论北美印第安人的传统教育

On Traditional Education of Indians in North America

1500年前,世界各地原住民的文化处于自然发展状态,而其教育旨在传承他们的传统文化。印第安人是北美大陆的最早主人,在长期的历史发展过程中,他们不仅形成了与其生存环境相适应的生活方式、社会组织和文化传统,而且创造了传承其本土文化的传统教育。本文在阐述北美印第安人生命哲学及其教育理念的基础上,对其传统教育的基本内容及其形式进行了探讨,认为印第安人的传统教育是美国、加拿大乃至北美大陆教育历史的逻辑起点。

1500 years ago, culture of indigenous people all ower the world developed in a natural way and education was aimed at inheriting traditional culture. As the earliest inhabitants in North America, Indians, in their long history, not only formed their living style, social organization and traditional culture to suit for their living environment, but also developed traditional education to inherit their local culture. This paper elaborates on life philosophy and education concept of Indians in North America and discusses the basic contents and form of their traditional education. The writers think that traditional education of Indians is the logical start of education history of America, Canada and even North America.