利文斯通的古典文学教育思想及其现实意义  

Livingstone's Thoughts of Classical Education and its Practical Significance

作　　者：稂建中 LANG Jian-zhong

机构地区：[1]湖南师范大学教育科学学院 [2]湖南大学外国语学院

出　　处：《大学教育科学》2018年第4期98-106,共9页University Education Science

基　　金：湖南省教育厅科学研究重点项目"英国近现代大学精神的演变"(17A144)

摘　　要：作为西方传统自由教育的捍卫者,利文斯通坚信古典文学的成就和地位不可取代,强调古典文学教育的优越性,认为古典文学的完整性、简朴性和天然的明晰与直率等特性在学校教育中具有很强的人文教育意蕴,同时也是对公民的理性洗礼。不过,基于社会发展的考虑,利文斯通呼吁对古典文学教育进行改革,倡导古典文学教育应从知识转向思维。利文斯通的古典文学教育思想反映了20世纪初人们对理性精神的追求,并认识到自然科学不能取代人文学科的地位。这对于我们重新审视当今中国的教育现状,让教育既回归古典人文传统又培养现时代精神,无疑具有重要借鉴意义。As a defender of the traditional western liberal education,Livingstone believes that classical literature is indispensable and irreplaceable.The classical literature is complete and broad in coverage,simple and unadorned in style,clear and straightforward in its thoughts,as Livingstone indicates which proves to be significant in improving humanistic education as a whole and promoting the cultivation of humanistic logos in citizenship education.Meanwhile,taking the social development into account,Livingstone calls on reforms of the classical education,advocating a transfer of classical education from the instruction of knowledge to the training of thinking.Livingstone’s educational thoughts of classical literature reflect that people in the 20th century were eager for the pursuit of rational spirits and aware that human science would not be replaced by natural science.This reveals the vital necessity for us to reexamine the current situation of education in China,and relive the tradition of classical humanity and cultivate the spirit of the current times.

关 键 词：文化素质教育 人文教养 古典文学教育 公民理性 思维教育 利文斯通 

分 类 号：G649[文化科学—高等教育学]