陶行知与中国教育改革

Tao Xingzhi and China's Education Reform

陶行知先生的教育思想是具有中国特色的教育理论,它不仅符合当时半殖民地、半封建的中国国情,为中国的民众教育探索出一条正确的道路,而且对当代的中国教育改革也具有重要的价值。其中特别具有启示意义的内容包括:培养人中人的教育宗旨,体现了教育平等的平民意识;教人求真、学做真人的教育目标,使社会环境得到净化;重视人格健全发展的教育方针,促进学生全面健康的成长;自主、实践、创新的教育原则,有利于发掘学生的潜能;丰富生活力的教育评价标准,对于克服应试教育的弊端具有积极作用。总之,陶行知的教育思想在当代仍具有强大的生命活力。

Tao Xingzhi＇s educational ideology is a kind of educational theory with Chinese characteristics, whose revelation is： the educational tenet of fostering ordinary civilians embodies the average ideology of education equity; the educational goal of teaching man to seek truths and to learn to be a real person purifies social environment; the educational policy of stressing fine personality development promotes student＇s full and healthy growth; the educational principle of autonomy, practice and creativity helps express student＇s potentials; the educational assessment criterion full of vigor and life helps overcome the drawbacks of exam-oriented education. In short, Tao Xingzhi＇s educational ideas are still vigorous and vital contemporarily.