Words On Play

In his article, ‘Recovering Humanity: Movement, Sport, and Nature’, Doug Anderson addresses the place of endurance sport, or more generally sport at large, as a potential catalyst for the good life. Anderson contrasts transcendental themes of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson with the pragmatic claims of William James and John Dewey, who focus on human possibility and growth. Our aim is to pursue the pragmatic line of thought championed by James and Dewey as a contrasting but not mutually exclusive motive to Anderson’s analysis. We contend that movement can provide humanizing possibilities even more pronounced for those subscribing to pragmatic themes (i.e., growth and the strenuous mood). We will use running and cycling to demonstrate how the strenuous mood enhances the possibility for this humanizing condition. Specifically, we argue that moving in a committed fashion allows us to deepen our relationship with the respective practice and thus opens the possibilities for ‘recovering our humanity’.     

Voluntary sports clubs as ‘schools of democracy’? Critique of German sports science

ABSTRACT

In Western societies, modern sports have always been subjected to diverse expectations of social benefits. One especially bold and frequently repeated claim is that voluntary sports clubs serve as ‘schools of democracy’. Based on a pragmatist framework of critique, the present study provides the first comprehensive map of evidence on this subject from German sports science, revealing limitations in the content, research methodologies, and democratic theories of past studies. Based on the shortcomings identified in the established concept of democracy underlying past research, an alternative theory is proposed, rooted in John Dewey's pragmatist philosophy of democracy. The final outcome is essentially alternative ‘schools of democracy’, basically prepared to be tested in further empirical studies.     

陶行知与现代性

陶行知的“现代性”是在其即行即知、即知即传、即传即联、即联即前的全人生旅途中屡败屡战、屡遭厄运,而又屡屡创造以促进现代文明。陶行知在生活教育运动中确定了现代化为运动的目标,他在现代化中寻求确定性。他提出了两个新命题:一是与时俱进,“做一个长久的现代人”,二是持续发展,“保证川流不息的现代性”。这正是当今后现代性社会所面临的两个重大问题。从而也使我们有了借以理解后现代性的思想资源。     

颜元的人才思想及实践

颜元是我国清初杰出的教育家，他认为拥有大批具有真才实学的人才是国家富强、社会安定的关键因素。因此，必须废除科举制度，打破理学教育，大力提倡学用结合、学以致用的“实学”、“实行”、“真学”教育。     

务实与创新

大力推动文化事业大发展大繁荣是社会主义精神文明建设和时代发展的需要,是增强国家软实力,提升国家竞争力的迫切要求。文化建设的程度将直接影响科技的进步,社会的发展,在推进党和人民事业向前发展中发挥着不可替代的重大作用,而国民在文化素质、审美能力、创新精神上的水准,是需要社会长期的培育建设,各级政府、企事业单位要明白这一国策的深远意义,在确定发展规划、改革基础教育、营造社会环境、落实制度保障等方面做到务实创新,才能促进科学发展。     

It takes two to tango: studying how students constitute political subjects in discourses on sustainable development

A great deal of the ongoing discussion about environmental education and education for sustainable development has to do with democracy and deliberation. Here, for example, the normative approach has been challenged. As an alternative, there is sometimes a call for a curriculum and education that is characterized by democracy, participation, and pluralism. According to this call, it is still far from clear what it actually means to create education in terms of democracy. While the debate is lively, it is not always anchored in empirical research. In this study, three students in a classroom situation talk about resources and solidarity. Using analytical tools developed from a pragmatic base, the study tries to find a methodology to reveal how people create political subjects while engaged in such a discourse. This is associated with the discussion about democracy in education, and the consequences these findings may have in respect of how education on environment and sustainable development can be staged in terms of freedom and pluralism.     

由“议礼派”思想看明中叶儒学经世思潮的复兴

明中叶是重要的历史转型期,在思想上主要体现为程朱理学的衰落及各种思潮的产生。在此背景下,儒家"经世致用"的思想传统重新受到重视,并在部分士人的推动下形成一时潮流。嘉靖初年活跃于政坛的"议礼派"官员,正是这一思想的重要代表。他们提倡"黜虚崇实"与"体用结合",重视思想上的诚敬与行动上的笃行相结合,并以复古作为其学术上务实、政治上革新的有效途径,同时抨击宋明理学"灭人欲"的道德观,主张义利并重,这些内容都与明中后期经世思想的主体相吻合,从而具有一定的代表性。晚明的经世思潮不仅是批判理学和王学的思想武器,更引发了整个社会重视实学实用的经世风潮,一直延续到明清之际。     

美国课堂教学模式解析

美国课堂教学模式的四个特点所遵循的是美国著名教育家约翰.杜威(John Dewey)的教学理论和教学原则。"实践性原则"和"个体性原则"的提出为中国基础教育英语课程的改革提供了借鉴和理论依据。对美国课堂教学模式特点的分析,可以为中国基础教育改革的进一步实施和开展提供更好的借鉴和启发。     

实用主义课程论视角下行政管理专业本科课程审视

运用实用主义课程论分析了行政管理本科专业课程现状、存在的问题,并探讨了行政管理专业课程设置未来发展方向。     

Pragmatic research methodology in education: possibilities and pitfalls

ABSTRACT

This paper considers the challenges experienced by a doctoral student engaging in qualitative research. It examines the difficulties experienced in selecting an appropriate approach from the traditional methodologies. A pragmatic methodology which provides the researcher with the opportunity to utilise a range of strategies to answer the research question are discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of the freedoms afforded in methodological thinking, rather than following prescribed strategies and procedures are then considered. How a pragmatic perspective informed the researcher’s understanding of the impact of selecting a specific methodology and how this shaped the research and its outcomes concludes the paper.