在世纪之交,各国纷纷对本国的教育进行了大规模的改革,总结经验教训,勾画未来蓝图。而课程改革是基础教育的核心。任何国家的教育改革都无法回避课程领域的革新。我们将选取美国、英国、德国、日本、法国和澳大利亚作为代表,从课程改革的背景和理念、课程改革的内容、教科书改革和教育评价等几个方面阐述发达国家课程改革的现状,并提出对我国课程改革的启示。 一、国外课程改革的背景与理念。社会政治经济的发展向教育领域全面渗透,给教育改革带来了新的机遇与挑战。在上述背景下,各主要发达国家都非常关注以基础教育课程改革为核心的教育改革。综观各国课程改革的状 At the turn of the century, all countries have carried out large-scale reforms of their own education, summed up lessons learned, and sketched blueprints for the future. The curriculum reform is the core of basic education. No country’s education reform can avoid the innovation in the curriculum field. We will select the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France and Australia as representatives and discuss the status quo of curriculum reforms in developed countries from several aspects including the background and concepts of curriculum reform, the content of curriculum reforms, textbook reforms, and education evaluations. Enlightenment of Curriculum Reform in China First, the background and philosophy of foreign curriculum reform. The socio-political and economic development has penetrated into the field of education in an all-round way, bringing new opportunities and challenges to the education reform. In the above background, all major developed countries are very concerned about the education reform centering on the basic education curriculum reform. Looking at the curriculum reforms in different countries