柏拉图和亚里士多德都曾经说过,教育孩子要从讲故事开始,不要用命令的口吻叫孩子做这做那,童话是一个很好的教育方式。本文将讨论童话的教育意义何在以及童话的教育功能如何实现。1童话的教育意义我们以《一千零一夜》中《渔夫和巨人》的故事为例。这个故事的情节是童话故事的 Plato and Aristotle once said that educating their children should start from telling a story, and do not instruct their children to do that with the tone of an order. Fairy tales are a good way to educate them. This article will discuss what the educational implications of fairy tales and how the educational functions of fairy tales are fulfilled. 1 The Educational Significance of Fairy Tales We take the story of “Fisherman and Giant” in “Arabian Nights” for example. The plot of this story is a fairy tale