教育的方式 the ways to educate
A debate heated up recently, thanks to Amy Chua’s book about a Chinese “tiger mother”. In her latest book entitled “The Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother”, Amy describes how she adopt s traditional Chinese methods to educate her children, which is considered by many westerners to be too hard and inhuman.
One of the issues being discussed after the book was published is whether early education should focus on children’s happiness. Those supporting the idea argue that early education is intended to help children grow up in a cheerful atmosph ere and inspire them to better themselves in an all-round way. Therefore we should allow children to enjoy the happiness which can only be found during their childhood. On the contrary, people holding the opposite view insist that since in reality life is full of happiness and pain, children should be well prepared for that even during childhood. Otherwise, they would find it hard to adapt to life in the future.
In my opinion, just as Confucius said, education methods should be adopted based on inpidual personalities. Moreover, educators should respect children as independent human beings.
最近的爭論升溫,多虧了蔡美兒的書關于中國“虎媽”。在她的新書〈虎媽的戰歌〉，艾米描述她是如何采用中國傳統的方法來教育她的孩子,這是許多西方人認為過于苛刻和不人道。
正在討論的問題之一是這本書出版后早期教育是否應該關注孩子們的幸福。那些支持這個想法認為早期教育的目的是幫助孩子成長在一個快樂的全方面的環境和激勵他們更好的自己。因此我們應該讓孩子們享受的幸福只能發現在他們的童年。相反,人們持有相反的觀點堅持認為,因為在現實生活中充滿了快樂和痛苦,孩子們應該好好準備,即使在童年。否則,他們會發現很難適應未來的生活。
在我看來,正如孔子所說,教育方法應采用基于個性。此外,教師應該尊重孩子作為獨立的人。
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