On the Similarities and Differences between Educational Semiotics and Semiotic Education

From the interdisciplinary point of view, the two systems of "educational signs" are:firstly, educational semiotics in favor of semiotics, which mainly explores the semiotic phenomena and laws in the field of education; secondly, semiotic education in favor of education, which mainly uses theoretical resources of semiotics to study educational issues. The distinction between educational semiotics and semiotic education, as well as the different concepts referred to, have caused confusion. Although there are many overlaps between the two terms in terms of research topics and issues, the differences are also obvious, mainly reflected in four dimensions:logic theory, ontology, methodology and practice theory. In terms of logic theory, in the endocentric structure of educational semiotics, education is the modifier that belongs to semiotics which refers to the whole domain of humanities and social sciences or human culture. On the other hand, in the endocentric structure of semiotics education, semiotics is the modifier that belongs to education. This semiotics here refers to another system parallel to education, and the overlapping field between the two is semiotic education. From the perspective of ontology, the signs in educational semiotics have ontological meaning in the sense that they are the home of human existence, and they legislate not only for nature but also for society. The education in semiotic education has ontological meaning in the sense that education is the condition for making social human beings as well as the home for the continuing existence of human beings. It legislates for human. From the perspective of methodology, the educational essence of education in educational semiotics is the ethical guarantee of semiotic, while the sign in semiotic education is a perspective and research method of pedagogy. From the perspective of practice theory, the main effects of educational semiotics are:firstly, to explore the semiotic meaning in education; secondly, to promote semiotic theory and practice from the perspective of education. The main effects of semiotic education are:firstly, to explore the educational meaning of signs; secondly, to promote educational theory and practice from the perspective of signs.