School Curriculum Reform Research Articles

Navigating priorities: Assessing the challenges of curriculum reform in Turkish Urban and Regional Planning Schools

Planning departments in Türkiye recently witnessed a boom. In less than 20 years, the number of universities offering urban planning programs increased from a dozen to 45, most accepting students with limited resources. Urban planning education has faced many challenges over the last two decades, and offering education with limited resources carried this problem to another level, increasing concerns among scholars about the quality of the education and the learning outcomes a planner should possess at graduation. While planning schools in Türkiye deals with the issues above, global debates in planning education revolve around integrating topics such as climate change, inequality, informality, and decolonization into the curriculum. This study aimed to reveal to what extent global issues find their way into Turkish planning school agendas in an environment where more pressing matters threaten the quality of education. To look further into this issue, all documents published by TUPOB (Türkiye Planning Schools Association) since its foundation were analyzed, and seven in-depth interviews with TUPOB members were conducted. A predominantly qualitative approach was utilized. The findings suggest that the lack of resources is the most critical problem for urban planning schools, followed by insufficient teaching faculty. The curriculum updates and integration of global issues such as climate change and urban poverty come later in the priorities list. This research showed that concerns regarding resources and lack of standards take precedence over global discussions in planning curricula.

Perceptions on Traditional Minority Sports: Bases for the Improvement of the Physical Education Curriculum

This study aimed to analyze the current situation of traditional minority sports curriculum teaching in Guangxi universities and to propose future development directions for the curriculum based on the research results. By combining qualitative and quantitative methods, this paper makes data statistics on traditional minority sports from the aspects of current situation, teaching environment and curriculum reform, and analyzes the relevant statistical data. The data collected in this study were 400 students, 73 teachers, and 20 college officials from four universities. The respondents are continuously concerned about the teaching objectives, teaching status and teaching influencing factors of traditional minority sports courses in schools. Through the interviews with the investigators, some useful suggestions are put forward for the future school PE teaching and curriculum reform. Based on the survey and research results, the researcher proposed suggestions for physical education in universities and schools in Guangxi. The researchers proposed updating teaching methods, improving work incentive mechanisms, and constructing excellent ethnic cultural inheritance concepts that have profound significance for enhancing the inheritance and development of traditional minority sports.

“Why are These Problems Still Unresolved?” Those Pending Problems, and Neglected Contradictions in Online Classroom in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Abstract To investigate the pending problem and improve the effectiveness of online classrooms in the post-COVID-19 era, researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 41 teachers from China, the Philippines, and other countries who have experienced long-time online classrooms. The research indicated that (1) all problems the teachers face in the online classroom can be classified into two types, including internal problems (the problems in teachers’ teaching, students’ learning, classroom discipline, and students’ psychology) and external problems (the problems in hardware and equipment, school management, education equity and privacy protection, and family interference). (2) To better improve online classroom effectiveness, teachers strongly call for a series of reforms, including the reform of school management, curriculum and teaching, after-class instruction, and psychological support, which require schools, teachers, and parents to work together to make fundamental improvements. (3) Educational equity issues caused by economic development level, long-term inefficient online interaction, and various internal contradictions are the fundamental reasons why the previous problems existing in the online classroom have not been solved. Teachers, schools, educational researchers, and government departments need to deeply study and analyze these reasons, which will help solve a series of past and present problems in the online classroom.

Exploring Practices and Adaptive Strategies of High School Curriculum Reform in a Case-Study City Through the Lens of Cultural Historical Activity Theory

Exploring Practices and Adaptive Strategies of High School Curriculum Reform in a Case-Study City Through the Lens of Cultural Historical Activity Theory

Employment-oriented English Curriculum and Teaching Reform in Secondary Vocational Schools

Employment-oriented English Curriculum and Teaching Reform in Secondary Vocational Schools

A STUDY OF TOURS AS AN ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL TOOL: EFFICIENCY AND DIRECTIONS TO IMPROVE

Study tourism is a kind of transformation of the traditional campus space, which has the characteristics of open space and students' exploratory and experiential learning. This is a new way and new method for the implementation of quality education which plays an important role. The benefits of conducting study tours in elementary school cannot be underestimated. Study tour is a good innovative practice method for elementary school curriculum reform, and it also helps young people to shape a correct outlook on life, world view and values, cultivate core literacy and achieve all-round development in the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding the world. Although study tour has been developing for 6 years, the implementation of study tour in elementary schools in Kunming is still in the early stage of exploration. This paper examines barriers to conducting study tours in Kunming elementary schools, and puts forward corresponding optimization countermeasures, in order to effectively promote study tours in elementary schools in Kunming to play its corresponding role.

