EIREducational Innovation Research3029-18443029-1852Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/EIR.v4i7.16028ArticleA Four-Stage Path of Instructional Design Based on “Textual Interpretation”: Taking “The Use of Currency and the Formation of the World Monetary System” in Selective Compulsory Course 1 as a Case Studyhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/EIR/4/7/10.26689/EIR.v4i7.16028YuanYing2026472026-07-26Against the background of the new curriculum reform, the scientific and practical effectiveness of instructional design depends to a great extent on teachers’ in-depth interpretation of the curriculum standards and the textbook text. This paper proposes a four-stage design path—“determining the teaching boundary according to the content requirements, determining the teaching depth according to the academic quality levels, establishing the teaching theme through close reading of the textbook, and improving teaching effectiveness with the help of the textbook columns”—so that, through refined textual interpretation, macroscopic curriculum objectives can be genuinely transformed into specific and operable teaching behaviors, and the cultivation of core competencies can be truly implemented.Textual interpretation,Academic quality,Content requirements,Textbook columns

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