Contributions and Shortcomings of Gert Bista's Subjective Education Thought
Subjectification occupies a core position in Bista's educational theory,serving as the context of his educational philosophy and an important area of continuous development and concern.Bista constructed his own theoretical connotations of subjectivity in education from the logical starting point of criticizing traditional humanism in the philosophical sense,which includes publicity,otherness,and class subjectivity.Bista applies his theory of subjectivity education to examine educational reality,revealing that contemporary Western subjectivity education has been marginalized due to the trend of measuring culture,performance accountability,and language learning.Based on this,Bista pointed out that subjectivity education discourse and practice must be reconfigured from the following two dimensions.From the perspective of educational politics,education should be viewed as an emancipatory endeavor,with equality as the starting point for building a democratic educational environment;the original responsibility of education should be reconstructed to create an ethical space of coexistence with the other.From the perspective of educational methods,it is advocated to rediscover teaching,reaffirm the dimension of otherness of teaching and teachers,and provide more possibilities for subjectivity.The article elaborates on the overall picture of Bista's subjectivity education and provides insights and directions for reflecting on the difficulties encountered in the development of subjectivity education in China.
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