A Study on the Policy of Higher Education Curriculum in China——Policy Contents and Orientation of the University Curriculum

Key words: 
• higher education /
• university curriculum construction /
• curriculum policy /
• policy content system /
• policy orientation

Abstract: The higher education curriculum policy is a strategic and standard regulation which is formulated and implemented with the aim of coordinating relations of curriculum. Its importance is evident. But with the deepening of higher education reform, curriculum policy issues have gradually revealed. Some issues have affected the college curriculum construction directly, such as the regulation of the policy contents, the conflicts and contradictions between each policy, the deviation problem of curriculum position and orientation and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the curriculum policy since the reform and opening up and to regulate university curriculum construction from the policy system and its contents in the current. From the view of the essence of curriculum and the practical logic of curriculum construction, curriculum policy is a very complicated engineering system. It is related with the curriculum organization, curriculum objectives, curriculum structure and the curriculum evaluation. Among them, the policy of curriculum goal is to solve the prerequisite of the curriculum construction, the policy of curriculum structure is related to the system of curriculum construction, and curriculum organization and curriculum evaluation are related to the security of curriculum construction. These four aspects constitute the logical system of all the contents of a national curriculum policy in higher education. The policy of higher education curriculum reform in China should be reformed and expanded on this basis.