Title: "Cultivating Talents" or "Making Machines":What Is Education for and What Should Education Do——Rethinking on the Education's Aim Arising from the Tendency of "Vying for the Very Best"
Abstract:In recent years, there is a tendency of vying for the very bestin colleges and universities of our country, which prods us to rethink about what education is for and what education should do. The goal...In recent years, there is a tendency of vying for the very bestin colleges and universities of our country, which prods us to rethink about what education is for and what education should do. The goal of education is cultivating talentsbut not making machines; education is for all the students’development but not for the minority ofoutstanding studentsorthe Number One Scholars, and for the students’success and happiness but not for the sacrifice of students’development. Therefore, education should be responsible for the students’healthy growth and comprehensive development, and promote the quality education firmly and unshakably; education should have a clear life consciousness and show much concern to students’life development; teachers should become the explorers of teaching reform who respect students and lead students’development; the college entrance examination should be improved within the framework of and under the guidance of quality education.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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