Some time ago, I went to the library to borrow books, and I came across Cheng Hongbing's "Facing the Educational Scene —— Educational Reflection of Scholar Principals". When I look at the title and the author, I can't wait to put the book in my bag and take it home to read it carefully. Teacher Cheng's language in the book is sincere and full of philosophy, which makes me feel more enlightened.
In the book, Teacher Cheng tells the story of a new teacher attending an open class. A little star can reflect a teacher's educational feelings and ideals. Is there such a teacher in the classroom now? The answer may be self-evident. Teacher Cheng quoted Jiang Menglin, president of Peking University, as saying, "If education can't stimulate one's ideals, hopes and will, and only emphasizes students' interest, it is putting the cart before the horse. "The essence of education is to cultivate truth, love, beauty and soul. Every word echoes in my mind.
On educational value
Teacher Cheng said: the loss of value thought is the most terrible loss, and the loss of value thought is the loss of soul. ? Teacher Cheng cited such a case: a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp became the principal of an American school. He will send a letter to every new teacher: "dear teacher, I saw with my own eyes what humans should not see: the gas chamber was built by engineers with expertise;" Children were poisoned by knowledgeable doctors; Young children were killed by trained nurses. Seeing all this, I wonder: What is education for? My request is: please help students grow into people. Only when our children are humanized will the ability to read, write and calculate be valuable. "Yes, now we live in peacetime, we live in China, where the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and we live in China, where the motherland is growing stronger and the people are well fed. It is difficult for modern children to understand the true meaning of "being prepared for danger in times of peace". Does our teacher understand? Is our teacher willing to understand? If we cultivate a group of high flyers who can do well in their problems and be admitted to famous schools, but they don't have a correct outlook on life and values, they will become people who endanger society. Therefore, Mr. Cheng also pays special attention to the value thought of education. Einstein once said: "Knowledge and skills alone cannot bring happiness and dignity to human life, and human beings have every reason to put advocates and practitioners of noble moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. "As teachers, we need to always pay attention to the purpose of education and the goal of educating people.
On the Cultivation of Creativity
There is such an article in the book "Several factors that hinder the cultivation of creativity in current teaching methods". Teacher Cheng said: In a sense, our school education has delayed or even delayed the cultivation and display of students' creative ability, which has to make teachers feel ashamed! Actually, I heard about it many years ago? Ken Robinson's speech at TED-"Schools stifle students' creativity". There is no doubt that schools cultivate students' creativity. In fact, we are well aware of the limitations of school education in cultivating students' creativity (subdividing disciplines, students are like products on the assembly line; Only one ruler is excellent in standardized examination.
However, fortunately, as a science teacher, I seem to have a little chance to pay attention to the cultivation of students' creativity. Always on the road, although the steps are a little small, but never stop. Before, I tried to set up makers to love inventions in the school-based curriculum to encourage children to create inventions, but time and space were limited and there were not many achievements. But fortunately, every year I can try to recommend some children to participate in the innovation and invention competition. Why not? I just hope that children can see their different possibilities and feel the happiness and sense of accomplishment brought by invention and creation.
On Teachers' Professional Development
Teacher Cheng hopes to cultivate cultural people with culture. Teacher cheng said: the problem of education is mainly the problem of schools, and the problem of schools is mainly the problem of teachers; The problems of teachers are mainly cadres and teachers, and the problems of cadres and teachers are mainly cultural problems. The core of school development is the development of teachers. We should pay more attention to teachers' professional development and moral and cultural development. Teachers need to have broad vision, independent knowledge, broad mind and free mind. Therefore, the development of teachers must be closely related to these three negative aspects: personal reflection, peer assistance and expert guidance. Therefore, both top-down teacher training and bottom-up teacher professional development can start from the above three aspects.
? Tolstoy believes that combining love for education with love for students is the most important quality that teachers must possess. Therefore, the development of teachers' internal drive is the same as that of children's learning internal drive. It's all about the heart.
David Beckham, a British educator, thinks that teachers have research opportunities. If they can seize this opportunity, they will not only vigorously and rapidly promote the development of teaching technology, but also give vitality and dignity to teachers' work. So I think scientific research is also an important path for teachers' professional growth.
? Education is by no means an easy task. Every educator needs to reflect and practice together in order to practice his educational ideals and ideas in his own trial class. However, we should study Whitehead's The Purpose of Education, think about the significance and value of education, and find the right direction of education in order to move forward correctly. Just like Teacher Yang said today: average ability, wrong direction, will come back soon; If your ability is not bad and your direction is wrong, you may run too far at once. Therefore, the direction is the most important! Education is like this, so is life!