Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects of School-Based Curriculum in China

From relative early obscurity to today’s widespread acceptance, over 20 years, China’s school-based curriculum has grown from a concept, a policy, and pilot exploration to practice in every school. These 20 years are by no means merely a description of time; it is difficult to easily define this time period through simplified ideas such as smooth progress or challenges. For everyone who joins the development of school-based curriculum in China, including policymakers, curriculum experts, school administrators, teachers, and parents, it is a journey through the jungle that has its own set of confusion and surprises. There are also difficulties, challenges, and rewards. Today, China’s school-based curriculum is standing at a new starting point; further expansion of the process faces new challenges. The future development of school-based curriculum in China is promised from a thorough review of the path and existing status.