道家教育思想的现代价值

道家以顺应自然为最高教育理念,强调教育要“道法自然”,尊重和发展人的个性;道家“行不言之教”的原则突出了学生的主体作用;道家“以不救救人”的思想要求不以扭曲人的本性去教育发展人;道家“无用之用”的教育理念要求博专结合;道家“正言若反”的观点揭示出教育自身的根本局限性和深刻悖论;道家“得意忘言”的主张启示人们教育的目的在于能力的培养;道家“谋于未发”和“图难于易”体现了教育的预防性原则和循序渐进原则。道家教育思想对现代教育有很好的借鉴意义。

Modern value of the educational thought of Taoist school

Taoist school regards complying with the nature as the highest educational idea.It stresses that education should respect and develop people's personality on the basis of abiding by the educational rules;the principle of "setting an example with one's own conduct" of Taoist school has given prominence to the main function of the students;Taoist school thinks one should be educated and developed without being distorted his natural instinct;Taoist school's educational concept is that extensive knowledge should be combined with the intensive knowledge;it points out that basic limitations and deep fallacy exist in education itself;Taoist school's viewpoint of "forgetting words once the meaning is understood" enlightens people that the purpose of education lies in the cultivation of ability;Taoist school's "preventing students' bad tendency" & "starting with the trifles" embodies the preventative principle and progressive principle of education.The educational thought of Taoist school has profound referential meanings to modern education.