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The Development of China’s Kindergarten Curriculum overthe 70 Years since 1949: From Borrowing and Learning toStandardization and Innovation(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2019年06期
Page:
34-48
Research Field:
教育学研究
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Title:
The Development of China’s Kindergarten Curriculum overthe 70 Years since 1949: From Borrowing and Learning toStandardization and Innovation
Author(s):
YU Yongping ZHANG Shuai
Keywords:
70 years since 1949 kindergarten curriculum reform and development life-enriching educationbased on games
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Abstract:
China’s kindergarten curriculum has undergone a shift from borrowing and learning tostandardization and innovation since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The conceptof curriculum, which had once disappeared in China’s policy discourse for a period of time, has undergoneconstant changes in its content. These changes indicate that we have different understandings of curriculumin different periods and that it is necessary and important to reform kindergarten education. In the 1950sand 1960s, China’s kindergarten curriculum first followed the Soviet pattern and then became independentfrom it by basically establishing subject courses and teaching the kids different subjects accordingly. Afterthe inception of reform and opening up in 1978, the kindergarten curriculum entered a stage of reformand adjustment: the implementation of a unified plan began to be replaced by plural curricula and teacherswere given more autonomy. In the 1990s, the development of kindergarten curriculum entered a period ofstandardization and innovation which has witnessed a continuous emergence of various mode of practicein kindergarten education. Since the turn of this century, informed by theoretical achievements in differentdisciplines, China’s kindergarten curriculum has embraced a new round of innovation and reform. China’sdevelopment in kindergarten curriculum over the past 70 years shows that despite twists and turns, the pursuitof a comprehensive education based on life-enriching games has always been the basic issue in the research onthe kindergarten curriculum.

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Last Update: 2019-11-25