本文旨在探討生命教育核心素養的內涵，及其對十二年國民基本教育課綱發展的影響，期盼從生命教育的觀點來導正我國高中以下教育過度向競爭與人才教育傾斜的現象。首先，本文將探討如何界定生命教育內涵的定義問題，以及生命教育在十二年國民基本教育正式課程中應扮演的角色；其次，本文說明生命教育的內涵與核心素養；最後，則探討生命教育如何影響《十二年國民基本教育課程綱要總綱》的研發，終極目標則是期盼十二年國民基本教育在人的培育與人才教育之間能達於平衡，向全人教育的理想邁進。

With the wish to correct the overly competition-oriented tendency in 12-year Basic Education, this essay inquires into the contents of core competencies of Life Education and their influences on General Curriculum Guidelines of 12-year Basic Education. To this purpose, this essay begins with a discussion on the issue of how to define Life Education in formal curriculum and its role in 12-year Basic Education. Secondly, the contents of core competencies of Life Education are introduced and explained. At last, for the realization of the ideal of holistic education, the impacts of the Life Education as defined in this essay on the development of General Curriculum Guidelines of 12-year Basic Education are presented.