The Essence of Education - What is True Education

Author: Jia Fuming
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: What is true education? What is the fault of education? Where is education heading?—Where is humanity heading? Renowned educator Ms. Jia Fuming, based on over sixty years of teaching and research experience, has written this work, one of the most important educational theories in the past decade on both sides of the strait. Most people discuss "what to teach" and "how to teach," treating the question of "why to teach" as "self-evident" and overlooking it. Ignoring "why to teach" ignores the essence of education, which greatly reduces its effectiveness. Later generations' education is empty of substance, not focused on teaching people but rather on adornment with emptiness, resulting in "virtue not being valued" and "vices prevailing." This has led to constant conflicts and struggles in human society, even to the point of being dominated by greed, endangering the natural world that sustains humanity—all stemming from a failure to start from its essence.—Jia Fuming
Since the "Western Learning Eastward," the Chinese people have undergone various so-called reforms on many issues directly related to them, but in reality, they have been continuously rewritten or replaced by Western ideas. With the growing confidence of the nation, the Chinese have re-questioned and reflected on how to educate and how to become adults, leading to diverse opinions. This book sets aside the messy surface of "what to teach" and "how to teach," delving into traditional culture to explore the essence of "why to teach," sorting out the wisdom of how to educate and how to become adults throughout history, and proposing the principles of humanistic education. It argues that true education must take the responsibility of guiding learners to become adults, developing human nature, cultivating character, and improving life as its purpose.