On August 29th, a news about the complete replacement of new textbooks for primary and junior high schools went viral and attracted attention.

The start of this autumn semester is approaching, and all grades in primary and junior high schools across the country will use the new textbooks revised according to the 2022 curriculum standards. This two-year "textbook overhaul" has finally come to an end.


Starting from last autumn semester, the new textbooks have been put into use in batches. This year, it is the turn of the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of primary school and the third year of junior high school to fully adopt the "new clothes". Major subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, and English have undergone significant changes in content arrangement and learning logic.

The total number of texts in Chinese language subjects for grades one to six of primary school has decreased. Selected articles reflecting advanced socialist culture, such as "Letters from Astronauts to Children," have been added, and revolutionary cultural classics, such as "Two Lei Feng Diaries," have also been enriched.


Mathematics subjects have adjusted simple equations to junior high school learning, while elementary school only adds rulers and gauges for drawing. In the field of numbers and algebra, six themes have been condensed into two, and the signal of "reducing quantity and improving quality" is very clear.

The total vocabulary of English subject has not changed much, but it focuses more on cultivating language ability in real situations, which is jokingly referred to by some netizens as "from mute English to being able to speak English".


Under the hot search, parents' reactions are clearly divided. Some people support the idea of "finally not having to memorize by rote", believing that the new textbooks are more relevant to daily life and focus more on cultivating abilities.

Some parents are also anxious about whether their children can adapt to changing textbooks in the third year of junior high school, fearing that the pace of exam preparation will be disrupted. Some parents even dug up their old teaching aids and found them all in waste paper, saying frankly, 'The money has been wasted, and my heart is even more anxious.'.


One of the focal points of controversy is the difficulty level of the new version of English textbooks. When it was first put into use last autumn, some people said 'it made it difficult for children to cry', and even said 'there is not a single Chinese character in the whole book'.

However, a survey by the publishing house shows that over the course of a year, nearly 90% of teachers believe that the difficulty level is suitable or can be mastered through effort, and over 90% of students indicate that they can adapt. Some experts bluntly state that the new textbook emphasizes "learning by using", and if teachers still teach according to the old ideas, they will naturally find it difficult; The real problem lies not in the textbooks, but in the teaching methods.


What's even more interesting is that there are endless "outrageous rumors" about textbook revisions on the internet. Some people say that 'Sima Guang smashed the jar' has been changed to 'Sima Guang smashed the urn', but CCTV has specifically refuted this rumor - the textbook still uses' jar ', and the annotation only mentions the original' urn '.

Some people say that "Houyi Shooting the Sun" has been changed to "Yi Shooting the Nine Days", actually to distinguish between the mythological figure Dayi and the historical figure Houyi, and not to change the name arbitrarily. The phrase 'chiseling walls to steal light' has become 'chiseling walls to borrow light', which is also a return to the original terminology of 'Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital'.


The fine-tuning of these textbook contents is essentially a balance between academic rigor and cultural heritage. A netizen joked, 'When I was a child, I memorized' Riding a Red Dust Concubine with a Smile 'and read' j ì ', but now that my child is reading' q í ', they dare not even speak up about tutoring homework.'. ”

Some people argue, "As academia advances, textbooks naturally need to be revised accordingly. Why did you learn standard answers when you were a child


The new textbooks have been fully implemented, with some people looking forward to it, some anxious, and some jokingly saying, 'Finally, there's no need to compete with children for pronunciation.'.