A Changing Discourse of Curriculum Reform in Taiwan: A Foucauldian Approach

• In Event: 70.053 - Discourse, Ethics, Biopower

Abstract

Foucault（1971/1972）asserts that each level of society has its particular discourses, and that these come together to compose an intricate network, the meanings and limitations of which inform and give structure to all the activities of a given society. In response to political, economic, and social developments on both the domestic and international levels, a number of curriculum reforms were implemented in Taiwan during the post-martial-law period. In this paper I adopt a post-structural perspective to examine how the discourse of curriculum reform in Taiwan was formed, how it has developed, and the various ways in which it determines our understanding and behavior with respect to the changes which have been made to the national curriculum in the post-martial-law era.

Author

• Chin-Ju Mao, National Taiwan Normal University