아일랜드 초등교육과정의 변화과정 분석

[Purpose] This study aimed to analyze the process of reforms in Ireland's primary school curriculum and draw implications based on it. [Methods] In order to achieve this purpose, a comparative analysis framework was established based on democracy and autonomy as the evaluation criteria, the development background, development process and contents, and implementation and evaluation as the analysis area, the 1900, 1922, 1971, 1999, and 2023 primary school curriculum as the target curriculum period. [Results] In terms of development background, the Irish primary curriculum gradually developed according to various needs at home and abroad in Ireland, securing democracy and autonomy. In terms of development process and content, democracy was strengthened by reflecting the opinions of various educational stakeholders, and curriculum autonomy at the regional, school, and teacher level was also strengthened. In terms of implementation, both democracy and autonomy remain tasks of the 2023 primary curriculum. [Conclusion] The following implications can be obtained. First, through long-term projects, the curriculum should be developed with the logic of education. Second, policy communication should be strengthened to reduce the gap between the national curriculum and the field. Third, the meaning of curriculum should be shared and monitored together among curriculum agents.

Curriculum Development, Guidance, and Innovation in Schools

The purpose of this research is to explain the purpose of developing, fostering and innovating curriculum. Want to explain the renewal of the school curriculum and the impact of curriculum reform in schools. The research method used is library research starting from collecting research materials to analysis. The results of the research Curriculum development and development activities are activities that alternate or can be said as one cycle, after the development activities are completed, they are continued with coaching activities. Renewal does not by itself bring improvement even though it is intended to improve / improve quality. This depends on the implementation and assessment of the value system is determined. Every curriculum change must have a clear philosophy that underlies it, it also needs intensive outreach to the community

School curriculum reform in contemporary Japan: competencies, subjects, and the ambiguities of PISA

ABSTRACT Since the late 1980s, school curriculum revisions in Japan have sought to promote capabilities and dispositions that transcend subject boundaries and are often labelled ‘competencies’ in international curricular discourse. This study examines policy documents over the period, showing how Japanese policymakers have sought to navigate pressures internal and external to Japan. It argues that tension between competencies and subject domains in the OECD’s PISA surveys enabled both attacks on Japan’s so-called yutori (relaxed) curriculum revision of 1998–1999, and subsequent responses by Japan’s Ministry of Education and Science. Analysis indicates that curriculum reform in Japan has moved from a ‘competency-added’ revision in 1998–1999 towards a ‘competency-integrated’ revision in 2017–2018; the latter seeks to resolve the tension between competencies and subject content by developing broader capabilities through distinctive approaches offered by different subjects. Further research is needed to determine how well the curriculum will be translated into school practice.

Research on the Cultivation Strategy of Junior Middle School Students ' Mathematical Innovation Consciousness in China

With the implementation of mathematics curriculum reform in primary and secondary schools, the cultivation of mathematical innovation consciousness is becoming more and more important. Many scholars have conducted relevant research on the cultivation of junior middle school students ' mathematical innovation consciousness, however, few relevant findings have been summarized. Through the method of literature analysis, this paper retrieves keywords such as ' innovation consciousness ' in the CNKI database and obtains relevant literature. After intensive reading of 36 articles, this paper uses the method of taking notes with the intention of summarizing the research contents, research methods, and research results in previous studies, and draws the following conclusions: (1) The cultivation strategies of junior middle school students ' mathematical innovation consciousness are mainly studied from three aspects: before class, during class, and after class. Scholars study more from the perspective of class；(2) The researchers mainly use two kinds of research methods: literature research method and case analysis method, and the research method is relatively single；(3) The suggestions and strategies given by scholars are relatively broad and general. Most of them are put forward from the perspective of teachers, and there are gaps in the perspective of students. Therefore, in the future, it is essential for improving the research methods and conducting research from a broader perspective in order to find more reasonable and specific suggestions and strategies.

