Study Of The Scientism Core Of "Curriculum Modernization" Of United States

In the beginning of this century, China's systems of the fundamental educationcurriculum were reformed in the nationwide. All ordinary schools were planned to beinvolved in. the reform has influenced education, students, teachers and even to theboard aspects of peoples' life style. However, how to make the influence of the reformrational, scientific, profound and lasting? Are there any practical experience ofdeveloped country can be used for reference? Once I mention it, the first opinionappears in my mind is the modernization of the curriculum in U.S.A. Science in theprocess of modern education, this is the first time that the reform not only hastheoretical foundation, but also system design and clear path; furthermore, it's internallogic, practical strategies and many more aspects are meaningful to our education.Review by the middle of the twentieth Century, the United States launched agreat in strength and impetus of "curriculum modernization movement". By theinfluence, in a long historical period of time, education reform is extendedinternationally. This phenomenon is called "curriculum modernization" movement byresearchers throughout the world. Although the achievements of historical research,comparative research of USA curriculum are massive, few of them grasp the core ofthe reform is the influence that the scientism minority imposed on the education.Based on that, the research chooses to study core idea and internal motivation of thereform from the aspect of scientism. The crucial purposes are to mining the deepthought of the USA reform, and then to discover the regular pattern in the whole20thcentury. At present, this is also a new aspect of studying China's curriculum reformand USA education history.This study adopts historical research methods which focus on grasp the entiredata and possession; adopts comparative research methods which focus onunderstanding and value of full interpretation to the reform, and make the research oncurriculum reform of our country's significance with attachment.The main works and contribution of this paper lies in the following three aspects:1. Based on the studying of influence of the scientific revolution impact on theformation process of Scientism education thought, analyze the core elements of theUSA curriculum modernization. State the performance of Curriculum modernizationscientism kernel throughout5aspects. They are: Scientific life is the basic valueorientation or concern; nationalism is the scientism coat; scientists are starters andmoderator; structures of the courses are the core of the reform; curriculum of science;curriculum design is rational.2. Discuss the core courses reform driven by scientism core. Mainly from thereform of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry and science courses, reflects thestrengthening of the scientific disciplines of science and non science of desalination. That is the best illustration of scientism. On the other hand, introspect and criticize theUSA scientism curriculum reform. They are: Scientism is the embodiment ofcontinuing to strengthen of states will; Pragmatism gave birth to the sciencecurriculum reform kernel; Scientism has brought "balance", and this kind ofimbalance reflects the conflict between national standard and individual standard.3. From the unique perspective of the USA curriculum reform, analyze thecharacteristics of China's new round of curriculum reform. Such as, we tend to doproblem solving; scientific education is not the focus of reform; Have a "lame" effectin the course of evaluation mechanism, the lack of checks and balances and normativeand so on in the actual implementation process.This research is a supplementary of “curriculum reform” within the20thCentury,for a comprehensive review and design of China's new round of curriculum reform ofbasic education, has a certain theoretical significance and practical value.