Research On The Status Quo And Countermeasures Of Education For International Understanding In High Schools

Education for International Understanding is an important way of international communication and learning,and it is also the requirement of the times for the synchronization of talent cultivation and modernization in China.China’s first educational plan to guide the national education reform and development after entering the 21 st century,the Outline of the National Medium and Long Term Education Reform and Development Plan(2010-2020)(hereinafter referred to as the Outline),clearly states that "strengthening Education for International Understanding and promoting students’ understanding and knowledge of different countries and cultures."Over the years since the publication of the Outline,what is the status quo of Education for International Understanding in regular high schools,especially in western regular high schools with relatively backward economic conditions? What successful experiences and shortcomings are there and what strategies can be adopted next? These problems need to be clarified urgently.Based on this,the author chooses Chengdu X Middle School,which has made good achievements in international understanding education and has received attention and learning from all walks of life,to conduct field research on the development of international understanding education.Through investigation and analysis,the status quo,reasons and countermeasures are clarified.We can see that the reality of implementing international education in this ordinary high school is not optimistic.The research develops from the following three aspects.The first part is the background of the research,that is,the introduction of the first chapter.The author first reviews the relevant literature in academic circles,which provides theoretical support and implementation strategy reference for the international development of international understanding education in senior high schools.Through literature review,this paper clarifies the background of international understanding education and the current research situation at home and abroad,clarifies the connotation of international education,and puts forward research questions based on the domestic and foreign research review,clarifies the research purpose,research significance and research methods of this study.In this study,case studies,questionnaires,on-site interviews and literature were used.The second part is the design of the questionnaire,including the second chapter.The questionnaire is designed to solve the problem.After Cronbach’s validity test,the questionnaire is carried out.The contents of the questionnaire are mainly designed from three aspects: one is the survey of international understanding education in schools,which includes six items: international understanding awareness,international understanding knowledge,international understanding literacy,international understanding education behavior,policy support and school support;the other is the survey of problems in international understanding education,including International Consciousness,Value Orientation,International Thinking,Institutional Guarantee and Educational Development,etc.The third part is the investigation of the relevant factors of international understanding education countermeasures,which is mainly reflected in interviews and open topics,aiming at finding solutions within the school.The third part is to analyze the data and put forward countermeasures and suggestions,and draw conclusions.It includes chapters 3 to 6.Data manipulation is mainly carried out by SPSS20.0 software.Based on the analysis of data,this study draws the conclusion that teachers and students have a weak sense of international understanding at the subjective level,the internationalization tendency of instrumental rationalism,one-sided internationalization thinking and other problems.There are insufficient guarantee of organizational system,imbalance of school positioning and development,insufficient management and evaluation system,and deficiencies at the school level.To solve these problems,this study proposes solutions from the aspects of teachers and students,external objective aspects and school level,and looks forward to the future development of international understanding education in senior high schools from four perspectives: strengthening the guiding role of objectives,strengthening the practical function,following up the evaluation construction and affirming the practical value.This study is expected to provide feasible countermeasures and suggestions for the development of international understanding education in senior high schools in order to guide educational practice.