对教育本质的重新思考

教育家都把教育看作是培养人的活动。要对教育本质的问题有较深刻的理解 ,必须首先回答人的本质。从某种程度说 ,人是两种存在纬度的结合 :“是其所是”的客观物在和“是其所不是”的自我超越。人的超越性不仅在于实践活动 ,更在于精神活动。因而可以说 ,教育的本质是将教育作为以人为对象的塑造与建构人的精神世界的一种特殊的精神生产活动 ,指向人的精神生活领域 ,其根本目的是培养人的精神世界。

Reflection on the Nature of the Education

The issue of the nature of education is the most essential one of all the educational problems, but as to the question of education's nature, however, the educational theoretical circle has made no agreement. From the angle of philosophical Hermeneutics, the essay makes an exploration on the nature of education, proposing that the nature of education is the spiritual construction of individuals. The author expects that the essay can be a trigger of better theories.