The integrated curriculum is not something dreamed up by Taiwanese education reformers behind closed doors. "Countries worldwide are in the process of integrating the curricula for their nine or more years of compulsory education, and Taiwan has to catch up," says Professor Ou Yung-sheng of National Taipei Teachers College, who is also president of the Association for Research and Development of Teaching Materials.
九年一貫不是台灣教改閉門造車的產物，「全世界都在做九年一貫的課程統整，台灣必須跟進，」國立台北師範學院教授、中華民國教材研究發展學會理事長歐用生表示。