The Unity of Nationalization and Modernization:A Study of Xu Teli's Thought on Primary Chinese Language Education
In the early years of the Republic of China,the lack of the government's role in education,in turn promoted the cultural elites and intellectual groups to explore multiple educational innovations,and Xu Teli was one of the many who led the way.Drawing on foreign educational theories and discarding historical experience,he conceived of a systematic,scientific and nationalized approach to primary Chinese language education,offering ideas and solutions for the modernization and transformation of the Chinese language discipline that is still in its in-fancy.In terms of the concept of Chinese language education,Xu Teli proposed the unity of form and substance,and formulated a coherent ontology,functional theory and pedagogy of Chinese language education,clarifying im-portant issues such as the nature of the Chinese language discipline,the content of Chinese language teaching and the criteria for selecting textbooks.In terms of Chinese language teaching methods,Xu proposed a scientifically rea-sonable,diverse and complementary approach to the teaching of literacy,and went against historical habits to de-sign the first teaching plan for language teaching in the history of modern Chinese language education.In terms of Chinese language knowledge system,Teli's formulated a teaching outline for grammar and rhetoric,and thus the knowledge system of Chinese language discipline took its shape.Xu Telli's ideas on language education are highly theoretically conscious and have a profound national consciousness,and are highly instructive for the moderniza-tion of the Chinese language education.
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