论作为一种传统的博雅教育及其范式

On Liberal Education as a Kind of Tradition and Its Paradigm

博雅教育是西方历史最为悠久的教育传统,深刻地影响着西方社会的教育。一部西方教育史,可以说就是博雅教育的发展史。对博雅教育目的的理解可上溯到亚里士多德提出的Eudaimonia理念。要超越Happiness作为博雅教育目的的主张,需要探索Human Flourishing作为博雅教育目的的真正理据。对博雅教育价值与意义的理解与把握,要与对美好生活追求的永恒主题联系在一起。作为西方教育的一种鲜活传统,博雅教育出现了五种范式,这些范式是进一步理解博雅教育理论和实践变化的具体途径。基于教育传统框架分析博雅教育的历史演变过程,分析其中的延传变体链,有助于理解其中产生的冲突与复杂性,对未来的博雅教育研究会产生许多有益的启示。

Liberal education is the longest tradition of education in the west,which has a profound influence on the education of western society.A history of western education can be said to be the history of liberal education.Understanding the purpose of liberal education can be traced back to the Eudaimonia.This concept was proposed by Aristotle.It is necessary to go beyond the claim of Happiness as the purpose of liberal education and explore the real justification of Human Flourishing as the purpose of liberal education.The understanding grasp of the value and significance of liberal education should be connected with the eternal theme of the pursuit of a better life.The analysis of the historical evolution of liberal education based on the framework of educational tradition,and also the analysis of the chain of transmitted variants,is indeed helpful to understand the conflict and complexity of liberal education.As a living tradition of western education,there are five paradigms in liberal education.These paradigms are the specific ways to further understand the changes in theory and practice of liberal education,and will produce many useful enlightenment for future research on liberal education.