正视幼儿的生死观教育

Envisaging Education of Children's Life-death View

对“生和死”问题的回避可以说是中国传统教育中的一大盲点,但儿童在现实生活中又不断地接触到生与死的现象,并由此产生困惑。这些困惑,体现了儿童对生命现象的敏感。发展心理学研究证明,幼儿对“生和死”具有朴素的认识。所以,学前教育应正视儿童的生死观教育。生与死的问题不仅仅是科学认识的问题,更是伦理学的问题,孩子提出生死问题的背后隐藏着对生命价值和生命意义的追问。

Traditional Chinese education tries to avoid the issue of life and death. However, children are constantly confronted with and puzzled by phenomena of life and death in reality. It demonstrates children's sensitivity to life. Studies of development psychology show that children have simple understanding of life and death. Therefore, preschool education should envisage children's life-death view education. The issue of life and death is not merely a scientific one, but an ethic one. The questions about life and death raised by children imply a questioning of life value and meaning.