It has been proved in the past half century that high-stakes tests hinder more than promote instruction. The College Entrance Examination (CEE) in China has thus been in widely questioned. When it comes to curriculum reform this century, the question becomes how has curriculum reform been implemented in the classroom? What role does the CEE play in it? A qualitative study of three high schools ...

Both pros and cons of calculus reform have been widely discussed since late 1980’s. In spite of arguments are poles apart, calculus reform is still discussed worldwide. The students of Taiwanese university of technology usually have a high failure rate in calculus, thereby affecting the performance of advanced application courses. Through calculus curriculum development of this study, students ...

The multitude of stakeholders who typically take part in curriculum reform often have conflicting views about knowing, teaching and learning mathematics, which we conceptualize as discursive boundaries. Based on examples from across the world, described a variety ways these may or not interact context initiatives mathematics curriculum. We posit that deep meaningful sharing perspectives is exce...

This paper has two purposes: to react to the recommendations of the Linear Algebra Curriculum Study Group (LACSG) and of David Carlson (one of the organizers of the LACSG), and to begin consideration of an alternative approach to helping students learn linear algebra. The LACSG eeorts to bring linear algebra into the overall undergraduate curriculum reform movement are laudable. There are some ...

Studies assessing palliative care education in U.S. medical schools reveal that little attention is paid to this topic. Although core competencies have been defined, few schools have implemented effective means to incorporate formal palliative care education into undergraduate curricula. To promote reform, each school needs to conduct a thorough assessment to identify palliative care content th...

Drawing on a number of recent research studies, this article evaluates the process of implementation of a more student-centred task-oriented approach to English language teaching in Hong Kong primary schools. The reform, essentially a top-down system-level initiative strongly influenced by curriculum developments in the UK and Australia, called for sweeping changes to existing learning and teac...

In China, the preventive medicine undergraduate professional training program is the major approach to training public health practitioners. The history of undergraduate education in public health/preventive medicine in China is reviewed utilizing the West China School of Public Health at Sichuan University as an example for analyzing this undergraduate major and its curriculum. Needed reforms ...