The research on Chinese college curriculum reform based on post-modern curriculum theories

With the development of economy and society, the Chinese university education becomes increasingly popular and also faces many difficulties in which the curriculum reform is the core for modern university reform. The post-modern curriculum theories by Dole affect the university curriculum reform greatly. In the point of view of post-modern curriculum theories, the curriculum objectives should not be pre-defined. The university curriculum contents are not absolutely objective and stable knowledge system in which the implementation of curriculum should not mainly base on instilling but the process with teachers and students. The traditional college courses have a lot of flaws and defects and the coherence among educational disciplines is not high. However, the cultivation of scientific spirits and the fusion of scientific branches are ignored which cannot meet the requirements of post-modern society and development of human. The needs for curriculum reform are necessary. This paper is mainly about college curriculum reform with post-modern curriculum theories.