Curriculum Development and Implementation in Rural China: Theories and Methods

by Gangping Wu, Jing Zhao

Overview

This book builds an easy-to-understand rural school curriculum interpretation framework and operational ideas, based on the policy foundation and practical experience of basic education curriculum reform. It draws on classic curriculum theoretical models, and serves as a practical reference book for readers interested in curriculum theories and practical operation.

This book addresses questions around the topics of curriculum tasks of rural schools, how to formulate curriculum planning to complete rural school curriculum tasks creatively, how course implementation works, and how to conduct both course evaluation and course management. It adheres to the ideological concept of the unity of knowledge and action and helps to promote the internal and external response of the rural school curriculum in terms of theoretical understanding and practical operation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789819722358
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	01/12/2025
Series:	Curriculum Reform and School Innovation in China
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Professor Gangping Wu is an established and respected curriculum scholar based in China. His main research interests are curriculum and instruction theory and teacher education. He participated in the development of China's national basic education curriculum reform plan and curriculum standards, as well as China's national teacher education curriculum standards. He won first prize in 'The First National Basic Education Curriculum Reform Teaching Research Award' and first prize in 'The Third Outstanding Achievement of Humanities and Social Science Research in Chinese Universities'.

Dr. Jing Zhao is a lecturer at Hangzhou Normal University, China. She received a master's degree in French Language and Literature from Yunnan University, China, and a doctorate in Education from East China Normal University. Her research was funded by the Chinese Ministry of Education Scholarship Fund and a French Government Scholarship. She was a visiting student at the University of Paris V and the University of Lyon II in France. Her research interests are French curriculum and teaching, basic principles of pedagogy, and examination research.

Table of Contents

Preface.- Chapter 1 Curriculum Tasks in Rural Schools.- Chapter 2 Curriculum Planning for Rural Schools.- Chapter 3 Example of Rural School Curriculum Plan.- Chapter 4 Curriculum Implementation in Rural Schools.- Chapter 5 Rural School Curriculum Evaluation.- Chapter 6 Curriculum Management in Rural Schools.