Purpose:This article aims to conduct a critical analysis of key-competences-based education in China today by revealing three main challenges that Chinese educational practitioners,researchers,and policymakers might f...Purpose:This article aims to conduct a critical analysis of key-competences-based education in China today by revealing three main challenges that Chinese educational practitioners,researchers,and policymakers might face.Design/Approach/Methods:Against the backdrop of international and Chinese policy and the practice of key-competences-based education,this article focuses on a critical discourse analysis of this educational movement in China.Findings:China places great emphasis on the personal,cultural,and moral dimensions in generating a framework of competences,paying considerable attention to the well-being of children;hence it currently endeavors to provide a consistent educational framework to educate the young for the all-round development.However,three challenges are salient:the dilemma between Core-Suyang(Core-Competence)and the education for all-round development of the young,the limitations of design of“subject core-competences,”and a lack of consideration of subjectification as purpose of education.Originality/Value:Education which merely focuses on a list of key-competences might not only exclude non-key-competences but also exclude something unforeseen and unknown in the process of educational adventure.It is therefore suggested that a holistic education needs to be engaged in with an encompassing and dynamic view of purpose(s)of education,in which the education for subjectification is at stake in our educational endeavor.展开更多
文摘Purpose:This article aims to conduct a critical analysis of key-competences-based education in China today by revealing three main challenges that Chinese educational practitioners,researchers,and policymakers might face.Design/Approach/Methods:Against the backdrop of international and Chinese policy and the practice of key-competences-based education,this article focuses on a critical discourse analysis of this educational movement in China.Findings:China places great emphasis on the personal,cultural,and moral dimensions in generating a framework of competences,paying considerable attention to the well-being of children;hence it currently endeavors to provide a consistent educational framework to educate the young for the all-round development.However,three challenges are salient:the dilemma between Core-Suyang(Core-Competence)and the education for all-round development of the young,the limitations of design of“subject core-competences,”and a lack of consideration of subjectification as purpose of education.Originality/Value:Education which merely focuses on a list of key-competences might not only exclude non-key-competences but also exclude something unforeseen and unknown in the process of educational adventure.It is therefore suggested that a holistic education needs to be engaged in with an encompassing and dynamic view of purpose(s)of education,in which the education for subjectification is at stake in our educational endeavor.
