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Since the importation of philosophies formulated elsewhere under different economic, political and cultural conditions present challenges for the new host cultures (Dimmock & Walker, 2005), the argument for greater culture sensitivity in a globalizing educational context is robust. In China, since the new curriculum reform began, some researchers and educators have believed the theory that new curriculum comes from the West, so it represents Western culture; some experts and teachers think that due to the entrance examination in China, the new curriculum in China is wearing new shoes to walk on the old path, so it is still the Eastern style; others believe that although the curriculum reform comes from the West, it is implemented in China, so it is a blend of Eastern and Western culture. I take the latter position.
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Mingying, T. (2012). The New Curriculum in China. In: Chen, S., Kompf, M. (eds) Chinese Scholars on Western Ideas about Thinking, Leadership, Reform and Development in Education. Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching, vol 7. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-010-1_12
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