Is our Classroom an Ecological Place?

The essence of ecology is life and its diversity, integrity, openness and coexistence. When one contemplates and analyzes classroom from the perspective of ecology, classroom should contain open-ended and multiple goals instead of a single and pre-set goal; classroom is more flexible, allowing great diversity instead of being narrow-minded, identical and in sole possession. Classroom is characterized by equality, harmony and vigor, instead of being under hegemony, control and being mind-suffocated; it is a place where students as principal parts exchange their minds instead of being a fearful “modern spiritual hell”; classroom is a stage where the vigor of students is stimulated, their nature is started and their colorful self is presented, instead of a knowledge-manufacturing place lacking in variety. Translated from Global Education, 2005:5