The Study On The Theory Of Nel·noddings’ Critical Curriculum

Nel·Noddings, is an American famous educational philosopher, representative of Care Ethics, whose research field relates to the feminist ethics, moral education and mathematics education. The target of her theory of Critical Curriculum View is to cultivate people with caring, Noddings pointed out that in school education, three important aspects can’t be forgotten, i.e, cooperation thinking and critical thinking and creative thinking. and her theory of Critical Curriculum View has put forward some constructive suggestions on educational reforms.There are six parts in this paper:The introduction part mainly introduces the reason of choosing the topic, the significance of the research, the research status at home and abroad and the methods that this paper uses.The second part is the causes of Noddings critical curriculum theory. The third part discusses in detail the Noddings critical curriculum knowledge theory. The fourth part introduces the implementation theory of Noddings critical curriculum from aspects of teachers and schools. The fifth part is the evaluation of Noddings critical theory of curriculum and its enlightenment to us. The sixth part introduces the revelation of Noddings critical curriculum theory.Forming a critical view of curriculum knowledge has its specific social reality background, educational theory classical philosophers, contemporary social issues facing the United States, had an important impact on the formation of Noddings curriculum concept. Noddings curriculum is based on the theory of concept of happiness and caring theory, the main construction of a critical view of curriculum knowledge from the field of private life and public life, career field. These three areas of life, which has always been concerned with care and love is the most important factor, the purpose is for students to happiness.In addition, Noddings critical view of the contemporary Chinese curriculum has important implications. Schools neglect the cultivation of students’ critical thinking skills, critical thinking research has lag issues. Noddings critical perspective on curriculum and makes us realize: the implementation of the new curriculum requires teachers, the state, the school’s efforts. Teachers need to construct a reasonable critical view of knowledge; the goals and tasks of China’s basic education students also should point rational skepticism; schools should provide rich humanities, practical, and relevant to students’ daily life materials.