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ERIC Number: EJ851333
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jan
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1673-341X
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Is Our Classroom an Ecological Place?
Xia, Wang
Frontiers of Education in China, v1 n1 p56-69 Jan 2006
The essence of ecology is life and its diversity, integrity, openness and coexistence. When one contemplates and analyzes classroom from the perspective of ecology, classroom should contain open-ended and multiple goals instead of a single and pre-set goal; classroom is more flexible, allowing great diversity instead of being narrow-minded, identical and in sole possession. Classroom is characterized by equality, harmony and vigor, instead of being under hegemony, control and being mind-suffocated; it is a place where students as principal parts exchange their minds instead of being a fearful "modern spiritual hell"; classroom is a stage where the vigor of students is stimulated, their nature is started and their colorful self is presented, instead of a knowledge-manufacturing place lacking in variety.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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