19 18, the suggestion of the basic principles of American secondary education influenced the standard model of American secondary schools at that time. These principles reflected the educators' views and expectations of secondary education at that time and shaped the development direction of secondary education in the United States.
I. Overview of principles:
Universal sex education: advocate universal sex education to ensure that more teenagers receive comprehensive secondary education, thus improving the education level of the whole society.
Emphasize the depth and breadth of disciplines: encourage students to learn multiple disciplines and pay attention to the balance between depth and breadth of knowledge in order to cultivate students with all-round development.
Practical education: emphasize practicality, link school education with students' future real life and career development, and provide them with better career preparation.
Improvement of teaching methods: advocate innovative teaching methods, including more practical teaching and experimental education, and cultivate students' ability to think and solve problems independently.
Cultivating civic responsibility: pay attention to cultivating students' civic responsibility and moral concept, so that they can become active citizens who contribute to society.
Personality development and physical education: pay attention to students' personality development and advocate physical education to cultivate students' physical and mental health.
Second, the standard mode:
Based on these principles, the American middle school education model at that time showed the following characteristics:
Subject setting: Middle school curriculum covers basic humanities, mathematics, natural sciences and social sciences, as well as practical skills courses, such as home economics, handicrafts and business education.
Experimental education: emphasizing experimental education, classroom teaching pays more attention to practice and interaction, and encourages students to explore and practice.
Extracurricular activities: attach importance to extracurricular activities and community organizations, encourage students to participate in various community, sports, cultural and artistic activities, and promote comprehensive quality development.
Student evaluation: Educational evaluation is more diversified, focusing not only on academic performance, but also on students' comprehensive ability and personality development.
Civic education: through the course content and extracurricular activities, cultivate students' sense of civic responsibility and social participation, thus establishing positive civic literacy.
These basic principles have had a far-reaching impact on the development of secondary education in the United States and promoted the diversification and all-round development of secondary education. Although today's educational model and concept have changed, these principles still affect the development direction and goal of education to a certain extent.