The aim of this study is to ascertain the goodness on the educational contents` organization in the first grade curriculum in light of the curriculum articulation between the kindergarten and the elementary school. The method of analysis is to check t...
The aim of this study is to ascertain the goodness on the educational contents` organization in the first grade curriculum in light of the curriculum articulation between the kindergarten and the elementary school. The method of analysis is to check the continuity, sequence and integration between them. The result of this study is like these. First, the continuity of the basic organizations between the integrated Subject Matters in the elementary school and the kindergarten curriculum is very weak. Second, the level of educational contents between the We are the First Graders and Wise Life and the kindergarten curriculum are almost same, and the level of the educational contents of the integrated Subject Matters are virtually lower than those of the kindergarten curriculum. Third, there`s a huge overlap in the educational contents between the We are the First Graders and the other first grade`s subjects and between Right Life and Wise life. One reason of these problems seems that the academic system in the organization of the elementary school curriculum has been ignored in the process of reorganizing and making theme-centered curriculum. To solve these mis-connections, the text books and the field applications of the curriculum must be studied, the educational needs of the first grade students must be reflected, and also the specific characters of each subject matters must be valued.