The Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University is committed to "Sharing China's Experience with the World". In recent years, it has invited many internationally influential experts to engage in dialogue on "China's Curriculum Reform", culminating in the launch of China's first English-language book series dedicated to "Curriculum Reform and School Innovation in China".
The series is co-edited by Professor Cui Yunhuo, Professor Chen Shuangye and Professor Lee Shulman, with Associate Professors Wang Tao and Shi Yuchen serving as Executive Editors. It is published in collaboration with Springer ( https://www.springer.com/series/15932 ). To date, five volumes of the series have been published consecutively, bringing insights into China's curriculum reform to readers around the world.
Volume 1: School-Based Curriculum in China
Edited by Professors Cui Yunhuo, Professor Lei Hao, and Professor Zhou Wenye, the first volume, School-Based Curriculum in China , was published in 2020. As the first English-language monograph to provide a systematic introduction to the development of school-based curricula in Chinese basic education, it lays an important foundation for the international academic community’s understanding of this field in China.
Volume 2: Explorations of Chinese Moral Education Curriculum and Textbooks
Co-authored by Professor Gao Desheng and his team members, Professor Zhang Le and Associate Professor Tang Yan, the second volume, Explorations of Chinese Moral Education Curriculum and Textbooks , was published in 2021. Nearly two decades of explorations in moral education curriculum development in China have brought significant changes to both theory and practice. Professor Gao and his co-authors in the field have been pursuing the value and significance of moral education curricula. This represents an unprecedented national effort to explore moral education in the context of China as a modern state, broadening the possibilities for moral education within the modern school education system.
Volume 3: Demand for Private Supplementary Tutoring in China
Written by Associate Professor Liu Junyan, the third volume, Demand for Private Supplementary Tutoring in China , was officially published in 2023. While China's school education has made wide-ranging and groundbreaking advances, private supplementary tutoring has continued to grow and expand. Before the introduction of the"Double Reduction" policy, it had almost become another education system outside formal school education, and has since taken on hidden and mutated forms under the stringent governance of the policy. Based on the author's ten years of empirical research on private supplementary tutoring, this book unravels the mysteries surrounding the demand for such tutoring in China.
Volume 4: Curriculum Development and Implementation in Rural China
Co-authored by Professor Wu Gangping and Dr. Zhao Jing, the fourth volume, Curriculum Development and Implementation in Rural China , was published in 2024. Drawing on the policy foundations and practical experience of the basic education curriculum reform and its continued development, this book addresses several key questions: What are the curriculum responsibilities of rural schools? To creatively fulfill these responsibilities, how can schools develop curriculum plans? How should curriculum implementation be organized? And how can curricula be evaluated?
Volume 5: Localization and Quality Assessment of Project-Based Learning in China
Written by Dr. Xia Xuemei, the fifth volume, Localization and Quality Assessment of Project-Based Learning in China , was published in 2025. Drawing on practical quality standards, representative cases, explanatory guidance, and teaching support, the book develops testable and verifiable quality standards grounded in constructivist theory. In doing so, it addresses widely shared concerns in the fields of project-based learning (PBL) and competency-oriented teaching.
The book series is currently open to submissions of theoretical or empirical monographs by individual authors, or co-authors, as well as edited collections. It plans to publish three volumes every year, continuing to share the story of China's curriculum reform with the world.