Cultural Analysis of Practical Characteristics of Curriculum

The variety and multi-dimension of the definitions of curriculum has resulted in the richness of its theories.However,they also bring about the chaos in curriculum practice.Owing to the unclearness of the curriculum categories and the confusion of its denotations,the definition of curriculum varies.Cultural study of curriculum demonstrates that curriculum belongs to culture,and its denotations include curriculum text,curriculum subject and curriculum practice.Curriculum possesses practical property,and it can be shown as follows:Curriculum possesses cultural instrumental property;curriculum possesses cultural ontological property;curriculum and culture are inter-constructive.Therefore,to clarify the definition of curriculum and to analyze practical characteristics of curriculum from the cultural aspect are of great importance in the field of curriculum study.