Research on High School Students’ Everyday Life in the New Curriculum Reforms Implementation Progress in China

Xiao Yang

Teacher Education School, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2013.412A2014                

Abstract

In this paper, we employ qualitative research to examine the current situation of the implementation process of high school new curriculum reform, and study how to deal with high school students’ everyday life in China. The research revealed the contradictions and problems involving the students’ living environment, life structure, communication environment and spiritual life. Comparing “eternal ordinary or the moment of fresh” with the goal of curriculum reform and the students’ expected life, I found the deep problems about educational ideas, curriculum design, teaching patterns, evaluation criteria and etc. During the process of the reform, I further propose that the students understand everyday life rationally and critically, change the free state of life gradually, improve the structure and pace of life. Only by this can we realize the transformation of the students’ life, achieve all-round development following the nature of human-beings, and further deepen and develop the implementation of curriculum.

Keywords

New Curriculum Reform; Curriculum Implementation; Everyday Life; High School Students

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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