教育科学和生命科学的结合:有关教育生物学的思考

The combination of educational science and life science

教育必须建立在儿童发育的基础上,遵循儿童发育的机制,规律和特点,以儿童的未来为最终的目的。随着生命科学研究的快速发展,积累了大量有关儿童生长发育的知识。儿童早期生长发育的科学研究为儿童的养育和教育提供重要的支持。这种跨学科之间的科学研究已经取得许多进展,教育生物学的概念也越来越被关注和接受。教育,作为儿童成长的重要动力和载体,在很长的时期内没有与生命科学、发育生物学和发育儿科学之间建立起紧密的联系,而建立它们之间的紧密联系,能产生更适应儿童发育规律和特点的教育思想、机制和方法。教育科学的研究必须沿着科学循证的方向发展。教育科学可以从基于生命科学的发育儿科学进展中获得启示。

The long term objective of education is for the future of children. Hence, education must be based on the biology of child development and follow the mechanism and characteristics of child growth. A great deal of knowledge on child growth and development is being accumulated thanks to the rapid expansion of life science research. It is understood that scientific research on the early child growth and development will provide important information to the nurture and education of children. Moreover, interdisciplinary scientific research has made a lot of progress; therefore the concept of bio-education has gained increasing acceptance. Education, as an important driving force and advocate for child development, has not been closely connected with life science, namely developmental biology and developmental pediatrics for a long period of time. Therefore, it will be helpful to develop educational ideas, mechanisms and approaches that are more consistent with the rules and characteristics of child development. In conclusion , educational science must be evidence-based. Its advance may benefit from learning the footsteps of the advancement in developmental pediatrics, which has a solid life science basis.