Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 1-16.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2022.02.001

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Conceptual Framework of Children’s All-round Development through a Multi-disciplinary Approach

Xudong Zhu1, Xiuyun Li1,2   

  1. 1. Key Institute of Humanity and Social Science, MOE, Center for Teacher Education Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
    2. School of Education Science, Yili Normal University, Yining, Xingjiang 835000, China
  • Accepted:2021-11-04 Online:2022-02-01 Published:2022-01-21

Abstract:

Conceptual framework of children’s all-around development through a multi-disciplinary approach is based on Marxist “all-around development of humans”. It attempts to construct a conceptual framework for children’s all-around development through a multi-disciplinary perspective, consisting of “five pairs of concepts and twelve categories”. Specifically, it includes the conceptual construction of children’s civic and moral development through the lens of political science and ethics; the conceptual construction of children’s cognitive and emotional development through the lens of psychology and brain science; the conceptual construction of children’s social and personality development through the lens of sociology, psychology, social psychology; the construction of children’s artistic and aesthetic development through the lens of art studies and aesthetics; the conceptual construction of children’s health and safety development through the lens of human kinematics, nutrition, and safety; the conceptual construction of children’s physical and brain development through the lens of physiology and brain science. The construction of children’s all-around development through a multi-disciplinary approach is to deepen the discussion around the basic theories for children’s development. The conceptual framework provides theoretical reference for a more comprehensive grasp of the goal of education, as well as theoretical basis for constructing a scientific educational evaluation system.

Key words: children's all-round development, multi-disciplinary approach, “concentric circle” conceptual framework