Ou Yung-sheng explains that under Taiwan's existing system, pupils study 11 different subjects during their six years of elementary school, while in junior high school there are as many as 23 different subjects. Under the integrated curriculum, these subjects will be consolidated into seven broad "fields of study" (see Table A).
歐用生解釋，現行國小六個年級，總計有十一個不同的科目，國中更高達二十三科，九年一貫實施後，這些科目將被統整為「七大學習領域」（見表一）。