Springer School-Based Curriculum in China: Conceptions and Practices to Unleash School Vitality (Curriculum Reform and School Innovation in China)

This book first develops a framework to understand the curriculum administration system in China. It describes the historical process of localizing school-based curricula as well as the significance and positioning of school-based curricula, and presents in detail cases of how three types of school-based curriculum were developed and implemented in Chinese schools. The book outlines for the first time best practices in school-based curriculum development in China, i.e. how to make a holistic curriculum plan, how to design a curriculum, and how to develop a course in the context of a school-based curriculum. By discussing these three aspects, it clearly summarizes the strategies and technologies for school-based curriculum development, which are applicable across contexts.Although the concept originated outside China, school-based curriculum development in China differs from that in other countries both in theory and practice. This book equips readers with theoretical and practical knowledge of how to develop school-based curricula and how to generate experiences for new curriculum development. This timely book is a valuable resource for researchers, curriculum designers, school teachers and others who are interested in school-based curriculum development. From the Back Cover This book first develops a framework to understand the curriculum administration system in China. It describes the historical process of localizing school-based curricula as well as the significance and positioning of school-based curricula, and presents in detail cases of how three types of school-based curriculum were developed and implemented in Chinese schools. The book outlines for the first time best practices in school-based curriculum development in China, i.e. how to make a holistic curriculum plan, how to design a curriculum, and how to develop a course in the context of a school-based curriculum. By discussing these three aspects, it clearly summarizes the strategies and technologies for school-based curriculum development, which are applicable across contexts. Although the concept originated outside China, school-based curriculum development in China differs from that in other countries both in theory and practice. This book equips readers with theoretical and practical knowledge of how to develop school-based curricula and how to generate experiences for new curriculum development. This timely book is a valuable resource for researchers, curriculum designers, school teachers and others who are interested in school-based curriculum development. About the Author CUI Yunhuo has a PhD in Education, and is a professor and Director of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction of East China Normal University. He is also member of the National Commission of Curriculum Reform of Basic Education in China, member of the National Commission of Teacher Training, and Vice Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Educational Society. He has published over 100 papers and books on effective teaching, curriculum evaluation, school-based curriculum development in China and school-oriented teacher professional development model curriculum studies. He won the first and second prize National Teaching Achievement Award for Basic Education. He is a leading curriculum expert, who has shaped the two major national curriculum reforms and the curriculum reform of national teacher education in China. Currently he is leading a National Breakthrough Project on philosophy and social sciences named ‘Monitoring the Quality of School Curriculum Implementation in China’.  LEI Hao has a PhD in Education (East China Normal University-Purdue University Joint program supported by the National Overseas Fund), and is an associate researcher at the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction of East China Normal University. His research interests involve curriculum and instruction evaluation, teacher professional de