A New Probe Into Wang Shouren's Thoughts On Children's Education

Wang Shouren was an very influential philosopher,thinker and educator in the middle of Ming dynasty,he was also a master of psychology.His children education thought based on the Psychology theory,not only has a very important position in the history of the development of children education in China,but also an important part of the history of children education in the world.Today,children education in Child has a variety of problems.A comprehensive and systematic study of Wang Shouren whose thoughts on children education will help us to make a reference to the reflection of children education in China and provide reference for the reform and development of children education.This paper is divided into six parts:Part one: Introduction.This part mainly discusses the reason of the topic,the definition of the core concept,the research summary,the research plan and the research methods.Part two: A brief analysis of the background of Wang Shouren whose children education thought.First of all,the early growth environment and education of Wang Shouren are analyzed,including the special growth environment and the education of enlightenment and wisdom.Secondly,the special social environment and the life experiences of Wang Shouren are discussed,including the treatment of the present academic abuses,repeated frustrations pain perception and analyze the influence of family environment and social environment on the formation of his thought.Part three: the relationship between children education and the Psychology of Wang Shouren will be analyzed.Trace back to the formation of Psychology,that is the origin between the Psychology and Mencius' thought,Lu Jiuyuan's thought and Zhu Xi's thought;Elaborate the main contents of Psychology,that is the doctrine of “mind is reason”,“conscience” theory,“knowledge and action” theory;Elaborate the relationship between children education and Psychology from the aspects of the necessity and importance of children education.Part four: Induce the mission and content of children education thought of Wang Shouren.The mission includes “learning to become a sage” and “the ancient church,to teach ethics”.The contents include “moral examination”,“poetry”,“learning etiquette”,“reading”.Part five: Show the principles and methods of children education thought of Wang Shouren.The principles include “the trend of inspiration,joy center”,“people with limited,the amount of capital to report”,“with us,your mastery”,“independent thinking,really practice”,“the overall development,not one-sided” and so on;The methods include “ seducing,guiding,and satirizing”,“ group teaching,observe each other” and “the degree of relaxation,combination of body and brain” and so on.Part six: The historical position of children education thought of Wang Shouren.Comparing with the children education thought of Wang Shouren and the children education thought of Yan Zhitui and Rousseau,analyzes their similarities and differences,showing the advantages and disadvantages of the children education thought of Wang Shouren in the contrast.