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Lin, Zhaoyin

(um 1923)

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Chronology Entries (1)

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1 1923 Lin, Zhaoyin. You Duwei ping min zhu han yu jiao xing zhi ji tang ruo yi wen [ID D28519].
Lin criticized Dewey for emphasizing process over purpose, society over the individual, the child over the adult, interest over discipline, rationality over sentiment, participation over contemplation and practical life over spiritual life. Dewey emphasized the importance of social sympathy and responsibility, but neglected the importance of individual interests and needs. In her opinion, schools should help transform society to serve individual needs better. Lin also thought that Dewey's process-oriented conception of education prevented him from specifying the aims of education, thus rendering the educational process haphazard and pointless. She also found Dewey's scientific, rational approach to life limited and inadequate. Dewey represented a typical Western mindset in its excessive desire to control nature rather than appreciate it. Dewey 'only knew the value of an active life but not that of a tranquil life.
  • Document: Wang, Jessica Ching-Sze. John Dewey in China : to teach and to learn. (Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 2007). (Suny series in Chinese philosophy and culture). S. 55-56. (DewJ2, Publication)
  • Person: Dewey, John

Bibliography (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1923 Lin, Zhaoyin. You Duwei ping min zhu han yu jiao xing zhi ji tang ruo yi wen. In : Jiao yu jie ; vol. 12 (1923). [A few questions about Dewey's democracy and education].
游杜威平民主函與教行之幾倘疑問 		Publication / DewJ63
  • Cited by: Wang, Jessica Ching-Sze. John Dewey in China : to teach and to learn. (Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 2007). (Suny series in Chinese philosophy and culture). (DewJ2, Published)
  • Person: Dewey, John