Education should follow the order of children's natural development and cultivate children's innate ability to observe, think and feel.

This view was put forward by Rousseau, who believed that education should conform to the law of children's natural development, rather than forcing children to accept specific knowledge and skills.

Rousseau believes that children have different physiological and psychological characteristics at different ages, and education should design learning methods and contents suitable for children according to these characteristics. For example, children learn mainly through observation and imitation since childhood, so education should pay attention to providing a good environment and example for children to explore and discover freely.

In cultivating children's innate ability to observe, think and feel, Rousseau emphasized that children's personality and hobbies should be respected and encouraged to discover, solve and create things. He believes that education should be open, so that children have more freedom and space to explore and learn, thus cultivating more innovative thinking and practical ability.

In a word, Rousseau's educational thought emphasizes respecting children's personality and hobbies, conforming to the law of children's natural development, cultivating children's observation ability, thinking ability and feeling ability, and making them become people with independent thinking ability and innovative spirit. This view still has important implications for today's education.

Rousseau's educational thought view

1, emphasizing the discovery of children: Rousseau believes that children are not adults, and children have their own unique lives; The existence of childhood is a natural law. The existence of childhood is not simply to prepare for adult life, but has the value of independent existence.

2. Emphasize that education should respect nature: Rousseau advocates nature education, believing that education should obey the eternal laws of nature, adapt to the development of children's nature, and promote the natural development of children's body and mind. He advocates that children learn through personal experience and feelings, not through abstract concepts and written knowledge.

3. Education stage theory: Rousseau divided education into infancy, infancy, adolescence and other stages, and each stage has different educational tasks and priorities. For example, in infancy, it is mainly to protect the health of infants and young children, focusing on physical maintenance; In early childhood, pay attention to the cultivation of observation, thinking and feeling ability; Adolescence, pay attention to knowledge education and labor education.