The Labelling Dilemma in Children's Education and Its Return to origins Based on Tao Xingzhi's Thought
GAO Yehong¹, LI Shasha², TAO Lei²
(1. Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China;
2. School of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050010, China)
Abstract: The utilitarianisation,adultisation and fragmentation of children's education have distorted the qualities, functions and meanings that children's education should be, and the essential reason for this is that children's education has fallen into the dilemma of labelling. The research examines the current situation of children's education and finds that the dilemma of labelling is embodied in the contradiction between children's growth and success, the contradiction between adults’suppression and children's emancipation, and the contradiction between adult education and children's education. In order to solve this problem, based on Tao Xingzhi’s educational thought, the research puts forward the strategy of returning to the origin of children's education by closely linking the educational content with children's lives, replacing single labelling with multiple evaluation; returning to the essence of education by stimulating children's potential and interest through the creation of life-practice educational environments; and promoting children's all-round development through curricula and educational activities.
Keywords: children's education; Tao Xingzhi's thought; life practice education
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