New Textbooks and New Study Plans - English (New Target). Grade 8 (First Semester)

Author: Planning Group of Teaching Resources Publishing House of People's Education Press
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: After the Third National Education Conference, the "Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Deepening Education Reform and Comprehensively Promoting Quality Education" was issued. In 2001, the State Council held the National Basic Education Conference and promulgated the "Decision of the State Council on Basic Education Reform and Development," and the Ministry of Education also issued the "Outline for Basic Education Curriculum Guidance." The promulgation of these series of documents has played a great role in promoting the development of China's basic education. At the same time, it has also brought profound changes to our educational philosophy, teaching methods, and learning strategies. To help teachers and students better use the People's Education Press experimental textbooks for compulsory education curriculum standards, we organized the writing of this series of "New Textbooks and Learning Plans." This series reflects the following educational concepts:
Focus on the guidance of teachers in teaching, but pay more attention to the subjectivity of students.
Focus on students' academic performance, but pay more attention to the cultivation and development of students' moral character, aesthetic awareness, scientific spirit, and humanistic spirit.
Focus on the evaluation of content and terminal learning outcomes, but pay more attention to the evaluation of formative and extended abilities.
Focus on the scientific teaching of knowledge, but also pay attention to the use of extensive extracurricular educational resources.
Focus on existing successful classroom teaching models, but pay more attention to the innovation of teaching models using modern educational concepts.
Focus on students' learning process, but pay more attention to stimulating students' interest, as well as their emotional experience and value formation during the learning process.
The times are advancing, and educational concepts are also keeping pace with the times. The experimental implementation of the new curriculum standards is steadily progressing. From the recognition and acceptance of frontline teachers to creating valuable practical results, there is still a process to go through. To help teachers better embrace the new curriculum, we organized curriculum experts, experienced teachers from People's Education Press experimental areas, and teaching and research personnel to write this series. We welcome readers to provide criticism and suggestions for reference in the revision of the second edition.