A Comparative Study Of The Primary And Secondary Schools’s Life Education Curriculum In China Mainland And Taiwan

In modern society the problems of lift and death are emerge in endlessly, it lead to the rise of lifeeducation in China, because of the adolescents have meet with all kind of stuck in life, the education sectorhave try to from the perspective of comprehensive development, human life, all aspects of life and life toefforts to resolve these problems. Since1997, Taiwan Xiaoping Girls Middle School have open the lifeeducation in secondary school, in order to guide students＂Understanding the life, Cherish the life,Enjoy the life, Respect the life＂. Now life education in Taiwan has been extended to early childhoodeducation state universities, Taiwan’s primary and middle schools has accumulated rich experience in thedevelopment and implementation of life education and obtains good results. In some areas of MainlandChina also have got good results in life education, but at the specific implementation still faces manyproblems.This study is compare with related factors at the primary and middle schools’ Life Education inMainland China and Taiwan, objective:1. Arranged the status quo of Life Education in Mainland China andTaiwan’s primary and middle schools, including Curriculum Rationale, Curriculum Planning, CurriculumImplementation and Teacher Training.2. Comparison and analysis differences between the two place ofLife Education in primary and middle schools, from the microscopic view highlight the differentcurriculum teaching between Mainland China and Taiwan.3. Based on the conclusion of the analysis, makerecommendations to the development of Life Education in Mainland China’s primary and middle schools.On research ideas, first define the connotation of Life Education in the two place, second explore thecurriculum of promotion, content planning, implementation of programs and teacher training, etc. Finallycomparative study of more microscopic above. At the same time according to the literature research,rethink the curriculum of Life Education, resolve the issues of Life Education Curriculum in MainlandChina. In addition to this, we should summarize the successful experience of Taiwan’s existing and learn it.Conclusion and Suggestions: Firstly, Mainland China have not agree on curriculum rationale. Weshould strengthen academic exchanges related to Life Education, more in-depth discussing the connotationof Life Education and seeking unification. Secondly, curriculum generalized by the executive branch, butthey were ignored the needs of teachers. The executive branch should give full play to the power of civil society and inviting them to participate in the construction of Life Education curriculum. Thirdly, thecourse content includes so extensive but the textbooks are single. For this problem we need to make surewhat is the theory cornerstone of this curriculum, unified arrangement the course content and award theman who research and development new textbook for Life Education. Fourthly, Life Education curriculumteaching excessive in classroom. School except hold more add-activities, also can give way to knowledgeof teaching and students ‘creation’ and sum up experience to establish school-based curriculum. Fifthly,teacher training is too scattered, scarce and poor quality. One the one hand design has both practical andacademic training courses, and the other hand provincial and municipal education departments should becombined with official and non-governmental forces, establish phased, system circumspect and accordingto different content of Life Education for in-service education and training, while encouraging universitiesto open Life Education teacher training courses.