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Dimension Of Life And Freedom

Posted on:2013-01-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:K Q LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2217330374461935Subject:History of education
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A.S. Neill is British modern famous thinker and educator, founded the world famous freedom of the representative of the summerhill school, he will life are given to the summerhill school and education, his educational thought mainly to "life" and "freedom" as the kernel and education that you never walk alone in the world. As a free education thought is an outstanding representative, but the new education movement in Europe Neill still adhere to the spirit of humanism, against all the adds that sweep of the traditional education class and the lack of formal, respecting the children's life and freedom for based on the cultivation of the whole personality, creativity, extremely stressed freedom, democracy, life and love of education at the same time, the idea of acting in summerhill school and bending down until the end of life, which is one of the great contemporary educator.Since the20th century later, with the process of industrialization, the progress of science and technology and the expansion of the materialism, human to more and more dependent on technology and material, and cause people to ignore the spirit of humanity. Reflected in the education field, is education blindly take the knowledge of the implant, and ignore the cultivation of emotions, and cause the student to life and freedom of brushed aside, the further led to the students of life discipline and the loss of freedom. The free education thought and Neill's summerhill school in the practice of the world education field blow into a cold wind of humanism, the social transition in China's basic education reform process and provide useful for reference and enlightenment.The literature, history and comparison analysis method as the main research method, to summerhill school as the base, and its multiple disciplines of the witness, explore and analyze and survey system, the educational thought of Neill. The main structure of this study including six parts:The first part, the introduction. From the research origin and current situation of research, and introduced the main research methods and significance, and the related concept is defined.The second part of detailed introduces the life and its educational thought of Neill produce background of times. Of his life, the history of comb the observes, mainly including Neill's family environment and the growth experience, education activities; The educational thought produce background of times, mainly from development, progress and reform of the social background, and then discusses from the tradition to the modern education status of steering.The third part, emphatically to Neill's education thought of the origin the history of analysis. The analysis of the traditional culture of Britain education, the effects of the new education movement and Neill, at the same time, this paper Rousseau, Freud and Dewey, theories education idea and practice of Neill influence.The fourth part, the system and the comprehensive discusses the main contents of the education Neill's thought. Covering content mainly includes:the life and living of the directed at educational aim theory;"The problem children" of educational object theory; With five education of the educational content theory; Free education and individual counseling of educational methodology.The fifth part, Neill's educational thoughts of the practice of excellence summerhill school academic researchers. First of all, from the perspective of education ecology to summerhill school on the witness; Then, from the perspective of education anthropology of the teachers and students summerhill school investigated; Again, the path, the curriculum and teaching of summerhill school the education culture on the analysis, and not just the stay in courses and teaching theory subject general significance discussion; Finally, the summerhill school autonomy and authority of the existence of will the education management of the scrutiny.The sixth part, is part of this conclusion. Mainly includes the influence of educational thought of Neill, evaluation and its significance of research. Influence level, involved Britain and the world within the scope of the influence. Evaluation level, dialectical pointed out the education thought is the feature and Neill's advantages and limitations. In times meaning level, the more detailed describes the basic education in China in the field of enlightenment, these Revelations mainly has:respect children life, give children free; Principals, parents and teachers'education concept of change; Strengthen emotional education as a perfect personality; Pay attention to the innovative spirit and democratic consciousness training.
Keywords/Search Tags:A.S.Neill, Summerhill school, life, freedom
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