In addition, Locke can be regarded as an empirical philosophical thinker. Empiricism is a very important school and movement in the history of philosophy, that is, from the perspective of "feeling experience", people's knowledge is absorbed through experience, and his book On People's Understanding discusses the epistemological subject under empiricism. In education, he put forward the concept of "gentleman education" in "Random Talk on Education", and he also put forward the importance of "skill education".
Random talk on education is easy to understand. There are neither abstruse theories nor obscure academic concepts in the book. The author is as familiar as talking with relatives and friends, with a cordial and peaceful tone and simple and clear reason, but what he said is very profound and enlightening. This simple thing can only be written by a master. Many words in the book can make me think. For example, "because mistakes in education are more serious than other mistakes, mistakes in education are like mismatching drugs." They were caused for the first time, and the second and third times can never be made up. Their influence will never be washed away. " This sentence really aroused my vigilance. I think the work of our teachers is more important than that of doctors. If every teacher doesn't take every lesson seriously, then maybe more quacks will be trained and more people's lives will be hurt.
"The reason why humans are so different is because of education. The impression we get when we are young, even if it is small and almost imperceptible, has a great and lasting influence. Just like the source of a river, the water is very soft, and a little manpower can lead it to other directions, which will fundamentally change the direction of the river. With such guidance from the roots, the river will have different directions and eventually flow to very distant places. " From this, I realized that children should cultivate habits from an early age and let students know the class rules and know what to do from the beginning of school. In the actual management process, we often take the form of flogging, which is actually the most inappropriate method in education. Because the purpose of doing this is to make them like what they should do, but in fact, we can think like this: no matter what it is, if he is unwilling to do it, someone will beat him and scold him, and he must play, or when he plays, the author discusses his educational view from three aspects: moral education and intellectual education.
Locke opposes doting and indulging children, which he thinks is the biggest educational mistake. In today's society, there are more and more phenomena of doting and indulging children. Spoiled children are always crying for something to get or do. When they are young, they want candy and toys, but when they grow up, they want more. Parents are worried about their children's waywardness. There are still many parents who turn a blind eye to their children's wrong behavior, let it go, indulge their children again and again, and wait until the small mistake becomes a big mistake before they want to correct it, but it is too late. Excessive doting on children will make them willful and do whatever they want, which will greatly reduce the educational effect of parents on their children. Some children don't care about their parents' education at all, and even argue with their parents confidently. Overindulgence of children will make them self-centered and selfish, which is not conducive to their communication among peers. After entering the society, interpersonal relationships are often poor. Parents should not spoil their children, but educate them in a strict and relaxed environment.
Reading "Random Talk on Education" made me think further. What is quality education? How can we cultivate high-quality talents? How to make our education for students no longer blind and make our education for students more effective.