在西学东渐的背景下,如何用现代的话语讲述中国古代的教育,是一项具有开拓意义的工作。蒋梦麟的博士论文A Study in Chinese Principles of Education(《中国教育原理》)属于其中的一部开拓之作。蒋梦麟借鉴西方现代教育的概念框架,对中国历代哲人的教育思想进行挖掘与分析,从而构建了中国传统教育的思想体系,并指明了中国传统教育思想改革的方向。此书的核心虽然是古代中国教育思想,但却具有很强的现实关怀,体现出作者沟通中西、打通古今的宏大视野。
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如何想象中国古代的教育世界蒋梦麟《中国教育原理》导读
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I Background of Chinese Education
CHAPTER II General Scope of Chinese Education
PART I HEREDITY AND EDUCATION
CHAPTER III Human Nature
CHAPTER IV Nature and Nurture
PART II PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
CHAPTER V The Problem of Knowledge
CHAPTER VI The Problem of Science
CHAPTER VII Relative Values in Knowledge
CHAPTER VIII The Fundamental Elements of Learning
PART III PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING
CHAPTER IX Method of Elementary Education
CHAPTER X The Fundamental Elements of Teaching
PART IV PRINCIPLES OF MORAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER XI Types of Moral Theory
CHAPTER XII The Fundamental Elements of Moral Training
CONCLLUSION
CHAPTER XIII Some of the Problems of Chinese Culture
CHAPTER XIV The Individual, Society, and the State
CHAPTER XV Science and Art of Education
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX