“模仿”观念的教育基础与学习意蕴:基于词源学的比较分析

The Beginning of Understanding Education and Learning Implication of “Mimesis”:Comparative Analysis Based on Etymology

现实教育中对"模仿"观念存有误解和分歧,将模仿与创新对立起来,降格为一种缺乏创意的学习方式。为此,从词源学视角对"模仿"观念进行了梳理与澄清,发现中文语境中模仿侧重个人的感悟和体验,视模仿为认识教育和觉悟学习的基础。而英文语境中则将模仿作为一个"问题"进行多学科的共同研究,力求通过研究来揭示模仿在人本性中的位置和生理基础以及探究模仿在教育、学习和社会发展中所扮演的重要地位。无论是中文语境还是在英文语境都肯定了模仿、教育和学习之间的复杂交互作用,通过模仿以期促进个体的成长发展与社会的进步,为创新铺垫基础。同时也需要警惕模仿可能滋生的多种风险,克服教育和学习过程中模仿自身携带的局限性。

There are misunderstandings and divergences about “mimesis” in practical education;for instance, mimesis is regarded as the antithesis of innovation, or mimesis is seen as a lack of creative learning. In order to probe these reasons,the present study etymologically analyzed the connotation of “mimesis” about which is concerned with the individual perception and the basis of the understanding education and the consciousness of learning in the Chinese context.In the meantime, the researcher found in the English context that mimesis involved with many different disciplinary research such as aesthetics, psychology, sociology, anthropology and so on.These research intends to reveal the location and brain mechanism of mimesis in the human nature and plays an important role in the process of education,learning and social development.Whether it is in Chinese context or English context, mimesis needs to deal with the complex interaction among mimesis, education and learning.Mimesis also constitutes the basis of individual growth, social progress and innovation.At the same time, we also need to be alert to the possible risk of mimesis and to overcome the mimetically negative effects of education and learning process.