# History of foreign education, page 76

What is the main idea of eternalism and what does eternity mean?

? Representative hutchins once said: I don't deny the fact of individual differences, but I don't agree that the education system should be based on individual differences. I criticize American progressive education, because the goal of national basic education should be to cultivate our common knowledge base and humanity.

1, the essence of education is eternal: rationality is the eternal theme of mankind.

2. The purpose of education is to cultivate people's rationality.

3. Eternal classical subjects occupy the center of school curriculum, and classical masterpieces are the way to cultivate rationality.

4. Advocate learning through teachers' teaching.

Emphasize human rationality, read classics, and highlight the tendency of retro. However, it has little influence in the field of educational practice, mainly limited to a few people in universities and upper intellectual circles. Limit students' study to classical works.

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Main educational thoughts and educational experiments in Europe and America: Modern Times