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Teaching Reforms IN CHINA: A Curriculum Perspective

Teaching Reforms IN CHINA: A Curriculum Perspective. A Curriculum Perspective. The following is a summary of the paper by Wu GangPing. Summary:Teaching Reform in China. 1. Teaching Reform Vs Curriculum Reform

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Teaching Reforms IN CHINA: A Curriculum Perspective

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  1. Teaching Reforms IN CHINA:A Curriculum Perspective A Curriculum Perspective The following is a summary of the paper by Wu GangPing.

  2. Summary:Teaching Reform in China 1. Teaching Reform Vs Curriculum Reform • Need for full curriculum reform instead of a partial reform in order for a teaching reform to occur. • Partial reforms add burden to teachers. • Focus of reforms so far were on teaching methods especially the basic skills of teaching instead of desired outcomes of students and skills/values.

  3. Summary:Teaching Reform in China 1. Teaching Reform Vs Curriculum Reform • Curriculum too centralisedand rigid. • Curriculum top down approach without feedback from teachers and students

  4. Summary:Teaching Reform in China 1. Teaching Reform with Curriculum Sense • Curriculum and teaching inherited from Soviet system. • There needs to shift from rigid focus of content. • Need to incorporate findings from theoretical research. • Shift focus from just content which leads to ‘heavy workload’.

  5. Differences between Teaching & Curriculum • Objectives • Varied teaching objectives • Curriculum need reasonableness • Meaningfulness - Single activity (Teaching) vs many activities (Curriculum) to support objectives. • Learning Results • Focus on academic results (Teaching) • Focus on development of students (Curriculum)

  6. Critique • Main focus is still in comparing teaching versus curriculum. • May have to look at what curriculum encompass. Should provide clearer definition of curriculum. • Look at what students need. • Centralised Vs De-centralised: Is there a need for varied curriculum (different regions/provinces)? • Effects of economic and social changes in China • Differences in Urban Vs Rural areas should be considered

  7. Further Reading China’s recent curriculum reform: Progress and problems D, Feng (2006)

  8. Economic Changes In China Table 1: Changes in China’s Economic and Political Sectors D Feng (2006). China’s recent curriculum reform: Progress and problems. Planning & Changing, Vol. 37, No. 1&2, pp. 131–144.

  9. Political Changes Table 1: Changes in China’s Economic and Political Sectors D Feng (2006). China’s recent curriculum reform: Progress and problems. Planning & Changing, Vol. 37, No. 1&2, pp. 131–144.

  10. Curriculum Reform of Basic Education • 2001 : China’s Ministry of Education came up with Compendium for Curriculum Reform of Basic Education (2001) • Curriculum Reform consist of 8 components • Purpose & Objectives: A well rounded quality education • Curriculum Structure • Curriculum Standards • Learning & Teaching Processes • Development of Instructional Materials • Evaluation Systems • Teacher Preparation & Development • Implementation of Reform

  11. Problems & Challenges • Increased teacher’s workload & expectations: Teacher as “an educator, learner, innovator, facilitator, researcher….” • Challenge for teacher to develop instructional materials to meet specific needs of students. • Students and parents voices may still not be heard or ignored. • Taking ownership and having distribution of leadership roles (Western Vs Confucius style of leadership for Principals). • Pace of curriculum change : gradual or rapid. D Feng (2006). China’s recent curriculum reform: Progress and problems. Planning & Changing, Vol. 37, No. 1&2, pp. 131–144.

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