Mention the name of Jean Jacques Rousseau, few people do not know.Rousseau is the most famous educator, writer, philosopher, and Enlightenment thinker in French history. He can be regarded as the ideological pioneer of the French Revolution in the 18th century and led the development of the Enlightenment. Rousseau was born in a watchmaker family in Geneva, Switzerland in 1712, and died in Amononville, northeast of Paris, in 1778. His main works include Correspondence on Botany and so on. Rousseau's thoughts had a great influence on later generations, mainly reflected in philosophy, social outlook and education.In philosophy, he advocated "deism" and the inherent goodness of human nature; in social outlook, he emphasized the theory of social contract; in education, he believed that education is to cultivate natural persons so that children can develop freely.

Specifically, Rousseau believed that education should obey the eternal laws of nature and let children develop freely.There are only two ways of education - life and practice, and forcing children to study is not one of them. At the same time, Rousseau also advocated that children should receive the education of labor, freedom, equality, and fraternity, so that children can exercise self-control and use their own strength to obtain happiness. Under the influence of these ideas, Rousseau wrote a novel-style educational masterpiece in 1757. Published in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1762. As soon as it came out, it had a huge impact, and the whole of France and some bourgeois countries in Western Europe were shocked by it.In the book, Rousseau puts forward the idea of ​​"natural education" and assumes an educational object - Emile.

Rousseau's educational thoughts are derived from his views on natural philosophy.He believes that people are born free and equal. He let Emile receive nature education, labor education, etc., and took Emile as an example to tell parents how to adopt different education methods according to the age of their children, and the results are remarkable. In the 18th century, Rousseau was able to put forward the idea of ​​education according to age, which is undoubtedly very advanced.Although there are some unreasonable parts in it, overall it still has great reference value. Although it has such important value, it is evaluated as a "good book" by the world, but it is not a "good book to read".In order to solve this problem, we compiled this book specially.

On the basis of comprehending the author's thoughts, we skillfully transformed the originally obscure foreign language into a language easily accepted by Chinese people, which is easy to understand without losing its profound connotation. Educating children is a career that requires long-term learning.Open it and appreciate Rousseau's educational views and methods, which will surely make your education path smoother and more effective.