The Tradition of National Culture and Modernization of Education

Education, as part of culture, is influenced by the tradition of national culture. Studies on the education of one country must be concerned about its cultural tradition, for education enjoys the functions of selecting, transmitting, discovering and creating culture. The relationship between the tradition of national culture and midernization of education is both contradictory and complementary to each other. Modernization of education means critical inheritance, rejecting the dross and assimilating the essence, and in terms of nationalism and timeliness creating a new national culture fulfilling the requirements of the times. It should, meanwhile, assimilate the great achievements of world civilization. The old tradition and concept of education itself need to be improved and transformed.