At present, the goal of basic education curriculum reform in China is: 1. Realize the transformation of curriculum function; Second, it reflects the balance, comprehensiveness and selectivity of the curriculum structure; Third, close the connection between course content and life and times; Fourth, improve students' learning style.
The goal of curriculum reform
The curriculum reform of basic education should be guided by Comrade Deng Xiaoping's important thought of "education should face modernization, the world and the future" and Comrade Theory of Three Represents of Jiang Zemin, comprehensively implement the Party's educational policy and comprehensively promote quality education.
The training objectives of the new curriculum should reflect the requirements of the times. It is necessary to make students have the spirit of patriotism and collectivism, love socialism, and inherit and carry forward the fine traditions and revolutionary traditions of the Chinese nation; Have a sense of socialist democracy and legal system, and abide by national laws and social ethics; Gradually form a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values; Have a sense of social responsibility and strive to serve the people.
Have the initial spirit of innovation, practical ability, scientific and humanistic quality and environmental awareness; Have the basic knowledge, skills and methods to adapt to lifelong learning; Have a strong physique and good psychological quality, develop a healthy aesthetic taste and lifestyle, and become a new generation with ideals, morality, culture and discipline.
Curriculum structure
Set up a nine-year compulsory education curriculum as a whole. The primary school stage is dominated by comprehensive courses. Courses such as morality and life, Chinese, mathematics, physical education, fine arts or music art are offered in the lower grades of primary schools; In the middle and senior grades of primary schools, courses such as morality and society, Chinese, mathematics, science, foreign languages, comprehensive practical activities, physical education and fine arts (or music and fine arts) are offered.
Junior high schools offer courses that combine discipline and synthesis, mainly including ideological and moral, Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, science (or physics, chemistry, biology, history and society (or history and geography), physical education and health, art (or music and fine arts) and comprehensive practical activities. Actively advocate that all localities choose comprehensive courses. Schools should strive to create conditions to offer elective courses. We should strengthen writing teaching in Chinese, art and art classes in compulsory education.
High school is mainly divided into subjects. In order to enable students to achieve personalized development under the premise of generally meeting the basic requirements, curriculum standards should have different levels of requirements, and at the same time, a variety of elective courses and technical courses should be set up. Actively try out credit system management.