The Modern Curriculum Implication Of Wang Yang-ming’s Mind Thought

Since entering new century, our society has experienced a dramatic transformation, education reform will be accelerated, but the education reform is still beset with difficulties. At the same time, with the enhancement of the national power, Chinese traditional culture’s influence also grow with each passing day, to establish the Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, Chinese style social science theory is increasingly of great importance.Wang Yang-ming’s "Mind Thought" is one of the important thoughts of the traditional culture of China. He advocated "Mind is Reason", rebuilt his Mind body, enhance the "Mind Thought" status in the life development and world knowledge; he focuses on the thought of "To the consciousness", which is seen as the core of Confucianism, and strives to present all heart and conditioning; he advocates the unity of knowledge and action, and also provide a feasible way for development of the human nature. Wang Yang-ming’s "Mind Thought" lays a solid foundation to human subjectivity.The modern curriculum implication of Wang Yang-ming’s "Mind Thought" is made clear by the concept of knowledge. Knowledge is the core of modern curriculum, modern knowledge theory, the main aim of which basing on the understanding of things, mainly comes from the west, and its most obvious characteristics is the external motivation."Mind Thought" overturns modern knowledge radically from the views about the essence of knowledge, the recognition teleology and recognition methodology. Meanwhile,"Mind Thought" offers a new vision for modern to solve problems.The knowledge concept of "Mind Thought" provides new ideas and methods for us to improve the curriculum. Under the guidance of "Mind Thought", we should base the educational teleology on the purpose of being man and being something, developing and expanding the real subjectivity and intersubjectivity of people. Moreover, we should build the view of learning experience with the gnosis and experience as the core, the view of curriculum practice with enlightening the innate mind and keeping consecution of universe as the core, and the view of curriculum assessment which aims to the inner development.The study is divided into four parts:The first part is an introduction, including the origins of this study, research design. This part mainly elaborated the significance of studying on "Mind Though" curriculum implication, and put forward the research ideas.The second part is an interpretation of Wang Yang-ming’s "Mind Thought" idea. This part comprehensively described the main ideas of "Mind is principle","To the consciousness","Unity of knowledge and action" in Wang Yang-ming’s "Mind Thought".The third part discussed the relationship between "Mind Thought" and modern theory of knowledge, clarified the essence of knowledge, the recognition teleology and epistemology of "Mind Thought".The fourth part deeply analyzed the enlightenment of "Mind Thought" for modern curriculum theory.