论大学教育的目的——评约翰·杜威《民主主义与教育》

The purpose of university education——Comments on Dewey John's "democracy and education"

本文将约翰·杜威在《民主主义与教育》一书中论述的"教育的目的"这一观点与大学教育的实际相结合,探讨了大学教育的两大一般性目的:首先是培养学生有意识地去学习;其次是扩大学生的知识面、开拓学生的视野。以这两方面的目的指导大学教育,以期大学能够为社会培养出具有宽广视野、能够切实分析问题和解决问题并且全面发展的优秀人才!

In this paper,John Dewey s view of 'the purpose of education' in 'democracy and education' combined with the practice of university education,discusses the purpose of university education:the first is to cultivate the students' conscious learning;second is to enlarge their knowledge,broaden students' horizon.The purpose of these two areas to guide the university education,to cultivate all-round development of outstanding talent with a broad field of vision,to effectively analyze and solve problems!