In this context, Zheng Tao is an "educator".
I am an educated person. He listened to my voice as a reader as an educated person and responded to me as an author as an educator. As a result, the interaction took place, and he has been keen on "reading Li Zhengtao" series, so he gained a natural extension in the establishment of this good relationship, and everything was so warm and vivid.
This is a parody of educational "reflection", and its writing and content are neither the superposition of allusions of "telling new stories of the world" nor the imagination of "meditation record". The author clearly pointed out that Zhou's Man and Eternity had a profound influence on his youth. Now, he should feel that his educational thoughts are getting better and better, and his ability to control words has also been achieved. Thus, the book Education and Eternity was born.
Although there is no strict logic in writing and writing books in this language, it is more suitable for readers to write the author's epiphany and drive readers to have a brainwave. You can take it away at any time and put it anywhere.
It does make sense to make "education" and "eternity" symmetrical. The connotation of "education" is too rich and the factors are too complicated. The contribution of "education" is enormous because of the long-lasting and far-reaching inheritance of human civilization. And "eternity" is the endless pain and great pursuit of mankind. As the saying goes, "Life is less than 100, and you are always worried about whether you are a chitose." And everyone with philosophical thoughts seems to have an immortal soul, wandering in the tangible and intangible world all day long, wandering in the incomprehensible language or image time and space, always hoping to add some unchanging notes to this charming world.
Although Zhuangzi gave a warning, "My life is limited, but so is my knowledge. With infinity, it's almost there! " Laozi once said frankly, "bloggers don't know, and those who know don't know."
However, people, an animal, have this innate secret idea, either to keep themselves immortal or to hope that their souls or thoughts will last forever.
This is not criticism, nor accusation, but the endless source of human strength, the "spirit of all things." It is true that from the ideological framework of "life community", it may be "the weakness of human nature". Who knows?
Pascal realized that "man is a thinking reed." I accept this view. Some people say that "a life without thinking is not worth having", but I want to continue to say that an educational career without reflection and self-denial is not worth having.
Therefore, with Zheng Tao's "education" thought, we try to have "eternal" thinking and dialogue.
Zheng Tao said, "A good education is destined to be a simple process. But what is often bad is that educators have not been' deep' and started to be' shallow'. " Superficiality and nonsense are common problems of all bad education. Without the relative depth of scholarship and thought, how can there be the breadth of education and guidance?
"The people who know the most about education are those who know the' educational process' and' teaching process'. There are too many commentators on education in the world, but many of them can only' show the way'. As the saying goes, everything is a process, and the past is also a sequence. Process is the whole value and significance of education. Because the life of education is the life of life growth and growth, and the life of hope.
He went on to complain, "They are used to being bystanders and can show their professionalism and excitement, but they mainly beat gongs and drums. Drums can be played huge and wonderful, but after all, they are just' side drums' and can't knock the' core' of education. "
Yes, we often hear such words. When we read such words, we sometimes feel speechless and sometimes feel that flies are buzzing.
He analyzed:
"From the perspective of' educational process', there are two kinds of people related to education in the world.
One kind is people who "watch" and "evaluate" education outside.
It's not that' seeing' and' commenting' are worthless.
It's just that in many cases, the inner' doing' is far more important than the outer' seeing' and' judging'. "
There is a popular saying recently, "Thinking is a problem, but doing is the answer." Even though there are many problems in education, people engaged in education and those who care about education need to practice by themselves, face every problem, find solutions and innovations, and seek a little progress. Of course, from the standpoint of pessimism, education can never achieve a perfect transformation.
Therefore, "the process of education is a process of constantly exploring the existence of life, and it is a process of constantly advancing to the desolate area of existence."
According to Mr. Lenovo Xingzhi, a "first-class educator" should have two characteristics: one is to dare to explore new ideas that have not yet been invented, and the other is to dare to enter the frontier of uncivilized.
"Every life's growth process is unique, and every education is unique.
The ideas, viewpoints and methods of education can be copied, but the process of education cannot be repeated. "
So there is no "experiment" and "experiment" in education. This is a performance without rehearsal, just like life.
"'education' is the biggest problem of mankind.
This is not only because education is facing people, but also because' people' itself is a huge problem.
Some people say,' There are two most difficult things in the world. One is to put your money in my pocket; The second is to put my thoughts in your head.
The difficulty of education lies in inputting the best thoughts, experiences and knowledge that human beings have and teachers think into students' minds. "
Therefore, a real educator will not talk about "successful education" lightly, nor will he say "I taught this student" or "I influenced that student's success" easily.
He went on to write:
"Loading" is not "filling" or "stuffing", nor is it "handling" after "loading and unloading", but "transformation".
Education is transformation.
An educator has his own ideas or thoughts, but he can't talk to himself. He wants to make his thoughts become the thoughts of the educated.
The difficulty of education is the difficulty of transformation. "
In my opinion, transformation needs learners' acceptance, even acceptance, active construction and self-necessity. So I often realize that "why to learn" is always more important than "what to learn". When necessary, they will take the initiative to attack, and the educators are just in time, so everything is waiting for the flowers to bloom.