Research on the Cultivation Strategy of Junior Middle School Students' Mathematics Application Consciousness

With the implementation of mathematics curriculum reform in primary and secondary schools, the importance of mathematics application consciousness has become increasingly prominent. Many scholars have conducted relevant research on the cultivation of junior high school students' awareness of mathematics application, however, few relevant findings have been summarized. Through the method of literature analysis, we reviewed and sorted out the research on the cultivation of junior middle school students' mathematics application consciousness, and draws the following conclusions: (1) The cultivation strategy of junior middle school students' mathematics application consciousness is mainly studied from two aspects: class and extracurricular; (2) Previous studies have put forward more strategies on the cultivation of junior middle school students ' mathematics application consciousness from the perspective of class, there are few studies on extracurricular aspects; (3) Researchers mainly use literature research method and case analysis method to study; (4) The previous research methods are relatively simple, and the suggestions and strategies given by scholars are relatively broad and general. Therefore, in the future, it is necessary to improve the research methods and conduct research from a more targeted perspective in order to find more reasonable and specific suggestions and strategies. These new findings have clarified the characteristics of the current research and laid the foundation and pointed out the direction for further relevant research.

Exploration on the Cultivation of Senior High School Japanese Teachers in Colleges and Universities

With the deepening of foreign language curriculum reform in primary and secondary schools and the reform of multilingual foreign language college entrance examination, there has been a "Japanese craze for national college entrance examination". However, compared with the rapid growth of the number of candidates for the college entrance Japanese examination, the number of Japanese teachers in senior high schools is still significantly insufficient, and the cultivation of Japanese teachers in colleges and universities is still in its infancy. Based on "the knowledge requirements of Interpretation of Japanese Curriculum Standards", "the experience of front-line teachers" and "the expectation of Japanese candidates for the college entrance examination", this study believes that colleges and universities should cultivate senior high school Japanese teachers from the following aspects: (1) the curriculum should pay attention to interdisciplinary; (2) cultivate Japanese teaching ability in practice; (3) pay attention to Japanese education in senior high schools and the college entrance Japanese examination; (4) cultivate positive psychological quality.

The Study on the Curriculum of Elementary School under the Worldwide Curriculum System

Based on the “worldwide curriculum system”, this study observes the curriculum reform of elementary school around the world and provides an international perspective for China’s curriculum reform. The elementary school curriculum of the “worldwide curriculum system” is characterized by the importance of moral education and practice, the priority of instrumental subjects, and the importance of technology and humanities education. This is of great value and significance to the promotion of China’s elementary school curriculum reform.

Ecological predictors of academic satisfaction in senior secondary school students in Hong Kong: The mediating role of academic confidence.

Although the secondary school curriculum reform has taken place for more than 1 decade in Hong Kong, very few studies have examined senior secondary school students' academic satisfaction and its predictors at the individual and school levels. The present study examined the influence of academic stress, school support, positive youth development (PYD) attributes on academic satisfaction via the mediation of academic confidence among senior secondary school students using three-wave longitudinal data. This study was derived from a 6-year longitudinal project examining youth development among Hong Kong adolescents. Only three waves of data collected from 2,023 students, including 959 boys (47.4%) and 1,040 girls (51.4%), from grade 10 to 12 (i.e., Waves 4-6), were used in the present study focusing on senior high school years. Students responded to a questionnaire concerning different aspects of their development, including their perceptions of school support, PYD attributes, academic stress, academic confidence, and satisfaction with the NSS curriculum. We conducted structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesized model. Results showed that while Wave 4 academic stress negatively predicted academic satisfaction at Wave 6, Wave 4 positive youth development attributes and school support had positive associations with Wave 6 academic satisfaction; Wave 5 academic confidence also served as a mediator in these relationships, except for the relationship between school support and academic satisfaction. The theoretical, practical, and policy implications of the findings are discussed. The present study generally supports previous findings on the relationships between academic stress, school support, PYD attributes, academic confidence, and academic satisfaction. The findings emphasize the prominence of PYD attributes, school support, and confidence in enhancing students' academic satisfaction.

