Chapter 27 Pan Guangdan: Confession of Education (2)

He said that in the current education circle, not many people understand Pan Guangdan's educational thoughts, but in fact, Pan Guangdan is a figure that cannot be avoided when studying modern Chinese education. In the 1930s and 1940s, Pan Guangdan lamented the misunderstanding of education: In this "big era", there are "research education", "specialized education", "technical education", "vocational education", "national education"... and In the name of education, in fact, in terms of science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture, nine out of ten are just training; in terms of literature and law, nine out of ten are just propaganda... If this continues, how can there be "free education" At all!

Pan Guangdan once wrote an article "National Crisis and Confession of Education", arguing that the so-called new education in modern times has done a lot to the youth and the country. A "shi".China's education has not been able to jump out of three areas: one is civilian education or compulsory education, the purpose is only to popularize, and what is popularized is just a few words, teaching the public to read simple propaganda texts; the other is vocational education or technical education, The purpose is obviously just to teach people how to eat; the third is the so-called talent education, at best it is just to train some experts or civil servants.These three ways of education and life are "far apart".

He advocated that education should cultivate the emotions of "scholars", and always adhere to "scholars must be ambitious, and have a long way to go". He said that the formation of national disasters has its own internal and external causes. As far as internal causes are concerned, it has a very important relationship with the quality of the people at that time. In the final analysis, education should bear a great deal of responsibility, because it neglects to educate ordinary people to be human beings. The fundamental mission of a doctor. "Education does not know what it is to be a man of virtue, so it should repent."

"Read Pan Guangdan, it's so similar." After saying that, the scholar remained silent for a long time.