At present, there are so many training elements in the process of education that many educators are too lazy to define and distinguish education and training, which is related to the technological progress since the industrial revolution, the impatience of society with educational achievements and the utilitarian social demand mechanism.
"Education? Or training?
Education often degenerates into training.
Training is nothing more than training to master certain skills (such as using computers and driving). ).
Education cannot be separated from' training', but it is not limited to and does not mean training.
Education should take a step forward, but also enlighten people's wisdom and cultivate their personality.
Training can be fast and effective, and the call of "use it immediately" echoes in the trainer's ears like a drum roll.
The' magic' of this call has drowned out the call for human wisdom and personality.
As a result, skills are gained, wisdom is lost, and personality is lost. "
Once education is regarded as training, the relationship between teachers and students has evolved into the relationship between trainers and trainees. The alienation of education begins with the alienation of roles and relationships.
"Learn to survive" says:
Education should not only keep a person's initiative and creativity, but also give up the need to put him in real life;
Education should not only transmit culture, but also suppress culture without a ready-made model;
Education should not only encourage his talent, ability and personal performance, but also encourage his individualism;
Education should not only pay attention to everyone's uniqueness, but also ignore that creation is also a collective activity;
Maritain in the "education at the crossroads" is such a request for education:
Education should cultivate people's sense of freedom and responsibility;
Education should pay attention to human rights and human obligations;
Education should not only cultivate the courage to take risks and exercise power for common interests, but also cultivate respect for everyone's humanity.
This kind of education is not only a tightrope, but also unbearable. "
Therefore, we talk about the overall goal of "educating people with moral education", but who will think deeply? The only thing that is visible and the most difficult to touch in these four words is "people".
I often think of this sentence, which I quoted in the forum speech three years ago, and caused a certain response: "Education is ferrying, bridging and paving the way." Zheng Tao wrote this sentence, I believe it is the same:
"'education' is not a crossroads, and education itself is a crossroads.
The most important crossroads in the world lead to different directions and create different lives. "
Adult education is bound to be closely related to values, because it is the shaping and even regeneration of people. Education creates "new people" for the society, and education aimed at "new people" is bound to be marked, rooted, painful and bitter.
"Successful education must be marked at the beginning, and all kinds of educational goals and contents must be firmly implanted in the hearts of the educated, making them sweat, shed tears and even bleed.
Non-trace education is the most successful education and the rarest education. "
The "way of university" advocated by Confucianism also points to "new people"
"A good education is a broad and warm education." So we haven't seen any young educator appear in history or reality and be recognized by the world. Education contains a deep understanding of the outside world and the heart, as well as rich life experiences and introspection.
"Good education is an education that guides students to face human happiness and human suffering. It is not only an education that pursues happiness, but also an education that redeems human suffering. "
Good education leads people to live a perfect life by pointing to the ultimate beauty through truth, goodness and beauty.
"I still yearn for that kind of education without any impurities. The beautiful scenery is at the top of the mountain, and we climb with heavy load. ...
There are two possibilities for people who climb to the top of the mountain:
I found myself standing at the top of the Himalayas;
I don't know where I am, but I know the world below is beautiful.
Both possibilities forget the beauty of the mountain top itself. "?
This sentence gave me great inspiration and reflection. On the other hand, life, education and continuation of life are all based on inheritance, ancestors, sages and gentlemen. Therefore, education brings growth and happiness, and it will inevitably bring awe and gratitude.
This is also the "glory" of a good education.
"Where is the glory of education?
It is the power to make life grow;
It is the loving eyes and gentleness of educators ... "
"Education is like poetry, because life is like poetry and life grows like poetry.
A good educator must be a poet.
Although he may not write poetry. "
A truly outstanding front-line educator is enthusiastic, positive and optimistic, humorous and open-minded, and sometimes smiles with tears. Therefore, even if they don't have the ability to write poems in symbolic language, their career, life and education are also a landscape and a beautiful poem.
"When I read life and education.
When did you read through education and life at the same time?
The realm of life at this moment is called' transparency'.
Suddenly, in the twilight of education, I saw the traces of life ... "
Therefore, young educators should not rush to the so-called "success", because growth is "success", and when you feel "success", you will soon feel that everything seems to have just begun, and if you see life, it will only be like the first time.
"Everyone's life is limited, and I'm not talking about Shou Yuan.
Education is a way to overcome and expand the limits of life.
The greatest success of education in an individual is to overcome the life limit of' this person' to the maximum extent and expand his or her life world. "
This is the key point. Education is related to eternity, and education is eternity.
"The ultimate realization of education is not to hold hands with life, but to bid farewell to life-to bid farewell to the old life and move towards a new life. What education teaches people is to learn how to bid farewell to the past life every day. This process lasts for a lifetime. "
So, a few days ago, when an Anhui writer and teacher commented on my article and tried to talk to me, I made the following reply:
Education and life, this is an unrepeatable farewell. Everyone, whether ordinary or legendary, can only leave this world with a wandering back.
I visited the campus of Shaanxi Normal University in August and recorded it in Dajinshan National Defense Park. To be continued.