专题五 Understanding English Curriculum.docx

专题五 Understanding English Curriculum 一 What is Curriculum? 1 课程：教育教学的重要载体和平台 1）中国古代对课程的解读： 宋代朱熹在《朱子全书·论学》中多次提及课程，如“宽着期限，紧着课程”，“小立课程，大作工夫”等。虽然他对这里的“课程”没有明确界定，但含义是很清楚的，即指功课及其进程。这里的“课程”仅仅指学习内容的安排次序和规定，没有涉及教学方面的要求，因此称为“学程”更为准确。 2）西方对课程的解读： 在西方英语世界里，课程（curriculum）一词最早出现在英国教育家斯宾塞（H. Spencer）《什么知识最有价值？》（1859）一文中。它是从拉丁语“currere”一词派生出来的，意为“跑道”(race-course)。根据这个词源，最常见的课程定义是“学习的进程”(course of study)，简称“学程”。这一解释在各种英文词典中很普遍。 3） HYPERLINK /index.php?term=curriculum curriculum  HYPERLINK /search?q=curriculum   1824, from Mod.L. Transferred use of classical L. curriculum a running, course, career (also a fast chariot, racing car), from currere (see  HYPERLINK /index.php?term=current current). Used in English as a Latin word since 1630s at Scottish universities. A curriculum 1. All the courses of study offered by an educational institution. 2. A group of related courses, often in a special field of study: the engineering curriculum. [Latin, course, from currere, to run; see current.] The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ?2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by  HYPERLINK / Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. B curriculum 1. (Social Science / Education) a course of study in one subject at a school or college 2. (Social Science / Education) a list of all the courses of study offered by a school or college 3. any programme or plan of activities [from Latin: course, from currere to run]  HYPERLINK /_/misc/HarperCollinsProducts.aspx?English Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged ? HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 C curriculum an integrated course of academic studies; he was admitted to a new program at the university  HYPERLINK /course+of+study course of study,  HYPERLINK /syllabus syllabus,  HYPERLINK /programme programme,  HYPERLINK /program program HYPERLINK /course+of+lectures course of lectures - a series of lectures dealing