Stages

Main tasks

Participants

Major activities

Carrier of achievements

The preparation stage

· construction of operation mechanism

· management team

· expert group

· well-known principals and teachers)

· teaching and research group

· practice group

· support group

· complete the operation system

· rules and regulations of operation mechanism

The initial perception stage

· help teachers to improve curriculum beliefs and values

· expert group

· teaching and research group

· practice group

· re-understand the value of education (lectures)

· learn curriculum knowledge (lectures, group discussions, survey)

· deepen the understanding or domain pedagogical content knowledge (pck) (lectures, books guided reading, collective and group teaching and research activities)

· survey report of teachers’ curriculum beliefs and values

The training stage

· preliminary formation of kindergarten teachers’ curriculum implementation competence

· expert group

· well-known principals and teachers)

· teaching and research group

· practice group

· form kindergarten teachers’ curriculum implementation competence (problem-based learning, case study, observation, analysis, discussion, presentation, expert guided learning)

· teaching plans; observation records

The practice stage

· form and improve teachers’ curriculum implementation competence

· expert group

· well-known principals and teachers)

· teaching and research group

· practice group

· classroom practice (individual teaching preparation; classroom practice; self-reflection; group reflection; collective teaching and research activities; practice improvement)

· revised teaching plans; activity cases; improved teaching behavior

The development of research ability stage

· improvement of research ability of curriculum implementation competence

· expert group

· well-known principals and teachers)

· teaching and research group

· practice group

· research methods trainings

· research group activities

· apply research projects

· publish research papers

· the framework system and implementation path of Life Education curriculum

· approved research projects;

· research papers

The evaluation and feedback stage

· evaluation of the effect of the program

· management team

· expert group

· well-known principals and teachers)

· teaching and research group

· practice group

· support group

· process evaluation (teaching behavior diagnosis; feedback; behavior improvement)

· summative evaluation (operation system evaluation; feedback; improvement of system)

· evaluation reports

· improved operation system