The Concept and Innovation of the New Curriculum: A Textbook for Teacher Trainees

Author: Zhong Qiquan, Cui Yunhao (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book is a general reader on the new curriculum organized and reviewed by experts from the Department of Normal Education of the Ministry of Education. It aims to help teacher trainees better understand and identify with the new curriculum, enabling them to participate more effectively in future teaching. The content mainly includes: the basic philosophy of the new curriculum, planning and topics of the new curriculum, curriculum objectives and structure, national curriculum standards and their significance, the design and presentation of new textbooks, changes in teaching behavior and learning methods, innovation in curriculum evaluation systems, development and utilization of curriculum resources, innovation in curriculum management systems, the development of school-based curriculum, the philosophy and design of comprehensive practical activities, and twelve lectures on the new curriculum and teacher professional development. It comprehensively reflects new research findings and is committed to designing and presenting the curriculum in a fresh way, explaining the new curriculum through the philosophy of the new curriculum. This book can serve as a general textbook for all disciplines in teacher training institutions at various levels, as well as a reference book for in-service primary and secondary school teachers for self-study and further training.