新世纪发达国家的基础教育改革值得关注。美国以高质量的人才素质培养为旨归;英国注重全人的培养,以基础课程改革为重点,注重学生的公民素养的培养;日本关注儿童的个性化发展。三国基础教育改革各有特点,对我国的基础教育改革有重要的启示。 The basic education reform in developed countries in the new century deserves our attention. The United States aims to cultivate high-quality human resources; the UK pays great attention to the training of the entire person, focuses on the reform of basic courses, pays attention to the cultivation of students’ civil literacy, and Japan pays attention to the individualized development of children. Each of the three basic education reforms has its own characteristics, which have important enlightenment on the reform of our country’s basic education.