美国名著教育方式之争及其问题

The Debate about the Modes of the Education by Great Books in America and its Problems

美国20世纪早期开始的名著教育归纳出了两种经典名著阅读模式。一种是永恒主义提出的现代式的，注重批评性、大众化的普遍阅读。另一种是新保守主义提出的保守性的，注重原典的本原性、精英性阅读。这两种模式的争论包含了古今之争，传统与现代等文化史中的核心矛盾。对这一历史性论争的理解有助于观照当代中国教育中的经典阅读现象，并探讨中国传统文化在教育中的转换及其问题。

There were two modes of reading in the Great Books Education started from the early 20th century： the modern mode raised by the Perennialism， centering the critical and mass reading; the conservative mode raised by the Neo-conservatism， focusing on original and elite reading. The debate about the two modes indicates the core contradiction between tradition and moderness in cultural history. The understanding of the historical debate will benefit the Great Books Reading in China. The author also probes into the transformation of Chinese traditional culture into education and its problems.