Volume 48 No.3 - 2002-09-30

Autobiography Text: Curriculum Discourses and Criticism

自傳文本的課程論述與批判

Author:
Shen-Fei Chen / 陳昇飛
Keyword:
Autobiography、Curriculum、Curriculum theory / 自傳、課程、課程理論
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The concept of “text” comes from poststructuralism. W. Pinar used it to signify the different approaches of curriculum theory. After Reconceptualism, the curriculum theorizing was influenced by many approaches, including phenomenology, autobiography, race, gender, politics, aesthetics and so on. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the autobiography test in curriculum. Autobiography concerns a particular persons’ life story. Autobiography research is done was in order to understand the meaning behind the life story, and to grasp the key elements for curriculum development. The major findings of this paper are as follows: 1.To emphasize the subjectivity in curriculum; 2.To attach importance of meaning in understanding curriculum; 3.To explore the self-identity; and 4.To clarify the curriculum as experience.