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1、WhatisthepurposeofWhole-PersonEducation?Thepurposeof whole-personeducationistohelpstudentsbecomecreative,compassionate,thoughtful,problem-solverswhofindhappinessasindividualsandwhocontributetothewell-beingoftheirfamilies,communities,societies,andtheworld. Itistohelpstudentsbecomewholepe

2、opleinawholeworld.WholePersonEducationseekstoavoidthetrapsofnarcissismandcollectivism.Wholepersoneducationrightlyseekstoavoidtwotraps:narcissismandcollectivism.Thefirstistofocusonindividualhappinessattheexpenseofthewell-beingofsociety. ThisisatrapintowhichliberaleducatorsintheWestsometi

3、mesfall. Theycanbe too student-centered,wronglyencouragingstudentstothinkthattheirownindividualhappinessandthataloneiswhatismostimportantinlife. Wheneducatorsfallintothistrap,theyencouragenarcissism. IntheUnitedStatestoday,manythoughtfuleducatorsaretryingtodeterminehowtoavoidthetrapofex

4、cessiveindividualism,whichhasbeenaproblemintheWestsincetheriseofmodernity. Theyareemphasizingcommunityserviceandundergraduateresearchaimedatsolvingpracticalproblemsintheworldasintegralaspectsofholisticeducation.Thesecondtrapistofocusonsocialneedandgroupcoherenceattheexpenseoftheindividu

5、al.  ThisisatrapintowhichChineseeducationsometimesfalls.  Itistoosociety-centeredandauthority-based,wronglyneglectingthevalueandworthoftheindividualstudent.  InChinatodaymanythoughtfuleducatorsaretryingtodeterminehowtoovercomethisproblem,bothforthesakeofthestudentandforthesakeofthenatio

6、n. Theyareemphasizingthatawholenationneedswholepersons,andthatamorestudent-centeredapproach,tailoredtotheneedsofindividuals,isgoodforthestudentsandgoodforthenation.Wholepersoneducationisbuiltupontheproposal–thehope--thatseekinghappinessatapersonallevelandcontributingtothewell-beingofoth

7、erscanbecomplementaryratherthancontradictory. Itsimplicitmottois“WholePersonsinaWholeWorld.”WholePersonEducationaimsatbeauty.Awholepersoncanalsobecalledahappyperson. ByhappinessIdonotmeanpleasurealone,althoughpleasurecanbeanimportantpartofhappiness. InsteadImeanasenseofsatisfac