教育何以是一项现代化事业——基于启蒙现代性视角的阐释

Why Is Education a Modern Enterprise?——Based on the Perspective of Enlightening Modernity

近代以来的世界发展史表明,启蒙主导的现代性精神构成了现代化的内在动力学因素。在中国的总体国家实践语境中,"现代化"是政治、文化和教育等相互协作的整全性方案。作为这项现代性方案的核心,"人的现代化"与"社会现代化"正是教育的两大主题,其目标是确立人的理性与自由,以"现代人"的姿态确证人自我实存的本质,通过"现代人"去解放人自己,并建设一种"现代生活"和一个民主、进步的"现代社会"。从启蒙现代性精神到"现代化"的现代性转型实践,教育在促进人的价值观念、素质结构、精神面貌等方面贡献了自身的独特力量,铸就了以"启蒙"为旨的价值使命和精神品质。

Since modern times, the modernistic spirit of enlightenment has constituted the internal dynamics of modernization. In the context of China＇ s overall national practice, ＂modernization＂ is an integrated program of politics, culture and education. As the core of the modernity program, ＂human modernization＂ and ＂social modernization＂ are the two main themes of education, and their goal is to establish the rationality and freedom of man, confirm the essence of the real existence of man himself through ＂modern man＇ s＂ attitude, and liberate man himself through ＂modern man＂ , and also build a ＂modern life＂ and a democratic and progressive ＂ modern society ＂. In the practice of modern transformation from the modern spirit of enlightenment to ＂modernization＂, education has contributed its own unique strength in promoting the idea of human values, quality structure and mental outlook, and has created the value mission and spiritual quality with ＂enlightenment＂ as the purport.