Beyond High-Stakes Exam: A Neo-Confucian Educational Programme and Its Contemporary Implications

Autor/in	Tan, Charlene
Titel	Beyond High-Stakes Exam: A Neo-Confucian Educational Programme and Its Contemporary Implications
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52 (2020) 2, S.137-148 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tan, Charlene)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2019.1605901
Schlagwörter	High Stakes Tests; Confucianism; Educational Philosophy; Standardized Tests; Outcomes of Education; Memorization; Experiential Learning; Individual Development; Transformative Learning; Teaching Methods; Reading Processes; Testing Problems; Foreign Countries; Criticism; Metacognition; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konfuzianismus; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Gedächtnistraining; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Individuelle Entwicklung; Pädagogische Transformation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leseprozess; Ausland; Kritik; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition
Abstract	This article seeks to clarify the purpose of high-stakes exam and its relationship with teaching and learning by elucidating the educational thought of the eminent neo-Confucian thinker Zhu Xi. The paper contends that Zhu Xi views standardised testing as an essential means to evaluate the learning outcomes, honour exemplary scholars and select suitable persons for official positions. But he rejects exam-centred teaching and learning that promote rote-memorisation and neglect self-cultivation and self-transformation. The paper further delineates Zhu Xi's broad-based and integrated educational programme that is aimed at learning for the sake of one's self through experiential learning, personal inquiry and mindful reading. The essay concludes by highlighting the contemporary implications of Zhu Xi's ideas: they inform the ongoing debates on the usefulness and impacts of high-stakes exam by situating standardised testing within a larger educational agenda that is geared towards self-improvement and personal transformation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01