试论教育家群落--以陈嘉庚及其教育家亲友为例

On the“Educator Community”:Taking Chen Jiageng and His Fellow Educators as Examples

“教育家群落”是笔者受植物生态学原理启发,试图以生态世界观和方法论研究教育家而提出的概念。它指投身教育的仁人志士因血缘、地缘、亲缘、学缘、业缘、志缘、机缘等关系相互聚拢,从而形成的类似森林群落的教育家群体。以“群落”名之,意在突出其生命共同体的意义,突出群落内外的互动及协同进化效应。“群落”一词还具某种景观意蕴,能显现生命之树常青以及向往蓝天、扎根大地、共生共荣、蓬勃向上、披风沥雨、滋润大地等美学意象,这些意象与教育家群体的精神气质多相契合。著名爱国教育家陈嘉庚及其周围一群各有所长的教育家亲友,在民族命运面临危机的时代背景下,怀着振兴中华的共同信仰,以血缘、亲缘关系为经,以地缘、业缘、志缘关系为纬,形成了一个极具社会影响的教育家群落,至今闪耀着灿烂的精神光辉。本文拟以这个群落为案例,对其形成、壮大的过程、特征作一番简要梳理和分析,进而揭示教育家群落的共同性状。

“Educator community”is a concept proposed by the author,who was inspired by the principle of plant ecology,and tried to study educators with ecological world outlook and methodology.It refers to some educators who are devoted to education and form a group which is similar to the forest community because of their blood,geography,kinship,academy,industry,ambition and chance.We call it“community”to highlight its significance of common thread,and the interaction and coevolution effects inside and outside the group.The word“community”also has some landscape implication,which can show the aesthetic images of evergreen tree of life,yearning for the blue sky,rooting in the earth,living together and prospering,moistening the.earth,etc.These images are consistent with the spiritual temperament of educators.With the common belief of rejuvenating China under the background of the crisis of nat ional destiny,Chen Jiageng,a famous patriotic educator,together with a group of his relatives and friends,has formed a community of educators with great social influence by the connections of blood,kinship,industry and ambition.Their spiritual brilliance is still shining now.Taking this community as an example,this paper briefly summarizes and analyzes the process and characteristics of its formation and growth,and then reveals the common characteristics of the educator community.