First, the characteristics of the current basic education curriculum reform:
Continuity and inheritance
This curriculum reform is the eighth curriculum reform after the founding of our country, and it is the continuation and inheritance of previous curriculum reforms. China has carried out seven curriculum reforms, and each reform has made remarkable achievements. The last time was after the promulgation of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, after several years' efforts, China's current basic education curriculum system was formed. This curriculum reform has made important progress in some aspects. For example, "elective courses" and "activity courses" have been added; Introduce local courses; In teaching practice, there have been a number of good teaching reform models that attach importance to students' liveliness, active learning and concern about their success and development. These achievements have laid a foundation for the current curriculum reform and accumulated experience. However, the curriculum must be constantly reformed, constructed and innovated, because with the progress of society and the development of science and technology, the original basic education curriculum can no longer meet the new development and needs. The eighth basic education curriculum reform is based on absorbing the experience and achievements of previous curriculum reforms, aiming at the problems and disadvantages existing in the current basic education curriculum. Therefore, compared with previous basic education curriculum reforms, this curriculum reform is a continuation of previous curriculum reforms and a stage of curriculum improvement, with continuity and inheritance.
(2) Times and development
1, a new round of curriculum reform is the requirement of the new era.
The 20th century is an era of knowledge economy characterized by knowledge innovation and application. With the rapid development of science and technology and the increasingly fierce international competition, the strength of national strength increasingly depends on the comprehensive quality of citizens. The informationization of society and the globalization of economy make the spirit of innovation and practical ability become the basic factors that affect the living conditions of the whole nation. Therefore, 2 1 century will be an era in which education and learning will play a central role.
The times call for talents with innovative spirit and ability. With the rapid development of science and technology, on the one hand, it is required that the teaching content can respond quickly and add some new contents reflecting the development of modern science and technology and society; On the other hand, it is also required that education should not only teach students knowledge, but also cultivate students' study habits, teach students correct and effective learning methods, and cultivate students' creative spirit and practical ability, so that students can better face new challenges after entering the society. It is the key to implement the strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education" and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation to establish a new educational concept and model that pays attention to the development of students' innovative spirit and innovative ability, comprehensively promote quality education and greatly improve the quality of the whole nation. Facing the challenges of the times and the future, according to the spirit of "the whole church", we find that there are some problems that cannot be ignored, mainly as follows: the educational concept is lagging behind, and the goal of talent training can no longer meet the needs of the times; Ideological and moral education is not targeted and effective; The content of some courses is too single, the subject system is relatively closed and divorced from life; The course implementation process is basically centered on teachers, classrooms and books, so it is difficult to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability; Only pay attention to grades, ignoring students' all-round development; Curriculum management is too centralized, lacking flexibility and so on.
Therefore, a new round of curriculum reform is imperative, and the new era calls for new educational concepts and contents.
2. The new round of curriculum reform embodies the characteristics of the times.
The new round of curriculum reform has determined some strategies: advocating the all-round and harmonious development of education; Reconstruct the new curriculum structure; Reflect the modernization of curriculum content; Advocate constructivist learning; Form a correct evaluation concept; Promote the democratization and adaptability of the curriculum. These ideas and strategies all reflect the distinctive characteristics of the times and reflect the requirements of the times.
(3) comprehensiveness and openness
China's previous curriculum plan fully considered the division, unity and continuity of the curriculum, but paid insufficient attention to comprehensiveness, selectivity and balance. Therefore, the new round of basic education curriculum reform must rebuild the new curriculum structure according to the international curriculum development trend, the requirements of curriculum modernization and China's national conditions and educational traditions, paying special attention to the comprehensiveness, selectivity and balance of basic education curriculum.
1. comprehensive. Traditional courses are mainly determined according to disciplines, and each discipline has its own independent and strict discipline scope and system. The development of modern science has gradually broken the state of strict barriers and separation between disciplines, and the trend of integration and synthesis of scientific knowledge has been obviously strengthened. On the one hand, this development trend of science requires modern people to have comprehensive scientific quality and comprehensive understanding ability, on the other hand, it requires the curriculum content to be integrated. Therefore, in this curriculum reform, we should pay attention to correcting the traditional unreasonable subject classification, attach importance to the integration of curriculum content, and provide a reasonable knowledge structure according to the original appearance of scientific and all-round development, so as to cultivate students' creativity and thinking ability. The "comprehensiveness" of curriculum structure is mainly reflected by developing and setting up comprehensive courses.
Of course, the all-round development of curriculum content is not to deny the division of disciplines, but to oppose the old concept that learning each part in isolation can grasp the whole thing. Therefore, in the curriculum, it is necessary to combine the basic courses and comprehensive courses, especially in the primary school stage, the ratio of comprehensive courses and comprehensive activities is more important than the basic courses. .
2. openness. In today's era of rapid development of science and technology, the course content should not only inherit the correct and reasonable knowledge accumulated in human history, but also eliminate the outdated and unreasonable knowledge. At the same time, we must absorb the new achievements and knowledge of scientific development in time. In foreign countries, some teaching materials or teachers' books are presented in loose-leaf form, so as to add, modify and adjust the teaching content at any time, which fully reflects the openness of today's courses.
