被设计的一代——当代中国城市儿童的早期教育现状

A designed generation--the state of early education for the Chinese urban children

我国独生子女的这一代是"被设计的一代"。父母的"设计"导致了儿童发展过程中属于自身天然化、本性化的内容大大减少,而人为化、强制化的内容居主要地位,这使整代人的主要特征呈现出单一化与共性化。早期的智力活动的质与量影响并制约着儿童的认知能力、认知兴趣以及对知识积累和技能培训的态度,最终将制约着每一个体的思维类型、智力类型、能力类型的构建。

A survey has shown that the generation under one child policy is a 'designed generation'. The parents' design for the children has greatly alleviated their innate and natural factors. Instead, artificial and obligatory elements become dominant. As a result, the main features for all this generation come to be universal and unitary. Nevertheless, the early education for a child will influence and regulate his cognitive capability, knowledge interest, and his attitude toward the knowledge accumulation and technique training. At last, it will determine the thinking mode, intelligence type, and capability structure for each individual.