This picture book is one of the basic reading books for children in China recommended by New Education. The hero in the article is a little mouse named Arvin. It has a bad habit, that is, although it grows up, it still carries its blanket all the time.
His parents had no choice but to listen to the guidance of the aunt next door, trying to get rid of Arvin's bad habits by borrowing the story of the blanket elf, but without success. On the contrary, Arvin wrapped the blanket tighter-stuffed it in his pants before going to bed at night. Perhaps this is the carrot strategy of behaviorism. It can also be said that it is the second stage of Rafe's "six-stage theory of moral development".
The reward is not good, so we have to adopt the general persuasion method. Gao Jiawen's parents reasoned with Gao Jiawen and told Gao Jiawen that the carpet was dirty and old, but it still didn't work.
If one plan fails, another will be born. Reward doesn't work, and reason doesn't work, so with a slight punishment-soaking the carpet in vinegar to make it stink-let Arvin get rid of bad habits. But this plan still doesn't work.
What shall we do? The aunt next door has made another move to let Gao Jiawen's parents tell Gao Jiawen directly and definitely: "No". This move is probably the fourth stage of teacher Rafe's "six-stage theory of moral development"-making rules. But Li Bei rebelled against his parents' rules by crying.
What shall we do? Since all conceivable methods of "blocking" have been adopted, it won't work, so let's find another way from the root. If you want to get rid of a bad habit at once, obviously you can't, then change it slowly. We all understand a warning: don't eat fat. The first truth that this tells us is that education is a "slow" art, and the second truth that it tells us is that education is "sparse" rather than "blocked". How like water control, the week can't be blocked, but the son has succeeded in dredging. The way of education is exactly the same as the way of water control.