A Study Of Genres Evolution Of University Curriculum Theories

we always have no idea when review university curriculum history, because of the complicated relations among genres of university curriculum theories, we cannot find out the source and flow direction of thought, lack of clear understanding on historical track of university curriculum development and evolution, unknown about university curriculum history may leads us to make mistakes in practicing university curriculum reform which is taken as fool by predecessors. Therefore, deepening university curriculum reform and strengthening the research on the genres evolution of university curriculum theories is an urgent demand, in order to improve quality of China’s higher education and reform current training model for talents in colleges and universities.University curriculum maintains interactive relationship with society and students, the development and evolution of university curriculum always cannot live without the development and evolution of social system and culture. The real university curriculum started from the rise of medieval university, and genres of university curriculum theories basically haven’t been formed before the19th century, university curriculum thought hasn’t been formed, and the most was about the conclusion of teaching experience; however, in the process of university curriculum history, pragmatism, essentialism, perennialism, existentialism, social reconstructionism, and the other genres of university curriculum theories were emerging, they influenced each other, and jointly constructs multiple coexistence situation for genres of current university theories. Influenced by the external factors of politics, economy, technology, society, etc. and internal factors of philosophy ideology, curriculum concept, view on knowledge and human, etc. the evolution track of university curriculum manifests the evolution is that from linear model to nonlinear model; from professional standard to people-orientation; from scientific-knowledge-orientation to equal emphasis on scientific knowledge and general knowledge; from teaching-center to student-center.Each genre of university curriculum theory is the production of cultural construction and social environment, only if those better adapts to social environment can survive and reproduce, those not adapts environment is subjected to die out. The future genres of university curriculum theories will present a multiple coexistence situation in a long run, complexity and diversity will be the basic direction of future genres of university curriculum theories; sticking with political influence is still a big feature for future genres of university curriculum theories; emphasis on curriculum practice is the evitable trend of future genres of university curriculum theories. Overall, its development is spiraling, but it may be disordered at a certain period or within a period of time.