OECD's Mathematics Instructional Design and Reform for Nurturing Innovative Talents
Basic education lays a solid foundation for the development of innovative talents.This paper highlighted the OECD International Action Research Project in school education.Taking mathematics as an example,the paper provided an in-depth analysis of the reform approach and exemplary cases of mathematics instructional design,as recommended by the OECD.For the reform approach,the OECD regarded primary and secondary school teachers as the primary agents of reform,targets instructional design as the target of reform,and adopted a creativity concept framework,activity design principles,and assessment rubrics to cultivate innovative talents.The goal,activity process,and assessment altogether were systematically ensured the effectiveness of classroom reform.With the mathematics instructional design examples recommended by the OECD,this paper analyzed the development of mathematics instructional design from four aspects:design of creativity development goals,assessment goals of products and processes,creation of unexpected fresh contexts,and teacher-student classroom teaching activity design.Based on the aforementioned research,the analysis concluded that OECD primarily promotes the cultivation of innovative talents in primary and secondary schools through strategies such as strengthening top-level design,adhering to goal orientation,prioritizing assessment,creating new contexts,emphasizing the significance of tasks,and safeguarding the soil for innovative development.Furthermore,the current study also identified common negative practices in school classrooms that stifled the development of innovative talents.These could provide insights for China's efforts in cultivating innovative talents.