After long-term argumentation and strict examination by experts from the National Education Science Planning Office, on July 9, 2009, the Theory and Practice Research on the Construction of Three-step Education Model in Primary and Secondary Schools was approved by the National Education Science Planning Office as the 2009 annual planning topic of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan of National Education Science, which belongs to the topic of "moral education innovation". The document number of the project initiation notice is 2009 15, and the project approval number is FFB090628. Wang Jun served as the project host.