Basic advantages of education in the spirit of Confucianism and lessons for Vietnam today

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  • Tran Mai Uoc Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Chi Minh University of Banking, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14571/brajets.v17.nse2.11-19

Keywords:

Confucius, Education, Lesson, Vietnam

Abstract

Confucianism considers human education as upholding the role of educational culture, considering academic education as an important way to promote social development and create human identity. Although Confucius's views on the purposes, guidelines, contents and methods of education were introduced more than 2500 years ago, many of the contents still have topical significance up to now. The article explores the basic advantages of education in the spirit of Confucianism and draws lessons related to education in Vietnam today. Accordingly, for Vietnam today, after 37 years of implementing the doi moi process, along with economic growth, macroeconomic stability has been maintained in all aspects: politics, society, national defense and economic development. security is guaranteed and stable, including very encouraging achievements in education and training. The lesson for education in Vietnam today is: the lesson of attaching importance to education and training as the top national policy and the lesson of social justice in education. The limitation of this article is that it has not analyzed the limitations of education in the spirit of Confucianism.

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Published

2024-07-24

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Vol. 17 No. se2 (2024)

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Community Empowerment through Education, Technology and Infrastructure

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