On Educational Science (A Critique and Construction Based on Cultural Philosophy)

Author: Shen Renhong
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: It is not that educational science was ill-timed in China, but rather thated our vision, leading to numerous one-sided, extreme, and exaggerated misunderstandings regarding the relationships between "the scientific and humanistic nature of education," "Western education and Chinese education," and "education and science." This requires us to examine, discern, and correct these issues calmly, in order to dispel the fog and move beyond the. Based on the theme of "the critique and construction of the spirit of educational science and scientific rationality," this book, within the context of traditional Chinese culture and the present reality, adopts a cultural philosophy perspective. It seeks to transcend the dualistic thinking modes of science and humanities in educational research by grasping the historical cultural heritage of the humanistic and scientific boundaries in educational research and pursuing the interactive integration of "human" and "culture." The book employs an holistic, dynamic, and relational way of thinking to explore various aspects, including "educational science, educational development, and the optimization of educational knowledge," "the ontological existence of the cultural essence of educational science," "the value claims of educational science," "the cultural material of traditional Chinese thinking and institutions and educational research," "the attempts and reasons for the failure of the modern transformation of Chinese educational research in pursuing scientific spirit and rationality," and "the possible routes for constructing the scientific spirit and rationality of contemporary Chinese educational research."