eclecticism or principled eclecticism折衷主义和折衷主义原则.pdfVIP

Creative Education 2011. Vol.2, No.4, 363-369 Copyright © 2011 SciRes. DOI:10.4236/ce.2011.24051 Eclecticism or Principled Eclecticism Lianli Gao China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Email: lianlig@ st th th Received May 21 , 2011; revised June 28 , 2011; accepted July 5 , 2011. The introduction of a new mandatory policy for the teaching of English at the higher education level in China, College English Curriculum Requirements (CECR, published in 2004), had the intention of modernising and improving the quality of English teaching at the tertiary level in China. The policy had a focus on student cen- tred approaches to learning and the use of technology to support this process. This paper reports on a study that investigated the views of teachers, administrators and policy makers about the intended pedagogical shift em- bedded in the policy and the success of the policy in achieving this goal. The paper attempts to clarify how lec- turers in higher education in China have been oriented by the CECR towards pedagogical change. To achieve this purpose, the paper reviews current issues in the context of English teaching at tertiary level in China and at- tempts to frame them in a conceptualisation of eclecticism and principled eclectic