On the other hand, schools should adjust measures to local conditions, actively change the practice of relying only on textbooks to carry out teaching, fully develop and utilize various educational resources, and implement the requirements of the curriculum plan. Actively create and develop information curriculum resources and expand the implementation space of comprehensive practical activities.
Autonomy and interaction
1 autonomy. The outline points out that the key to the success of curriculum reform in China is to give full play to the subjectivity of each school. Only when the teachers and students in each school really become the main body of curriculum reform, rather than the passive executors and implementers of curriculum reform, can there be hope for curriculum reform. Therefore, there is greater flexibility in the provisions of curriculum standards and curriculum structure. Schools and teachers can decide the breadth and depth of courses independently according to the development level of different students and the conditions of the school, and create and form the campus cultural characteristics of the school by selecting and setting relevant courses.
Traditional courses are mainly formed according to the development laws of various disciplines. Subjects with strong logic, such as mathematics, are arranged according to logical requirements, while subjects with strong time series, such as history, are arranged according to time series. These practices are based on the characteristics of specific subjects, without fully considering the conditions, needs and interests of learners. In addition to the discipline-based structure, modern school curriculum can also provide personalized and prescribed curriculum forms, which constitute a variety of possible combinations. Learners can choose different course combinations according to their own situation (such as ability, demand, interest, existing knowledge base, etc.). For teachers, this is also conducive to giving full play to their creativity and autonomy, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and improving teaching quality.
2. Interaction. The "Outline" puts forward the new curriculum objectives that reflect the requirements of the times. To cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability, so that students have the basic knowledge, basic skills and methods to adapt to lifelong learning, this requires changing the situation of teachers' "centralized teaching" in traditional classroom teaching. China's students abide by discipline and have a good classroom order, which is unmatched by many countries. Under the requirements of the new curriculum objectives, classroom teaching in China must emphasize the interaction between teachers and students, and give full play to students' individuality and subjectivity.
Second, the new tasks faced by the teacher training center:
Teacher training is the key to the success of curriculum reform experiment. Doing a good job in the training of teachers in the new curriculum of basic education is an important part of the experimental work of the new curriculum of basic education, and it is also a systematic project. Therefore, as a teacher training center, in the current curriculum reform process, it is also faced with new tasks, that is, strengthening teacher training, accelerating the transformation of teachers' roles-from traditional teachers to modern teachers, and preparing teachers for the implementation of the new curriculum.
(A) understanding in place, focusing on implementation.
First of all, we should fully realize the importance of the new curriculum teacher training, do a good job in the planning of the new curriculum experiment and the gradual promotion of teacher training, and ensure that the new curriculum teacher training is synchronized with the promotion of the new round of curriculum reform and appropriately advanced. We must adhere to the principle of "training first, then taking up the post"; The principle of "no training, no posts" will bring the relevant contents of the new round of basic education curriculum reform into the core content of continuing education for primary and secondary school teachers. First of all, the teachers in the training center should establish correct new ideas and pass them on to the majority of primary and secondary school teachers to lay the foundation for the large-scale experiment and popularization of the new curriculum. In the ongoing "continuing education project", the new curriculum training should be regarded as one of the important contents of the training of key teachers at all levels.
(B) updated concepts and diverse forms.
Curriculum reform is a process of gradual innovation, and the innovation of curriculum concept, the renewal of curriculum content and the adjustment of curriculum structure ultimately depend on people. Teachers in the training center should first deeply understand the new concept of curriculum reform and change their educational concepts. For example, they should change the tendency that the curriculum pays too much attention to knowledge transmission, and realize that the function of the curriculum should be changed from simply focusing on knowledge transmission to embodying and guiding students to learn to learn, learn to survive, learn to be a man, and establish a correct concept of curriculum function. And train primary and secondary school teachers according to the requirements of implementing the new curriculum. In terms of training methods, we should take various forms, advocate equal communication and dialogue between trainers and teachers, understand their doubts and difficulties, guide teachers to conduct in-depth discussions based on their own teaching practice, and let them participate in the training wholeheartedly, so as to make the training work effective.
(three) combined with reality, strengthen practice.
The experimental work of curriculum reform is a very important and critical stage in the whole process of curriculum reform of basic education. The new curriculum standards, experimental teaching materials and related management, evaluation schemes and policies formulated in the preparatory stage need to be verified, revised and improved in practice. Whether the experimental work can be carried out smoothly is related to the success or failure of the curriculum reform of basic education. Therefore, in the process of teacher training, the training center should pay attention to guiding the participating teachers to accumulate experience and think more in practice. Strengthen the construction of training resources in accordance with the principle of "training, experiment, research and development".
The new round of basic education curriculum reform has made a good start, and the new round of curriculum reform also has its unique characteristics. We must strengthen our study, renew our ideas, do a good job in the training of in-service teachers, and strive to establish a strong support system for the current curriculum reform.