What is the definition of "creative education" in Tao Xingzhi's educational thought?

Creative Education: Gao Erdun, a British psychologist and eugenist, is a pioneer in creative education research, and he has written a book "Genetic Genius". In the 1940s, American Osborne studied the collective creative thinking method and wrote "Thinking Method". Since 1950s, this kind of teaching has developed in America. For example, the University of Buffalo has set up experimental courses to guide students' creative thinking. Since the 1960s, creative education has also been attached importance in Japan. There are more than 250 creative writing translations from 1960 to 1979, and practical activities in this field have been carried out, and an "invention class" has been opened. In Germany, the cultivation of students' divergent thinking permeates the classroom teaching of all grades in primary and secondary schools. After the Second World War, creative education received extensive attention and initially formed a theoretical system. Creative teaching has become a worldwide trend. Tao Xingzhi, the pioneer of creative education in China, established the "Creative Award for Yucai" in Yucai School in 1930s, and then published the Declaration of Creation. After the 1960s, the educational circles in Taiwan Province Province also conducted experimental research on this issue. For example, Jia Fuming conducted an experiment on the development of primary school students' Putonghua creativity in 1968. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, creative education rose again in China. For example, 1982, the researchers of China Creativity Development Research Institute conducted an experiment in Shanghai Hetian Road Primary School, and adopted some specially arranged and designed teaching methods. Since then, this research has been widely carried out in various places.

Tao Xingzhi is a pioneer in the theory and practice of creative education in China. Creative education thought is the essence of his theoretical system of life education, and his creative education practice runs through his whole educational activities. Creative education thought is a new educational theory put forward by Tao Xingzhi in view of the disadvantages of traditional education in China, combined with the educational reality in China, and based on the educational thoughts of Dewey, an American educational thinker, "Education is life" and "School is society", which conforms to China's national conditions and embodies modern educational thoughts.

The purpose of Tao Xingzhi's creative education can be seen from both students and teachers. As far as students are concerned, the purpose of creative education is to make students "have both hands and brains", "hand-brain alliance" and "have both hands and brains"-this is the goal of creative education and the means to realize creative education. Tao Xingzhi once said that "the combination of hands and brains is the beginning of creative education" and "both hands and brains are the purpose of creative education". As far as teachers are concerned, their creations are not like religionists, love supremacists and artists. They are not making gods, statues or lovers. Teachers "should create a living person who is true, kind and beautiful"; The success of teachers lies in "creating people worthy of their worship". He pointed out: "The greatest happiness of a gentleman is to create students worthy of his worship." More correctly, teachers create students and students create teachers. Teachers and students cooperate to create living people worthy of mutual worship.

Means of creating education. Children's creativity should be liberated. Tao Xingzhi put forward the famous "Six Emancipations" and thought that "with these six Emancipations, creativity can be fully exerted."

Three keys to creative education: Tao Xingzhi put forward "three keys: adequate nutrition, good habits and teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" in cultivating children's creativity.