Knowledge And Power

Since the seventies of 20th century, the paradigm of curriculum development in the field of curriculum has transformed into the paradigm of understanding curriculum. Curriculum is regarded as a kind of multitext. It is also regarded as politicaltext. This reflects the political field of vision about curriculum. Through the researching curriculum as politicaltext, this article is trying to reveal the fixed fact that the curriculum knowledge is controlled by power or permeated by ideology, and analyze the unfair side that identified by mainstream social class as legitimate curriculum, and then put forward constructive strategies about how to maintain the curriculum justice. This article applied the theoretical research method to discuss the following content.The dissertation is divided into eight parts:Perface Probing into the origin of this research problem, analyzing the present research situation home and broad, and explaining the thought and method and thought of this research.Chapter One Annotating knowledge and power. This chapter expatiates on the essential view of knowledge in the visual field of scientific reason, and infers the knowledge development has the tendency of humanity, sociality and political. It discusses the implication of political philosophy trend of rationalism, and explains the essential view of knowledge in the visual field of political philosophy. It defines the connotation of power that identified in this research. It clears the view of knowledge power in present society.Chapter Two Characteristics of curriculum knowledge and political curriculum knowledge. This chapter defines the conception of curriculum knowledge, and discusses its characteristics. It annotates the political character of curriculum knowledge- curriculum knowledge is political.Chapter Three Selection of curriculum knowledge and control of power. From the aspect of...