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Exploring The Impetus And Fetters Of The Integrated Science Curriculum Implementation In Zhejiang Province

Posted on:2008-01-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360215478370Subject:Curriculum and pedagogy
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After the middle of 20th century, the integrated science curriculum arose the attention of international science education domain. After the 80's, our integrated science curriculum also developed, and we had several curricular practice. The new foundational education curriculum reform increased the"science (grade 7-9)"curriculum and came into use in the autumn of 2001. But the junior high school science curriculum meets some difficult in the process of curriculum implement. When many experimental section dropt out the experiment one after another, the reform steps of integrated science curriculum in Zhejiang are steady and level-headed. In this research, the integrated science curriculum is my research object, Zhejiang Province is my case, qualitative research is my research method. Using the method of questionnaire investigation, data analysis, half-structural visiting and espial, I attempt to clear up the process of the integrated science curriculum ("Nature Science") reform in Zhejiang Province, in order to educe the advantageous factors and disadvantageous factors that influence the curriculum implement. Then we can educe some apocalypses for the implement of"science (grade 7-9)"curriculum.The research indicates that, in the 80's of 20th century, the development of polity and economy, and the reform of compulsory education were the exterior inducement for Zhejiang Province to develop and implement the integrated science curriculum. While the problem of science curriculum that the content was pleonastic and too hard, and deviated from life were the interior inducement. It made the implement of integrated science curriculum necessary. At that time, it was Zhejiang Province's flying developing economy and the profound culture details that provided the soil for integrated science curriculum to gestate and grow up. After learning the experience from inland and other country, with the experts'sustain and direction, they developed integrated science curriculum teaching materials which accorded with the status of Zhejiang Province. It is the practicability of curriculum project that accelerated the implement of the integrated science curriculum. In the process of the integrated science curriculum implement in Zhejiang Province, the teachers were resistance as well as impetus. I consider that we can solve the teacher problem through these approaches, such as enhancing the practicability of the teaching materials, enhancing teachers'adaptability to the teaching materials, exactly holding the aspect of teacher training, ensuring the validity of teacher training, launching in-depth education and research activities, coming on reasonable policies, reforming the curriculum setup of normal school and so on. In the process of the integrated science curriculum implement in Zhejiang Province, it is the education service's energetic support and a series of their policies that made the integrated science curriculum get through each difficulty. It is the very thing that we should especially learn from Zhejiang Province. In the process of the integrated science curriculum implement in Zhejiang Province, the estimate problem was an important factor that prevented the curriculum from developing and implementing. It is important for the implement of integrated science curriculum to enhance the research on estimate problem and set up logical estimate system. In addition, enhancing the force of drumbeating and thoroughly changing people's idea can effectively reduce the resistance of the integrated science curriculum implement.
Keywords/Search Tags:Integrated Science Curriculum, "Science (grade 7-9)"Curriculum, Zhejiang Province, "Nature Science", Curriculum Implement, Influencing Factors
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