Research On Textbook Discourse

Discourse came into being with language and speech ,which saves and delivers the information as the media .In the twenties century ,the emphases of philosophical research come about from the epistemology to analyzing language ,and the annotation on text became the focus of research .From the other point of view ,many philosophers, especially postmodernistic philosophers study the question of philosophy being with the discourse .At the same time ,the litterateur ,sociologist and historian pay more attention to the discourse of subject .They hope to take out the transferring of meanings and the reality of power during the evolution history of the discourse .The content and form of textbooks discourse which are main tool as activity of teaching deeply influenced and formed the development of students.We must research the textbook discourse in order to research and reform the education .The textbook exists with the forms of discourse .No discourse no textbook.This thesis covers four parts .The first part discusses the meanings ,sorts ,and history based on the linguistics ,sociology and philosophy theories .Then conclude the conception and hiberarchy of the textbook discourse by the previous conclusion .The second part (using the social and philosophical theories) research the textbook discourse on its elements ,process and mechanism .And try to discover the reality behind the forms and expand their influence .The third part firstly As the Chinese subject for example ,compares the old and new the textbook discourse's characteristic on elementary education before the reform to the after.this part also discuss how the teachers and students should unscramble the textbooks discourse .Students not only discover the outcome and meanings existed before ,but also unscramble developmentally ,variously and conditionally .The students should get to the visual threshold and amalgamation with the addresser and compiler .we encourage the unlateralism and deviationism in order to cultivate and develop the creative spirit and ability of students .At last ,the writer reflects on this research and put forward problem about the textbook discourse's authority and excess .