Transforming by Following Forces: Introducing Chinese Philosophy of SHI and SHUN SHI into Developmental and Educational Psychology

IF 1 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Culture & Psychology Pub Date : 2021-05-26 DOI:10.1177/1354067X211017302

Aruna Wu, Shuangshuang Xu, Xiaowen Li

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Abstract

Educational intervention has been narrated for a long time as a battle between two agentive subjects, educators and students. In this article, we introduce two interrelating concepts of SHI (势 in Chinese) and SHUN SHI (顺势 in Chinese) from Chinese philosophy into psychology to provide an alternative perspective to understand students’ development and educational intervention. The concept of SHI sheds light on the propensity of open system’s becoming process toward the future underlying system’s present configuration derived from system’s historical interaction with its environment. SHUN SHI is to grasp the opportunity of SHI evolving into being prominent and to transform the system by alertly following its unfolding process. Understanding and applying SHI and SHUN SHI in the area of developmental and educational psychology is discussed and clarified based on a comparison with the dynamic system theory and zone of proximal development. An empirical research is also provided to respond to the method challenge posed by the two concepts.

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以下力量的转化:将中国的“施”、“顺”哲学引入发展心理学和教育心理学

长期以来，教育干预一直被描述为教育者和学生这两个主体之间的斗争。在这篇文章中，我们介绍了SHI的两个相互关联的概念(势中文）和顺实(顺势从中国哲学到心理学，为理解学生的发展和教育干预提供了另一种视角。SHI的概念揭示了开放系统成为未来底层系统当前配置的过程的倾向，该过程源于系统与其环境的历史互动。顺实就是要抓住顺实发展为显要的契机，自觉地遵循顺实的展开过程，对制度进行改造。在与动力系统理论和近端发展区理论比较的基础上，讨论和阐明了对施、顺施在发展心理学和教育心理学领域的理解和应用。还提供了一项实证研究，以应对这两个概念提出的方法挑战。

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Culture & Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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2.40

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18.80%

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期刊介绍： Culture & Psychology addresses the centrality of culture necessary for a basic understanding of the psychology of human beings: their identity, social conduct, intra- and intersubjective experiences, emotions and semiotic creativity. By drawing on diverse theoretical backgrounds, the editorial aim is to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for scholarly investigations and discussions that will advance our basic knowledge of the self in its historical and cultural contexts. The orientation of the journal is towards formulating new conceptualizations of culture in psychology, together with theoretically relevant empirical investigations.