What is the difference between Chinese education and the Western model of education~!

One, the cognitive mode of Chinese and Western enlightenment education is different

Eastern and Western peoples each have a unique cultural background and social psychological structure, the mode of production activities and different levels of development, reflecting in the thinking, cognitive methods and styles of understanding there is a big difference. The western way of thinking is characterized by logic and analysis, while the eastern way of thinking represented by China is characterized by intuition and synthesis. The different ways of understanding between China and the West have y influenced the development of theoretical thinking and scientific culture in different directions.

The West emphasizes rationality and debate, while the Chinese emphasizes experience and intuition. Greek philosophy is the source of Western philosophy, and the ancient Greeks had a strong interest in nature, and were concerned about the origin of the world, the relationship between the subject and the object, and how things develop and change. Although their observation and practice under the simple apparatus lacked logical coherence, and the rational way was not systematic, people's direct observation is always filled with the color of rational thinking, and abstract thinking is the characteristic of Western thinking. On the other hand, the traditional Chinese way of thinking, which is a typical representative of the Eastern nations, is characterized by intuition and experience. The categories of ancient Chinese science and philosophy were obtained by inward thinking, and the concepts were formulated by the brewing of various empirical phenomena and the realization of them. The understanding of these concepts is different from that obtained by the logical deduction of the Western outward thinking, and the understanding can only be realized but difficult to convey, such as the understanding of the medical theory of Chinese medicine and qigong, and the appreciation of a piece of calligraphy or a painting, which can only be realized inwardly to appreciate the ebb and flow of the author's charisma.

Western Detailed Analysis and Chinese Integration

Western cultural structure is characterized by detailed analysis, while Eastern cultural structure is characterized by integration. For example, in the arrangement of family name, Chinese family name is firstly the clan name, seniority, and secondly their own name, which emphasizes the clan as a whole. Western countries are first their own names, then the father's name, and then the family name, highlighting their own. Another example: in the time, address the order of expression of writing, the Chinese are accustomed to the year, month, day from big to small in order, address is according to the province, city, county to the door number order, highlighting from the whole to the individual precipitation of the relationship between the Westerners and the Chinese people's order of expression is just the opposite, highlighting the individual synthesis of the relationship to the whole. It can be seen in the spiritual culture of the Chinese people and the structure of consciousness, from the whole of the comprehensive view of the prominent position, and this overall comprehensive view of the examination of things, usually ignoring the details and components of the analysis, and often provides a vague overall picture of the object.

Second, the focus and obsession on the relationship between human beings and nature in China and the West are different

Professor Du Weimin believes that "the object of concern of Chinese culture is human beings". The relationship between man and man is the core of Chinese culture, people based on the reality of life, so political ethics is quite developed. Western culture is more concerned with nature, the relationship between man and nature was the center of attention in ancient Greece, from which reason and science and technology were derived. Chinese philosophy, whether Confucianism, Taoism or Buddhism, is a philosophy of life. Confucianism seeks action, Taoism seeks immortality, and Buddhism seeks enlightenment. Confucianism is centered on the thought of Confucius, and the core of Confucius' thought is "benevolence". What is "benevolence"? Confucius said, "A benevolent person loves others!" Can be seen is how to be a man of learning, interest in the interpretation of the king and his subjects, father and son and a set of ethical relations between people, cultivation of the body that is the purpose of realizing their own political ambitions - the family, rule the country, and peace in the world. Pure scientific research and all the natural sciences have become a disdainful choice of behavior and interest for most people.

Chinese culture also has its own obsession with the relationship between man and nature. An important feature of Chinese culture is the "unity of heaven and man", the personification of nature, the pursuit of the human spirit dissolved in the natural world, man and nature **** breathing harmony. The roots of Chinese culture are y rooted in the earth, Chinese culture since the beginning of the importance of agriculture, "four people, under the Shi that is farming", "food for the people" that is due to this. Taoism is a masterpiece of thought, which wants people to stay in love with life and seek solace in nature.

Western ancient science is embedded in the exploration of nature, so the West has long appeared in Pythagoras, Archimedes, such as some of the most famous professional scientists. In the relationship between man and nature, Western culture believes that man and nature are in a state of struggle, thus giving rise to a different attitude towards nature with Chinese culture, that is, man should conquer and control nature, emphasizing the antagonism between man and nature and treating nature as a hostile force. The Homeric epics are purely based on the theme of overseas adventures and conquest of nature, and their games are all characters who have grown up in the winds and waves of nature. Westerners also talk about human relationships, but the first concern is not ethical but competitive, and thus the law of "survival of the fittest" emerges.

