教育的本质即诞生性——阿伦特的教育观及其反思

The Essence of Education Is Natality:Arendt's View on Education and Its Reflections

"教育的本质即诞生性"这一论断,是阿伦特教育思想的核心和始点。诞生性意味着每个人都通过出生来到世界上,以及世界通过这种出生获得持续更新,构成了教育的前提条件和内在要求。这一论断在很大程度上与阿伦特对人的境况的思考和对美国教育(学)的反省有关,并由此形成了她对儿童世界、学校性质以及教育者权威和责任的新见解。尽管这些教育观点面临一些挑战,但阿伦特启示人们,应在传统与现代的关联中、在全球与本土的同构中、在教育与社会政治的互动中,审慎思考教育的性质与问题。

The essence of education is natality,which is the focus and starting point of Arendt’s educational thoughts.Natality means that everyone comes to the world by birth,which renews the world continually and lays the foundation for education.To a large extent,this argument comes from Arendt’s reflections on the human condition and American pedagogy,which also is the base of her new ideas about the children world,the nature of schools,the authority and responsibility of educators.Although faced with some challenges,these opinions teach people to reflect on education issues carefully by connecting tradition and modernity,comparing global and local problems and relating education and social politics.