Since 1990s, the research that focus on 'small class education' has been unremitting and hasn't waned all the time. This is because 'small class education' is based on the educational quality view and modern benefit view of high-standard and high-requirement of quality-oriented education, and is carried out under the guidance of such conception and thought. It is a kind of education modality that uses the education and teaching patterns, strategies, methods, technics, means and evaluation which fully exert the essential characteristics of 'small class'. Its essential characteristics are: equality, sufficiency, comprehensivization, subjectivity and individualization.Small class education is a reform of basic education which has globalization, foresight and deploitation, is a kind of new indicator which indicates the development of our country's modern education. It establishes the modern educational thought which is centered on the subject education. This kind of education and teaching that full of esteem, solicitude, harmony and interaction shows a broad new world for the development of teachers and students' individualities.The advantages of small class education are apparent: its purpose is to enhance the plentitude degree of each student's acceptance of education; the research that with small class education as the carrier can bring the revolutionary change for primary education; 'small class education' has become the worldwide development trend. It has been widely implemented in some medium-sized developed countries and regions such as Europe and America, etc.Along with the development of social economy of Xiacheng district and the citizen's call to high-quality education, researches on small class education arise at such situation. According to the challenges that small class education faces and existing problems, basing on the theories of management, pedagogy, economics etc., using analyzing and comprehensive methods, combining relevant concrete materials and data, the Educational Bureau of Xiacheng district made an in-depth research on the strategy and proceeding of the implementation of small class education, and has gained the phased achievements. The Bureau has formed the policy security system of small class education, has explored the operation mentality and action countermeasure of small class education, has promoted students' overall but with strong character development, has trained teacher troop with high-quality, has brought up the ordinary schools that populace are satisfied with.This research has powerful impetus for the comprehensive advancement of small class education in Xiacheng district, for the realization of basic education's balanced development and sustainable development. It also provides the practice gist and the model experience for the regional comprehensive implementation of primary school's small class education in other economical developed regions. |