The Research and Comparision of the Components of Junior High School Curriculum in Taiwan to Those in Mainland China

Author: Jsao-Teng Lin(Department of Eduction, National Taiwan Normal University)

Abstract：

Curriculum is the vore of school educational programs. The attainability to the goals of junior high school educational progroms is most likely to depend on the full-ness of curriculum design. Therefore, curriculum design and practice for junior high school has been an essential issue for compulsory education.
Since 1987, the R.O.C. government announced the release of martial law from Taiwan area, interactions between Taiwan and Mainland China are getting more and more active. Meanwhile, in addition to have a betteer understanding towards the edu-cational circumstances in Mainland, it is also necessary to compare the culture and educational status in Taiwan to htose in Mainland, and further, to discuss and analyze them. Hence, this study will focus on the analysis of "The Curriculum Components of Junior High School in Taiwan and Mainland China".
Firstly, it will respectively analyze the components in two places which includes the curriculum changing, the current status and the development in future : at the sane cime, the study will have a thorough discussion on the peerformances of curricu-lum practice presently.
Secondly, it will compare and discuss the differences and advantages of curricu-lum between Taiwan and Mainland.
Finally, based on the findings in this study, several suggestions will be made as a reference for improving the cuerriculum of junior high school in Taiwan.

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