Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 38-50.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2024.06.004

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Based on “Education” or “Labor”: Reflection on Two General Concepts of Labor Education

Yingqiang Zhang, Yucong Tang   

  1. College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • Online:2024-06-01 Published:2024-04-25

Abstract:

For a long time, the educational community in China has studied labor and labor education mainly based on education, thus forming two general concepts on labor and labor education. Both of these general concepts on labor and labor education have methodological flaws: firstly, it reverses the relationship between labor and education. Secondly, it overlooks the comprehensive regulation of labor and labor education on Socialist Education. Thirdly, there is a one-sided understanding of the “comprehensive development education theory”. Fourthly, it overlooks the organic connection between labor and excellent Chinese cultural traditions. “Labor” is a category that embodies the distinct Marxist ideology and the spirit of excellent traditional Chinese culture. We must be guided by Marxist labor concept, to achieve a fundamental transformation in the research methodology of labor education, and should not only study labor and labor education based on education, but also based on labor to study education and labor education.

Key words: labor education, the educational policy of the CPC, the age of artificial intelligence, Marxist labor concept