Curricula and Life is a sequel to the documentary “Can China's Education System be Improved”. This series aims to explain the role of curricula in shaping one’s life. It also exposes problems in the curriculum design in China’s primary education through five episodes, each focusing on a specific course: “Find What is Fascinating about Chinese”, “The Anxiety in Learning Mathematics”, “Learning English in a Different Way”, “The Replaced PE Curriculum” and “What if there is a Life Curriculum”. In addition, the series also interprets students’ psychological problems and discusses effective teaching methods such as training good reading habits, cultivating interests, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and advocating all-round development, reflecting the undergoing reforms in China’s education system.
5 DVDs (Mandarin, With Simplified Chinese Subtitles) / 2014 / () / 135 minutes
This documentary provides a comprehensive introduction to the current state of China’s education system and its on-going reform. This series contains six episodes, each lasting 45 minutes: “The Starting Line”, “The Learning Revolution”, “Doubt over Educational Equality”, “Gaokao Reform”, “University in Crisis” and “Start a New Journey”. This program offers an in-depth review of the problems appeared in the current education reform, and discusses the reform and innovation of China’s education from the historical and cultural perspective. It also places China’s educational problems in the international background and brings attention to the educational reform and development worldwide. Drawing on the experience of Finland, Japan, Germany and America in this regard, this documentary offers the audience a glimpse into the essence of good education