高等教育科学发展的理性选择——兼与展立新、陈学飞商榷

论文批驳了《理性的视角》所提出的“从理性分工的角度来看,高等教育本质上是一种知识再生产活动”这一核心观点,认为认知理性不是高等教育的本质属性,高等教育的本质属性是人才培养而不是知识再生产.主动适应社会需要是高等教育发展与变革的永续动力,知识创新是高等教育的核心价值.在批判了“认知理性”的理论错误及其实践危害的基础上,明确提出了人才培养、社会需要与知识创新相结合是中国高等教育科学发展的理性选择.

A Rational Choice for Scientific Development of Higher Education

A Rational Perspective put forward a core opinion, in view of rational division of labor, higher education is the reproduction of knowledge essentially. Aim at this opinion, this paper clarified that cognitive rationality is not essential characteristic of higher education and the essential characteristic of higher education is talent cultivation instead of reproduction of knowledge. This paper discussed the initiative adaption of social demand is the power of development of higher education and the core value of higher education is knowledge innovation. Meanwhile, criticized the theoretical mistake and practical harm of cognitive rationality. At the end, this paper proposed that talent cultivation, social needs and knowledge innovation is rational choice of scientific development of Chinese higher education.