Research On The Curriculum Design Of Traditional Chinese Painting In Higher Normal Schools

Traditional Chinese painting is the key symbol and the main form of manifestation of Chinese culture. Higher education is an important way to inherit and disseminate Chinese culture. Consequently, the value of the traditional Chinese painting course in higher education lies in inheriting the cultural soul of traditional Chinese painting, cultivating the "culture-oriented art" cultural workers and traditional Chinese painting, and enhancing the countrymen's magnificent aesthetic expectations. However, in the past one hundred years, traditional Chinese painting course has not acquired the deserved status in higher fine arts education and won less and less attention.What made the traditional Chinese painting course in higher normal schools fall into the category of technical discipline ? What is the reason for the lack of discussions about the cultural nature of traditional Chinese painting course and its value of shaping one's personality? Since the fine arts discipline pursues utilitarian goals, traditional Chinese painting course has fallen into the dependency of the western practical technical curricula, lingering in the marginal area of the fine arts curriculum system, whose prospects are rather gloomy. After the historical retrospection, this thesis finds out the problems existing in the curriculum designs of traditional Chinese painting in higher normal schools by comparing and analyzing the curriculum structures of three normal universities in the mainland China as well as the experience of Hong Kong and Tai Wan. Firstly, the teaching pattern and training goal deviate from the orbit of teacher training, which is the main factor causing the difficult position of the teaching of traditional Chinese painting. Secondly, the curriculum structure is irrational, attaching too much importance to techniques rather than theories, which is the embodiment of the curriculum structure of traditional Chinese painting. Thirdly, that the linear logic of the curriculum structure tends to be cocooned is the bottleneck for the sustainable development of traditional Chinese painting course. Lastly, the lack of understanding of the value of traditional Chinese painting course is the obstacle of the curriculum development of traditional Chinese painting.As the above problems are concerned, the author holds that traditional Chinese painting course in higher normal schools should take students' cultural...