中西方儿童观的对比研究

自古以来中西方思想家的儿童观有各自的逻辑,这可以从几个方面展开分析。第一,西方从"性恶"的角度,中国从"礼"的角度各自提出儿童世界是"充满‘应该’的世界";第二,西方以柏拉图的"相论"为基础,古代中国文学中提出了儿童世界是"游戏的世界";第三,西方在文艺复兴以后,中国以道家思想为基础,认为儿童世界是"理想的世界";第四,中国缺少工具主义的理论,因此也缺少儿童本位理论的复兴;第五,西方的心理学和早期中国的看法认为儿童世界是"蒙昧"的世界;第六,中西方的教育思想都不约而同地认可"交互"儿童观。

A Comparative Study on Chinese and Western Views of Children

The logic thinking about children＇s view is different between China and western countries , which can be analyzed from the following aspects ：First ,they comes to the same conclusion that children＇s world is “full of ‘should’ world” ,but the starting points are quite different ：Scholars in west-ern countries from the “evil nature” perspective ,Chinese scholars from “ceremony” angle .Second , ancient Chinese literature presents children＇s world as “a world full of games” ,but western found their theory on Plato＇s“ideal”theory .Third ,based on the Taoist thought ,Chinese scholars have been thinking that children＇s world is an “ideal world” ,since the renaissance times in western countries .Fourth ,China is short of the theory on instrumentalism ,so it lacks the revival of children standard theories .Fifth ,the western psychology and early Chinese thinking are the same ,namely children＇s world is an “ignorant”world .Sixth ,both Chinese and Western educational thoughts recognize the “interactive” view of chil-dren .