论教育的民族性

On the Nationality of Education

民族性是指一个民族区别于其他民族的行为方式、情感、习俗和思维方式,是民族生存和发展的精神支柱,是凝聚民族全体成员心灵的纽带,是各民族交流和发展的源泉,是民族应对全球化挑战的思想源泉。民族性的重要表现是其独特的民族文化,民族危机最根本的是文化危机。教育对民族国家的形成具有独特的价值,被视为实现国家目的的重要工具;教育对于民族文化的发展在历史上和现实生活中都发挥了重要的作用。我们应该发挥教育的民族国家认同功能和文化认同功能,培养学生的民族国家意识。坚守教育的民族性,是指在制定教育方针、教育目的设定、课程设置、课外活动组织、社会舆论营造等一系列教育活动中要始终突出民族性,弘扬民族精神。

Nationality is what differs from the other nations in the behavior model, the sentiment, the custom and the thinking model, which is the fundament and the spiritual pillar that one nation exists and develops, the bond which unites all national people together, the source of communication and development of different nations, and the spiritual pillar of which one nation reply the globalization. The important manifestation of nationality is the special culture, and national crisis is cultural crisis fundamentally. Education has the important value for the forming of the nation and is regarded as the important tool of achieving national purposes. Education has played an important role in the national culture development in history and reality. We should develop the functions of education in the area of self-identity of country and cultures to cultivate students＇ idea of nation. Insisting on educational nationality is what we must emphasize nationality and publicize the national spirit in the series of action which formulate the educational guiding principle, set up educational aim, develop curriculum, organize the extracurricular activities and build social public opinions.