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Is our Classroom an Ecological Place?

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Frontiers of Education in China

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The essence of ecology is life and its diversity, integrity, openness and coexistence. When one contemplates and analyzes classroom from the perspective of ecology, classroom should contain open-ended and multiple goals instead of a single and pre-set goal; classroom is more flexible, allowing great diversity instead of being narrow-minded, identical and in sole possession. Classroom is characterized by equality, harmony and vigor, instead of being under hegemony, control and being mind-suffocated; it is a place where students as principal parts exchange their minds instead of being a fearful “modern spiritual hell”; classroom is a stage where the vigor of students is stimulated, their nature is started and their colorful self is presented, instead of a knowledge-manufacturing place lacking in variety.

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Wang, X. Is our Classroom an Ecological Place?. Front. Educ. China 1, 56–69 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-005-0002-z

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