The View On Children And The Children Education In The Perspective Of The Theory Of Human Nature

The view on children is the general and basic opinions of people on the children, which also can be regarded as the people's understanding of children on the philosophical level. The issue of the view on children is essentially the conceptual issue of human being, which has a close relationship with the views on the education and the teacher. Historically, the history of the evolution of the view on children was also the history the children were discovered and liberated. The evolution of the view on children has a close relationship with the human understanding on the world as well as themselves, behind which there are understanding of human being and human nature. In the whole preschool education, the view on children is the backbone. The view on children is often closely linked to the view on education, the children education is often based on the view on children. Children were the educatees, the factor of children is critical in the educational process, it also reflects the educational goals. The opinions on children influences the understanding of the other factor evolved in the educational process, different views on children lead to different educational goals, strategies and behaviors; and also different thoughts of humanity influence the views of the parents and the teachers on children imperceptibly, which in turn leave traces in the teaching practice. In the education teaching practice in reality, there are various misunderstanding of the teachers on children, and the factor that the parents and the teachers have wrong human view accounts for it. Therefore, it is essential to rethink the views on children in the scope of human nature in the practice of education reform.This thesis firstly expatiates the connotation of the children view and human nature and their relations; and then based on the theory of human nature, this thesis discusses the views of educators who hold the thoughts of natural humanity, rational humanity and social humanity. Based on the analyses of the different educators and thinkers'theories on the human nature and their influences on the formation of the view on children, this expatiates the relationship between the theories of human nature and the view on children.Secondly, based on the above-mentioned analyses, this thesis analyses the theory of human nature which lead to the misunderstanding of the view on children in the children education in China. This thesis also notices phenomena of the materialization, being regarded as "tools", and the alienation of the nature in the children education, and also the reason behind them are discussed and a conclusion is reached that they are the outcomes of the abstract, and one-sided and static thinking. This thesis points out that the human nature should be understood from a perspective of that the things always contact with each other and are always in the greater context.Then, based on the above-mentioned questions, it is pointed out that the essence of the education lies on the fact that the education should be combined together with the human nature, the education and the human nature helps each other, different theories on human nature lead to different developments of the children. Finally, "back to the human nature" and humanity of the views on children are suggested.