陶行知生活教育理论及其当代价值

On the Theory of Life Education of Tao Xingzhi and Its Present-day Value

生活教育理论是陶行知教育思想的核心部分,其主要内容是“三大原理”,即“生活即教育”、“社会即学校”、“教学做合一”。“生活即教育”的理念为学习型社会的建设提供了理论基础;“社会即学校”为今天构建终身学习理论提供了借鉴;“教学做合一”为生活教育理论的实现提供了方法论的指导。文章在阐述三大内容的基础上结合当今时代的特点,充分挖掘其理论的当代价值,为今天的和谐社会建设下的教育提供参考。

The theory of life education which is the core part of Tao Xingzhi＇s ideology in education maintains three principles as its main part ,namely, life containing education, society containing schools, and combination of teaching, learning and doing; the idea of life containing education provides some theoretical foundation for the construction of study intensive society, the idea of society containing schools furnishes some reference for the establishment of life-long study of knowledge, and the idea of combining of teaching, learning and doing produces methodological guidance for the realization of the theory of life education. This paper has listed the three principles and integrated the principles with the present-day features and fully excavated its modem theoretical value and provided some reference for the education under the situation of building harmonious society.