Technology Education in General High School under Basic

Technology Education in General High School under Basic Education Curriculum Reform in Mainland China Jianjun Gu Nanjing Normal University , China 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

New technology curriculum reform n n in 1999, A basic education curriculum reform has been initiated in mainland China in 2001, Technology has been established as one of the eight Domains of the new curriculum in 2003, “Technology Curriculum Standards of General High School of P. R. C. ” has been published in 2004, The curriculum has been experimented among 5 provinces 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

The pre-research of technology curriculum standards 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

implementation and experimentation （ 2004. 9 -2007. 8） Publicizing. Popularizing and amending （ 2003. 4 -2006. 8） Deliberation. consummation and publicizing （2002. 11 -2003. 3） Discussion and amending （2002. 7 -2002. 11） Drafting and argumentation（2001. 12 -2002. 9） Basic researching （2000. 4 -2001. 12） preceding Preparation （1999. 7 -2001. 6） 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v Basic research fields ◇ international comparison ◇ status quo investigation ◇ the developing process of the subject ◇ the development need of society and students ◇ psychology in learning technology of general high school students 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

Status quo investigation we did the preceding questionnaire investment on schools, people of all walks of life as well as parents in several provinces and autonomic regions, covering Jiangsu, Canton, Shanghai, Hubei, Liaoning, Xinjiang. More than 35, 00 persons were engaged in the investigation. 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v interest toward technology of urban and rural general high school students 65. 8% 52. 3% 44% 16. 5% 11. 4% 2. 8% 0. 9% Interested urban 96. 3% rural 82. 3% Afraid rural 90% urban 11. 4% 6. 3% 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

The main content of curriculum standards 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

The transformation of targets n Labor orientation n Skill orientation n Vocation tech nology literacy orientation 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

The main structure of the content n Information technology (at least 4 credits in this part are necessary) n General technology (at least 4 credits in this part are necessary) 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v Information technology modules application Of multimedia technology Algorithm and programming Application of network technology Data management technology Preliminary learning of artificial intelligence Information technology foundation 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v Compulsory module Information technology foundation Information processing and communication information Acquiring Information processing and expressing Information technology and society Information resource management 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v General technology modules Making simple robots Modern agriculture technology Automobile drive and maintenance Architecture and architecture design Electronic control technology Garment and garment design Technology Home economic and life technology &design 2 Technology &design 1 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v compulsory modules Technology and design 1 The nature of technology process of Communication Evaluation design of design 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

Technology and design 2 Construction and its design Flow chart And its design System and its design Control and Its design 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

v Elective modules *Transducer *Digital circuit *Electromagnetic relay Electronic control technology Architecture and architecture design Making simple robots *Architecture and culture *Construction and simple design of architecture *SCM and its controlling procedure *SCM and traditional machine 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

*Family management *Family financial management *Family health-care Home economic &life technology Garment and garment design Automobile drive and maintenance *Garment and textile *Garment and culture *Garment and its design *Construction and working theory of Automobile *Automobile drive and rules concerning *Automobile regular maintenance 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

Modern agriculture technology Green food Nutrition Forecast Germplasm of plant resources Soil-less and Sale disease and protection farming of forage comprehensive and administration farming introduction products 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

The main characteristics of the new technology curriculum 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

n It is the first time that technology curriculum is established as an independent curriculum in general curriculum system, which is considered as a historic breakthrough in curriculum development. n With the key target of improving students’ technology literacy, the curriculum aims at realizing the transformation from skill training to technology education. 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

Technology design is at the core of the content in order to cultivate students with the spirit of creativity and various abilities by technology study. n As the national curriculum , it pays attention to the combination of characters of foundation , universalness and selectivity of content. n Emphasis is paid on the conformity of resources and alternative conditions n 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

ü The further link between technology curriculum in general high school and 9 -year compulsory education ü Technology curriculum in general high school and college-entrance examination ü The conformity of technology course and other subjects ü The local condition consideration and the exploitation and use of technology curriculum resources 普通高中技术课程标准研制组

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