Learn to Be a Person: 8 Essential Lessons for Middle School Students' Success

Author: Zhou Nanzhao, Sun Yunxiao
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Learning to be a person is a fundamental process built upon the three learning foundations of learning to know, learning to do, and learning to live together. It is the ultimate goal of education and learning. "Learning to be a person" was the central theme of the 1972 report by the "International Commission for Education" of UNESCO. Its foundational argument is the elaboration of educational goals: "The goal of development is the complete realization of a person." This refers to the full realization of an individual as a person, family member, community member, national citizen, producer, inventor, and creative dreamer, embodying a rich and multifaceted personality. Learning to be a person here transcends the mere moral and ethical sense of "being a person" and includes relatively comprehensive and sufficient development in emotional, spiritual, communicative, empathetic, cooperative, aesthetic, physical, imaginative, creative, independent judgment, and critical thinking aspects. In this sense, learning to be a person aligns with the educational policy of China, which emphasizes "vivid, active, and proactive development in moral, intellectual, and physical aspects." It is precisely the ultimate goal we pursue in education and lifelong learning.