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Curriculum Studies and Curriculum Reform in China

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Curriculum Studies in China

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Curriculum studies includes curriculum history. Curriculum history is the unfolding development of curriculum studies. For any curriculum field in any nation, theoretical construction and historical perspectives are integrated. In China, with its long history of wisdom traditions for more than 2,500 years, a historical focus is a natural character of Chinese curriculum field (H. Zhang and Zhong 2003). To understand the Chinese curriculum field, it is necessary to inquire into Chinese curriculum history. In the construction of Chinese curriculum studies, we need to critically examine the wisdom traditions and historical situations in China.

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Hua, Z. (2014). Curriculum Studies and Curriculum Reform in China. In: Pinar, W.F. (eds) Curriculum Studies in China. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137374295_2

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