China’s School Textbook Replacement and Curriculum Reform in the New Era of Globalization

ABSTRACT This article constitutes the first attempt to analyze the driving force of the nationwide replacement of previous local editions of textbooks with the new edition (MOE authoritative edition) in China. This large-scale replacement of school textbooks began in 2017 and was completed in 2019, accompanied by the establishment of the National Textbook Committee in 2017. The article attempts to analyze the rationale of the textbook replacement in the context of its development history, and it argues that the reform can partly be regarded as a corrective measure taken to adjust the inculcation of national identity, patriotism and citizenship and to shape correct world views and values in students in a new era of globalization. In the end, the article places the new edition of textbook in the context of the Hong Kong riot 2019, and argues that the educational policy in Hong Kong, especially its loosening of ideological control over its textbooks, has to be partially responsible for the riot, therefore attesting to the need of the large-scale school textbook replacement in mainland China.

Problem-solving teaching strategies from the perspective of dividing the core literacy of mathematical operations

Mathematical operation literacy is one of the six core literacy proposed in the new Chinese senior high school curriculum reform round. Based on the problem-solving teaching link of the high school mathematics conic section, this paper is based on the connotation and method of mathematical operation literacy cultivation. Combined with the problems that high school students have in the problem-solving of conic sections, we innovate the teaching strategies for solving conic sections, improve students' literacy of mathematical operations in classroom teaching, and help teachers teach conic sections better. To enable students to grasp the problem-solving method of the conic section better.

Fostering the chemistry and biology dual-disciplinary core literacy

Improving students' comprehensive quality and developing their core literacy are the training objectives of high school subject curriculums, which puts forward new requirements for teachers' professionalism and core literacy. In order to adapt to the high school curriculum reform and the new college entrance examination reform, the Ministry of Education approved the development of high-quality, integrated and master-level high school teachers training pilot program. The aim of this program was to foster a group of dual-disciplinary integrated high school teachers who are suitable for teaching, enjoying teaching and skillful in teaching. How to foster the dual-disciplinary core literacy of normal students through subject curriculum is one of the challenges faced by the pilot program. Following the training objectives of the pilot program "Chemistry and Biological Sciences", we proposed to integrate the dual-disciplinary literacy into four aspects: material concept, scientific thinking, inquiry practice, attitude and responsibility. This was proposed based on analyzing the core literacy of the disciplines of chemistry and biology, and aimed to promote teachers and normal students' understanding and practice of dual-discipline core literacy. With biochemistry course as an example, we further explored and practiced on how to foster the dual-disciplinary core literacy of normal students, aiming to provide reference for the reform of other courses included in the dual-disciplinary integrated programs.

The Coordinated Development of Secondary Vocational School Specialty Clusters and Industry Clusters: Citing Longgang No.2 Vocational and Technical School of Shenzhen as a Case Study

With the implementation of the state’s Plan of Constructing High-Level Vocational Schools and Specialties with Chinese Characteristics, the construction of specialty clusters has become a hot topic. They are critical tools for improving the educational quality of vocational schools by promoting vocational education transformation, upgrading, and innovation. To maximize the effectiveness of specialty cluster development in secondary vocational school curriculum reform, we must first identify the rationale for multi-agency involvement in the development of specialty clusters and then formulate action plans. This article examines the definitions and connotations of specialty clusters and discusses the contexts in which specialty clusters emerged. It examines strategies for developing specialty clusters using Shenzhen’s Longgang No. 2 Vocational and Technical School as an example.

The Coordinated Development of Secondary Vocational School Specialty Clusters and Industry Clusters: Citing Longgang No.2 Vocational and Technical School of Shenzhen as a Case Study

With the implementation of the state’s Plan of Constructing High-Level Vocational Schools and Specialties with Chinese Characteristics, the construction of specialty clusters has become a hot topic. They are critical tools for improving the educational quality of vocational schools by promoting vocational education transformation, upgrading, and innovation. To maximize the effectiveness of specialty cluster development in secondary vocational school curriculum reform, we must first identify the rationale for multi-agency involvement in the development of specialty clusters and then formulate action plans. This article examines the definitions and connotations of specialty clusters and discusses the contexts in which specialty clusters emerged. It examines strategies for developing specialty clusters using Shenzhen’s Longgang No. 2 Vocational and Technical School as an example.

Thoughts on High School Computer Information Technology and Curriculum Reform

Thoughts on High School Computer Information Technology and Curriculum Reform