思维、教育与民族性

Thinking,Education and Nationality

东西方在思维方式上的差异被很多学者探讨过。思维方式的复杂性及其在不同文化中的不同倾向,对教育产生了不可忽略的重要影响。教育史上很多大规模教育改革都直接或间接与对思维的重要性或对它新的认识有关。思维研究涉及很多学科。世界上不同文化背景下的国民思维方式几乎都存在长项和欠缺。提高思维品质、平衡不同思维方式的获取、弥补思维方式的欠缺是教育改革应该特别关注的事情。一个国家的教育既是民族性的体现,其兼顾不同文化的思维方式的教育上的努力,也可能是影响民族性的重要因素。

The difference in the way of thinking between East and West have been discussed by many scholars.The complexity of the way of thinking and its different tendencies in different cultures have exerted an important and undeniable influence on education.In the history of education,many large-scale educational reforms are directly or indirectly associated with the importance of thinking or a new understanding of it.The study of thinking involves many disciplines.Almost all the ways of thinking in different cultural contexts have advantages and shortcomings.Improving the quality of thinking,balancing the acquisition of different ways of thinking,and making up for deficiencies in the way of thinking are matters that educational reform should pay special attention to.A country’s education is not only a reflection of its nationality,its educational efforts to take the thinking styles of different cultures into account may also be an important factor that affects its nationality.