Research on the Inheritance Education of Yellow River Culture from the Bio-cultural Perspective

Abstract

The Yellow River, as mother river, its culture has taken the lead of the overall process of Chinese civilization. The Yellow River culture originated from the interaction between local people and the Yellow River for thousands of years, so its culture is based on place. However, influenced by traditional research in the field of biology, environmental education(EE) has not included any cultural content, and EE and cultural inheritance education have always been two unrelated contents. Biocultural diversity(BCD) is the product of biological and cultural co-evolution in social-ecological systems. It advocates for the integration of culture and nature in conservation practice. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to introduce the perspective of BCD and its new experience from the latest researches into the field of education. A broad bibliographic search in the databases was carried out by EDS(EBSCO DISCOVERY SERVICE) from De La Salle University Dasmariñas on-line Library. A review of relevant literature reveals the division between nature and culture in the field of conservation and education. Therefore,  adopting a BCD perspective in inheritance education of Yellow River culture recommends beyond the epistemological bias of traditional EE, which views environmental education as a single content unrelated to culture, and advocates for interdisciplinary integration and the participation of different stakeholders, in order to achieve a broader public interest through comprehensive curriculum involvement. It has both theoretical evidence and a large amount of empirical research support, indicating that the perspective introduced into education is correct and feasible for YR culture education, and it is a diverse, open, and inclusive attitude towards various disciplines and stakeholders. The curriculum development from biocultural perspective will be a beneficial educational and research attempt, which may be beneficial in improving the current problem of fine division of disciplines and weak applicability of subject knowledge.