Civic Education Curriculum In Primary And Secondary Schools, Implementation Of The Model

With the social development and progress, the increasing requirement on citizens of various nationalities is seemingly becoming a necessity and thus the issue of civic education is gradually becoming a heated topic in the world. Originated from the feudal social system, China has some obvious drawbacks in its civic education. To meet the needs of the trend of globalization and Chinese modern development, we should try to learn from the advanced experience and appropriate practices of other nations in civic education, hoping to cultivate qualified citizens as well as so-called "world citizens". Based on this perspective, the paper mainly explores the curriculum implementation models of civic education and their characteristics in primary and secondary schools of the USA, the UK and Singapore, in order to get valuable implications on our national civic education practices.The whole paper consists of three parts.The first part is divided into two categories. Firstly, the author presents the necessity of setting up the curriculum of civic education in China. Influenced by the social tradition, we have neglected the problem of civic education in China to such a degree that up to now there is no clear civic education curriculum. To set up civic education curriculum now in our country, therefore, is a must and of great importance. Secondly, the essence of civic education carried in schools is introduced.The second part, the essential part of this paper, focuses on the narration of the different implementation models of civic education in the USA, the UK and Singapore and the analysis and comparison on their own characteristics.The third part concentrates on the current situation of the national curriculum implementation of civic education and puts forward some suggestions. Based on the retrospect of the historical practices in our primary and secondary schools, the author analyzes civic education in schools and its related curriculum implementation models and thereby put forward pieces of advice on the reform and development of civic education curriculum in our country.