The Enlightenment Of Tao Xingzhi's Thoughts On Rural Education On The Current Development Of Rural Education

It is a historical task of the Party and the Country to build a new socialist countryside, and it is also the needs of the time development. The development of rural education as the important content of building a new countryside and the driving force, its reform and development also receive the attention. Tao Xingzhi as the leader of Rural Education Movement, his education thoughts have important experiences on the current education reform in rural areas.This article mainly divides into three parts:The first part introduces the historical background of Tao Xingzhi rural education thoughts. 1911 Revolution's experience shows that, the revolution to be truly successful there must be the people's support. But at that time the quality of farmers is generally low, and conditions of rural areas are very poor. Then there has gradually started the rural reform movement in the 1920s-1930s.With a view to reform the existing education and gradually increase the coverage of education, improve the overall quality of the farmers, and ultimately to achieve the purpose of social reform. In addition, Tao Xingzhi once studied under Dewey in American period, and was influenced deeply by his"the education is the life""the school is the society"and so on, unified our national conditions, finally in end of hills and rivers realized the unity of teaching learning and doing. At the same time, he agreed with the thought of Wang Yangming unity of knowledge and action, especially interested in the theory of"the knowledge is beginning of the action, the action is the becoming of knowledge", proposed the important thoughts through the practice"the action is the beginning of the knowledge, the knowledge is becoming of the action", which has realized the transformation from idealist thought to the materialistic thought.The second part is to introduce the main ideas of Tao Xingzhi about rural education. This section mainly cut into five aspects: First, the concept of the education function, namely the rural education is the basis which founds a nation. Tao Xingzhi thought that in fact the reform of education reforms the society, and only the education reform can truly reform the national, improve the national quality, finally realizes the goal of reforming society. Rural schools are the center of transforming village life which is the only possible center, and summon that the fellow citizens join the rural education reform movement together. Second, the concept of the education content, namely the life is the education. Thought that the life is the template, the prototype and the center of the education; in life inherent education factor and significance; the life decides the education, the education takes transforms the life as a goal. Third , the concept of the education method, namely the unity of teaching learning and doing. Thought that"the unity of teaching learning and doing"is not only the basic method of transforming the rural education, moreover is also the basic method which the society transforms;"the unity of teaching learning and doing"denies the traditional spoon-feeding pedagogics;"the unity of teaching learning and doing"requests"to work with the heart in the labor force";"the unity of teaching learning and doing""reflects the epistemological ideas of dialectical materialism. Fourth, the concept of the teacher, namely the rural teacher is the soul of transforming the country life. He believes that teachers need to be the soul of transforming the country life. Meanwhile he proposes the good teacher's standard also the goal of the teacher's education-- has the farmer skill, the scientific brains, the spirit of transforming society. He proposes"the child teacher system"which"transmit while you know". Everybody may become others' teacher. Fifth, educates practices, namely rural normal schools and technology groups.The third part is to explore the Tao Xingzhi rural education's enlightenment in contemporary new revelation. This part unifies the Tao Xingzhi rural education thought and our country rural education actual situation, has induced the following enlightenment, in education idea aspect: embarks actually from the countryside, causes the rural education return life; the rural education must set up the big education idea, to construct innovation education system; the rural education needs to portray"the new farmers", practical practices"humanist". In education content aspect: properly handles the relationship between education and life; strengthen the content of agriculture modernization; increases the related content of sharpening the farmer children's survivability. In education method aspect: practices"the unity of teaching learning and doing"; regards social survey procedure, carries on the widespread social surveys;"ten words knack"and"eight asking"and its reference; In teachers aspect: regards the teacher training, strengthens rural teacher education; the rural teachers'"the unifying of knowing and doing".