards Research for Mathematics
- Curriculum Standards Research for English
- Curriculum Standards Research for Japanese
- Curriculum Standards Research for Russian
- Curriculum Standards Research for Physics
- Curriculum Standards Research for Chemistry
- Curriculum Standards Research for Biology
- Curriculum Standards Research for History
- Curriculum Standards Research for Geography
- Curriculum Standards Research for Music
- Curriculum Standards Research for Fine Arts
- Curriculum Standards Research for Arts
- Curriculum Standards Research for Physical Education and Health
- Curriculum Standards Research for Technology (General Technology)
- Curriculum Standards Research for Technology (Information Technology)
The CD-ROM provides expert lectures and participatory training activities corresponding to each topic in the manual. Compared to other training materials, this set of manuals (general part) has the following advantages:
First, it is based on thorough preliminary research. Before the official release of the new curriculum plan, the Ministry of Education established 7 research project teams to address key, challenging, and hot issues in the new curriculum experiment, such as the organization and leadership of the new curriculum implementation, guidance on course selection and teaching management, teaching implementation, resource development and utilization, assessment reform, implementation and management of comprehensive practical activities, and the dissemination and public understanding of the new curriculum. These project teams collaborated with groups from Guangdong and four other provinces (regions) to tackle these issues. This set of manuals is a direct outcome of these research projects.
Second, it provides constructive and guiding professional support for various types of trainers. Compared to traditional curricula, the new senior high school curriculum has undergone significant changes, raising a series of questions for all personnel involved in the new curriculum experiment: Why is the senior high school curriculum being reformed? What are the innovations of the new curriculum? How should educational administrators organize the new curriculum experiment? How should schools develop curriculum plans and guide students in course selection? How can teachers implement modular-based teaching? How should students be assessed? How should teaching research be conducted? How should comprehensive practical activities be carried out? How should curriculum resources be developed? In this set of training manuals, through activities such as reflection, discussion, debate, case analysis, experience sharing, and brainstorming, you will find ways and approaches to solve these problems.
Third, the framework design is innovative, fully reflecting the concept of modern training. The new senior high school curriculum...