Tao Xingzhi's Rural Educational Feelings and Its Realistic Implications

Abstract

Tao Xingzhi's rural educational sentiments, exemplified by the group of teachers dedicated to rural reconstruction with Tao Xingzhi at the center, represent a spiritual characteristic that encompasses political ambitions of rescuing the nation through education, educational convictions in rural reconstruction, and a sense of connection with peasants. The feelings are nurtured and sublimated in a practical logic of "cognition-emotion-behavior". Cognition refers to embracing rural transformation as one's own responsibility; emotion involves feeling emotionally connected to giving back to the countryside; and action represents the holistic advancement of rural education practices. The rural educational sentiments are the driving force and a profound emotion that Tao Xingzhi and others nurtured in the process of rural education reconstruction. The practice is not only the action of Tao Xingzhi and others with feelings, but also the way for them to continuously sublimate such emotions. This paper analyzes the connotation and practical value of Tao Xingzhi's rural educational sentiments and explores the practical significance of cultivating such sentiments among teachers in the new era. This paper aims to foster teachers' sentiments towards rural education, with political concern as the foundation, local emotion as the support, and the integration of knowledge and action as the approach.

Keywords

• tao xingzhi
• rural education feelings
• intentional essence
• practical implications
• realistic implications
• rural reconstruction