The Miracle of Education focuses on the amazing role of education. Some contemporary figures used to be "underachievers", "stupid children", "problem children" and "disabled children" in the eyes of parents and teachers, but later they succeeded: Newton, an underachiever looked down upon by people, Edison, an "idiot" unpopular with teachers, and Darwin. Why is this? Obviously, education is at work.
Parents want their children to be smart children, and teachers also want their students to be geniuses. But what kind of children are smart children? Can children participate in various talent training classes to make a genius? Parents spend a lot of money to train their children, but is education just a matter of money? This is the difference between traditional education in China and foreign education. Foreign countries pay more attention to preserving children's innocence and cuteness, respecting children's choices and letting children give full play to their intelligence. Educator Isabella Chow said: "There are no bad crops, only farmers who can't grow crops." In fact, I think only healthy growth is possible, and children who can't grow up healthily can't grow up. What this book wants to tell us is that there are no children who can't teach well, only parents and teachers who can't teach well. Although it is not absolute, the education of parents and teachers will play an absolute role in children. Teachers and parents should learn all kinds of educational theories to help children grow up, instead of putting too much pressure on children and forcing them to grow up. Hope is at hand, and the secret is around. Open this book and read it carefully, and you will find that genius is around!
Karl witte, an American educator, said, "There are no children who can't teach well, only parents who can't teach well. Throughout the history of great men and geniuses, they all have shortcomings of one kind or another. If we can give them a better education, they will be greater, healthier, kinder, more generous, better, smarter, more upright, more knowledgeable, more modest and stronger. In short, as long as they are full of piety and use better educational methods, these people will become more perfect great men and geniuses. " Yes, every child has different advantages. It depends on whether you can find their advantages and cultivate them well. The miracle of education is an approachable book. He told us through the stories of some great men when they were young that these great men were actually so similar to our ordinary children when they were young, but they met Bole in their lives and eventually became talents. After reading this book, I feel a lot.
If we carefully analyze these "stupid children" and "problem children", we will find that they are not all stupid, everything is bad, everything has problems, and they also have "bright spots". If every parent carefully observes his children, he will always be surprised to find that children have many advantages. Maybe he lacks discipline, but he loves his work very much and likes to help his parents do what they can. Maybe his academic performance is not good, but he likes painting very much, and his painting is very innovative. In fact, children have extraordinary potential, and the key is how parents and teachers explore it. If every teacher and parent can treat our children with common sense, we will always find that our children are actually gifted children.
Howard gardner, a famous cognitive psychologist, believes that everyone has his own special comprehensive form of intelligence and ways of understanding the world, such as language, logic, mathematics, space, music, body and introspection. Everyone's learning style is different. Some people are sensitive to vision, some people are sensitive to language, and some people are sensitive to touch. It can be seen that every child has his own strengths and weaknesses, and they will show their unique talents in their own unique way. Therefore, observe children more, find out the characteristics of children's intelligent structure, and carry out appropriate and targeted guidance and training to maximize the talent potential of each child.
Compared with adults, children's thoughts are at a loss, not bound, have no rules to follow, have no rules to follow, and are rarely bound by concepts psychologically. So they can't seriously think about a problem, and their attention can't be focused on one thing for a long time. This in turn enables children to think freely about what they think. For example, when children are painting, they often ruthlessly destroy or reorganize things between heaven and earth at will. Children's random fabrication and vivid images are the birthplace of children's fantasies. They are beyond the imagination of adults and create amazing scenes.
A sentence in the book well sums up an idea to be conveyed in this book. Tao Xingzhi, a famous educator, said: "On the issue of children's cultivation, we must first liberate children's thoughts, hands, feet, space and time, so that they can fully live a free life and get a real education from it." Just like this, every child is a blank sheet of paper. How to make children draw bright rainbows and beautiful pictures on them is a problem that every educator should consider. Read this book when you have time.
Reflections on the Miracle of Education (2)
Never believe in miracles, always thinking that miracles will not happen to us little people. When I read Zhu Yongxin's Miracle of Education, I was deeply touched. From the book, I deeply feel that all this comes from one word "love"-the most common and greatest fatherly love in the world. They use their father's love to make the educational miracle successful and become educators. What about us? I want to reflect on myself and always reflect on myself.
I was moved by the miracle of success in the book and thought of my usual education career. Around us, there are always some naughty and sloppy classmates. Their personalities and shortcomings are different. Because of the different growth environment and family upbringing, children show different behavior characteristics. Many people compare children to a blank sheet of paper, so I think a blank sheet of paper will certainly paint a beautiful picture. I believe that every child has his own bright spot and common needs. That is the need for the love of teachers and parents. Every educator needs to learn to appreciate every child and give them caring eyes, encouraging smiles, praising words and cordial hugs. Let them grow up confidently, healthily and happily in the eyes of love; Education without emotion and love is like a fish out of water. Zheng, the king of fairy tales in China, said: "Poor students are made by poor teachers and poor parents." This sentence hit the nail on the head and pointed out the responsibilities of parents and teachers in education. From Zhou Zhou, I deeply understand that there is no child who can't be taught well. As long as we work hard, every child can succeed. I believe: love will indeed create a miracle of education!
After reading many examples in this book, I can't help thinking of Wei Liu, the stubborn figure who played the piano with his toes on the screen of China's Got Talent a while ago. He said: "I have only two ways in my life, either to die quickly or to live wonderfully." Hit floor became the motto to inspire more young people with dreams, and quickly became an online buzzword. He became a "talent" that attracted the world's attention.
In The Miracle of Education, I read a real and touching story: 25 years ago, a university professor who taught sociology asked his class to go to a slum to investigate the growth background and living environment of 200 boys and evaluate their future development. Every student's conclusion is "he has no chance to get ahead." Twenty-five years later, according to the survey, 176 of these 200 people have made extraordinary achievements, among which lawyers, doctors or businessmen abound. The professor visited the young people who were evaluated in that year and asked them the same question, "What is the biggest reason for your success today?" As a result, they all replied in unison: "Because I met a good teacher." When the professor found her, he asked her what tricks could make these children who grew up in slums get ahead. The old lady had a kind light in her eyes and a smile on her mouth, and replied, "Actually, it's nothing. I love these children. "
Educator Xia Mianzun once said: Education is like a pond without water without emotion and love. Without water, it can't be called a pond. No emotion, no love, no education.
However, in our real educational life, there are too many phenomena of lack of love: when students have ideological crux that can't be solved, they don't try to catch it, don't carefully discover it, don't patiently guide it, but turn a blind eye, even sneer at it and throw cold water; When students violate the discipline, we are not persuaded, but merciless, yelling loudly and even waving our fists; When students' grades fluctuate, instead of analyzing the reasons with him and encouraging him enthusiastically, they openly criticize him, making him feel depressed and frustrating the child's immature heart again and again. ...
Tao Xingzhi said that there may be Newton before we are cold-eyed; Under our sticks, there may be watts; Among our bad words, there may be Edison. Yes, in a sense, success is the necessity of exploring and developing human potential, and it is a human nature that should not be erased. However, many of our colleagues have destroyed this necessity, trampled on this nature and "created" a "miracle" that should not have happened!
Every child has a bright spot. Every educator needs to have a Bole vision, appreciate every child, give children more tolerance, and let them grow up confidently and healthily in the eyes of teachers' love. Maybe our sincere love will create an educational miracle! Finally, I want to say: every child is an angel. We must believe in children and their potential. Give him a stage and he will give you a wonderful performance. Give him some space and he will create countless glories for you.