Differences between Chinese and Western values and the pursuit of life

The differences between Chinese and Western values and the pursuit of life are manifested in all aspects of social life.

First, the difference between Chinese and Western values

Confucianism has provided Chinese people with values that have been gradually transformed into deep-rooted beliefs in life under the support of the feudal authoritarian system. This belief, which has been a spiritual pillar of Chinese culture for more than 2,000 years, holds that the value of life is in what one does in this world, and that the more one does in society, the more meaningful one's life will be. In an authoritarian society, power is everything, and therefore, the most important thing a person can do is to realize his or her ambition to become a politician. The grandiose ideals of "unifying the family, ruling the country, and pacifying the world" ruled the lives of millions of Chinese literati who did nothing in their lives. Under the influence of this monistic value of life, most people were reluctant to inquire about natural science, which resulted in science being trapped in its infancy. In addition, human wisdom and talent were concentrated on political power, creating a political and cultural model that was unique in the world, unpredictable but solid in substance. In this special model, produced a unique Chinese historical phenomenon: when the official failed to seek to be a saint; not to serve the country retired to be a hermit, or poetry, drinking and enjoying the wind and waves, and then the rise of Taoism, Buddhism, greedy to go to monasticism, aversion to the world may wish to read the Buddha. In western culture, the value of life is diversified. Politics is also the realization of the value of life, business is also considered valuable. The best professions in the West are lawyers and doctors.

Secondly, the individual in the West and the family in China

Modern humanism in the West is based on theological background, and the concept of original sin is y rooted in the West. Therefore, the moral orientation of the West is the individual's responsibility to himself, to atone for his sins to God through personal struggle, which leads to the Christian doctrine that "all men are equal before God". When God was denied, the West produced the concept of social atoms: the individual is an atom, does not depend on anyone to exist, the individual's rights can not be invaded by anyone, the belief in individuality, self-centeredness. This individual-oriented thinking affects all aspects of life, a clear line of demarcation between relatives, the young and old get together, each pay for their own, the child is also very respectful, into the child's room first to ask: "Can I come in" emphasizes that the children independent of their parents to struggle to live, and is happy to talk about their personal insights. China, on the other hand, is family-oriented. The home is the universe of life in the minds of the Chinese, a harbor of life with a supreme cohesive power. When one leaves home, one is a "wanderer", emphasizing that "parents are here and do not travel far". In a family, there is a relationship between the eldest and the youngest, between husband and wife, and each of them has to fulfill their obligations, i.e., "to fulfill the family's obligations"! According to Mencius, the saints are the "people of the human family", and the core of the family is "absolute obedience", with the young obeying the elders and the wife obeying the husband. One of the reasons why the family becomes so important is "filial piety", "filial piety is the first of all good deeds", "filial piety" is China's national foundation, national essence, China has a culture of filial piety since ancient times, there are filial piety to rule the world. Family and filial piety originally had a great rational meaning, but because of the overemphasis, eventually became an excessive family consciousness, while ignoring the development of personal freedom, "the existence of the reason of heaven, extinguish human desire", to the individual to the group responsible for the purpose of life.

Thirdly, the West emphasizes utilitarianism and timeliness, while the Chinese emphasizes ethics and morality

Western culture, because of the development of natural sciences, emphasizes utilitarianism and effectiveness, and is good at calculating economic accounts. For example: in a large company, if each person saves a few seconds, adding up to save a few people's time, can hire a few less staff, reduce how much expenditure. Another example: a person in writing, the ballpoint pen tip to the outside or to the inside of the pen to save more time to write, how to put the state of the most effective and so on.

Chinese culture, because of its long history in a feudal, agricultural society and underdeveloped natural sciences, emphasizes the regulation of human relations. Ritual norms above all, "righteousness", "profit" debate results in the deviation of values, advocating that people in order to comply with certain norms of propriety and righteousness should be sacrificed for their own benefit, "righteousness rather than profit" is regarded as a high ethos, noble character. What's more, during the Cultural Revolution, "we only want the grass of socialism, not the seedlings of capitalism", we only counted the political accounts, not the economic accounts, and we only considered the political impact of foreign China, without regard to the economic benefits.