Teaching as Learning:Etymological Investigation,Canonical Analysis,and Experiential Reflection in the Chinese Cultural Context  

作　　者：Lin Li 李林

机构地区：[1]East China Normal University

出　　处：《ECNU Review of Education》2024年第3期490-509,共20页华东师大教育评论（英文）

摘　　要：Purpose:This study re-examines the relationship between jiao(lit.teaching)and xue(lit.learning)—the foundational education concepts in the traditional Chinese cultural contextto enlighten our contemporary understandings of education and educational research.Design/Approach/Methods:This study first lays its foundation on an etymological investigation.It then integrates two mutually connected approaches-the classics and the self as method-to present a comprehensive analysis.Finally,it critically reviews the methodology used in this study.Findings:The interdependency of xue and jiao has an etymological foundation,supported by canon-ical doctrines and verified by individualized experiences.The interpretation of xue as xiao(to imitate)describes the origin and process of education in which the junior imitated and followed the elder,while the extended interpretation of xue as jue(to awaken)stresses the effects and functions of edu-cation.In the classical Chinese context,greater significance was placed on xue the keyword concur-rently connoting the meaning of teaching and learning in the modern sense.It is misleading to narrowly render the originally meaningful word group xuexi as learning in modern English.

关 键 词：Classics as method Confucian tradition teaching as learning the self as method 

分 类 号：G52[文化科学—教育学]