以儿童生活为中心——叶圣陶对儿童教育理论的探索与实践

Focusing on Children's Life——Ye Shengtao's Exploration and Practice on Children Education Theory

叶圣陶是我国著名的文学家、教育家和编辑家,一生对儿童教育理论进行了积极的探索与实践。在实践过程中,他在批判与继承传统儿童教育的基础上,不断学习和吸收国内外先进的儿童教育思想,提出了以生活为中心的儿童教育理论。他认为儿童教育的目的是要让他们学会"做人",教育内容的选择应当以儿童生活为中心,教育方法则主张在生活中进行教育,教学做合一。叶圣陶以儿童生活为中心的教育理论及其实践,体现了以儿童为本的教育思想,可以为当前教育提供借鉴。

Ye Shengtao is a famous writer, educator and editor in China. He studied children education theory and carried out some education practice in his lifetime, Based on the criticism and inheritance of the traditional children education theory, he ab sorbed domestic and foreign advanced thoughts of children education, and put forward the education theory focusing on children＇s life. According to him, the purpose of education is to guide the children be upright persons, the content the children learn should be the things they would encounter in their life, and ＂the combination of teaching, learning and doing＂ in their daily life is the better way to learn. Ye Shengtao＇s education theory and practice with the focus on children＇s life embodies the thought of children-orientedness, which is believed to be a good reference resource for the current children education.