返本·开新·复命:教育家精神的内涵阐释

Returning to the Origin,Opening up New Paths and Fulfilling the Mission:An Interpretation of the Connotation of the Spirit of Educator

习近平总书记提出的教育家精神根植于中华优秀传统文化,面向教育强国、科技强国、人才强国的时代要求,彰显弘道育人的基本使命,是返本、开新与复命的统一。“返本”是回返中国古代优秀教育传统,从价值使命、实践原则、情感动力角度解析教育家精神的内涵。“开新”是关注教育家精神的时代面向,从教育的整全性、时代性、人类性三个角度加以阐释。“复命”着重教育家精神的使命担当,复归教师教书育人的本职使命:一是以真切高远的家国理想致力于民族伟大复兴的使命担当,二是以爱教善教的职业素养复归教书育人的本质使命,三是以致诚至信的天下情怀实现教师人格的升华。教育家精神的提出不仅直面教育的中国问题,也面对教育的世界问题,意在以中国的方式努力寻求当今人类教育问题的基本答案。

The spirit of educator put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping is rooted in China's fine traditional culture.Facing the requirement of building a nation strong on education,science and technology and outstanding talents in the new era,it highlights the basic mission of cultivating people and is the unity of returning to the origin,opening up new paths,and fulfilling the mission."Returning to the origin"means returning to the excellent educational tradition of ancient China,which analyzes the connotation of the spirit of educator from the perspectives of value mission,practical principle,and emotional motivation."Opening up new paths"focuses on the modern value of the spirit of educator,which can be interpreted from the three perspectives of integrity,time,and the humanity of education."Fulfilling the mission"emphasizes the mission and responsibility of the spirit of educator,which returns to the original mission of teachers'teaching and educating people.First,with sincere and lofty national ideals,we should strive to fulfill the mission of the rejuvenation of the nation;second,with professional qualities of loving and good teaching,we should return to the essential mission of teaching and educating people;and thirdly,with a high vision of the world,we should achieve the sublimation of teachers'personalities.The proposal of the spirit of educator not only directly concerns education in China,but also that in the world,aiming to seek basic answers to today's human education in Chinese way.