Over the last ten years, in response to social and economic challenges, curriculum reforms have been initiated in major countries and regions in East Asia, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. The majority of these reforms focused on moving from a teacher-centered curriculum toward a curriculum that engages students actively in intellectually stimulating tasks and activities inside and outside classrooms. The goal is to enhance student generic skills, such as critical thinking, communications, problem-solving, and self-studying for life-long purposes. Reforms have raised issues with the examination traditions of these countries and regions. Attempts have been made to reorient the school curriculum and its assessment methods to suit individual needs of the students and the changing diverse learning outcomes. This book is a collection of 30 chapters written by over 52 educators and researchers from faculties of education in major universities from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. The chapters include their research studies and observations on what has been happening in the school curriculum and the changing curriculum policies in these countries and regions. Readers may also find some tentative answers to the reasons why the performances of the students in these countries and regions remain high in international assessments in recent years. Cover image by Anna Sung-yan Law, Faculty of Architecture Nottingham University, UK

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Hau-fai Edmond Law; Chenzhi Li

Fanren Zeng

Chau, K. W.

K. W. Chau

Springer Nature

Brill | Sense

Brill Academic Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2013

Netherlands, Netherlands

2, 20131231

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Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Shaping the School Curriculum in Chinese Societies....Pages 3-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
A Continuous Journey....Pages 13-39
Transformational Issues in Curriculum Reform....Pages 41-59
Implementation of Taiwan’s Curriculum Reform Policy....Pages 61-84
Curriculum Research in Mainland China....Pages 85-103
The New Curriculum Design of Basic Education in Mainland China....Pages 105-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Implementation of the New Mathematics Curriculum for Compulsory Education in Mainland China....Pages 123-140
Arts Curriculum Reform and Research in Taiwan....Pages 141-160
Verbal Interaction Between Teachers and Students in Primary and Secondary Classrooms....Pages 161-188
The Integrated Science Curriculum in Mainland China....Pages 189-215
High School History....Pages 217-227
High School Task-Based Language Teaching in Mainland China....Pages 229-252
Morality, Values and Spirituality in the School Curriculum in Mainland China....Pages 253-269
School-Based Curriculum Development in Mainland China....Pages 271-289
Teachers’ Use of Differentiation Strategies in the Hong Kong Classrooms....Pages 291-301
Conceptions of Textbooks By Chinese Teachers in Mainland China....Pages 303-319
Small Class Teaching in Hong Kong....Pages 321-332
School-Based Curriculum Innovations....Pages 333-350
Autonomy of History Teachers in Mainland China....Pages 351-360
The Use of Network Instruction in English Language Learning in Mainland China....Pages 361-379
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
A Participatory Approach to Teaching Chinese Language in Mainland China....Pages 381-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Web-Based Program for In-Service Teachers of Shenzhen City in Mainland China....Pages 399-412
The Washback Effects of the National College Entrance Examination on the Curriculum Reform in Mainland China....Pages 413-429
Teacher Evaluation as an Approach to Organizational Learning....Pages 431-447
Reforms in Student Assessment in Mainland China....Pages 449-472
A Comparative Study of Exemplary Teachers in Mainland China and the United States....Pages 473-492
Hong Kong Teachers’ Professional Development....Pages 493-508
The Curriculum Innovation in Mainland China and Japan....Pages 509-517
Curriculum Reform in Rural Areas in Mainland China....Pages 519-531
Front Matter....Pages 533-533
A European Perspective on Curriculum Development and Innovation....Pages 535-545

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