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The essence of education is that a tree shakes another tree, a cloud pushes another cloud, and a soul awakens another soul.
Is the famous German educator karl theodor jaspers in "What is education?
This is a well-known educational saying, which is poetic, pure, hazy and intoxicating! Many educators like to quote it when writing articles and speeches, because its aestheticism can add color to articles and speeches!
But if we investigate, it is certain that many educators can't clearly and accurately say what this means. In other words, there is a kind of beauty that can only be understood but not expressed. We all know that it tells the true meaning of education, vaguely understands it, vaguely feels its truth, but can't clearly understand its meaning from the mind.
Me too. I have used this sentence on many occasions, but when I carefully examine education and this famous educational saying, sometimes I feel as if I have not fully understood this sentence, and I have a vague feeling. Perhaps, this ambiguity is an accuracy?
Literally speaking, how can a tree shake another tree and how can a cloud push another cloud? The only thing that is instructive is the last sentence, one soul awakens another soul. But it doesn't seem to be specific enough. I feel that education is so abstract, so difficult, so subtle and so powerless. Are the first two sentences similar to China's ancient poems, just to lead to this last sentence?
I thought and looked at education and this famous saying carefully over and over again, and gradually understood its profundity and beauty.
The relationship between teachers and students is as independent as a tree and another tree, as equal as a cloud and another cloud, as different as a soul and another soul, and as interlinked and influencing each other. Education is a rational "dialogue" between teachers and students, an equal dialogue, and an exchange and collision of thoughts and emotions. Teachers should show their opinions, take the lead in setting an example and infect silently. Let students read, the teacher should be a person who loves reading; Let students learn, teachers should be lifelong learners; Let the students be civilized and polite, and the teacher should be a refined and polite person; Let the students be honest, and the teacher should be a trustworthy person; To make students become good people, the teacher should be a person who demonstrates behavior. ...
This famous educational saying tells the truth of the essence of education, that is, lead by example, that is, teach by example, that is, moisten things silently, that is, wait for flowers to bloom, that is, enlighten and ignite. ...
Mei Yiqi said that schools are still water, teachers and students are still fish, and their actions are still swimming, with big fish leading, small fish following, and they are swimming. Due to long-term travel, its observation and observation effect are not satisfied. Education is to raise fish and water. And this passage has the same effect, clearer and smoother.
When talking about education, Professor Ye Lan said that everyone can only live by himself, not by others. Everyone must walk on his own from birth to death and cannot be replaced by others. Education is to make students become the main body of their own growth, to experience, explore and discover. Teachers and parents can't replace it, just as trees have to grow, clouds have to float and souls have to repair themselves.
Li Zhenxi also said that the best education is infection and the best management is demonstration. That is, the big tree should pass the wind to the small tree through its own shaking, so that the small tree can grow by itself through the experience of wind and rain; It is a cloud that drives the wind through its own flow and makes another cloud flutter by itself; One person makes another person feel it with his own actions. ...
Dewey said that "education is growth", and it is self-growth and self-growth; Tao Xingzhi said that "life is education, society is school, and teaching and learning are integrated". The life of the tree has taught the growth of the tree, the life of the cloud has taught the flow of the cloud, and human life has taught people how to live.
Suhomlinski said that only education that can inspire students to educate themselves is the real education. The origin of education is "leading the way", a demonstration and a departure of life. Education can't be forced, can't kill life, and can't encourage others. Education is like the natural shaking of one tree to another, like the free promotion of one cloud to another, like the silent awakening of one soul to another. ...
Education is an imperfect person, leading a group of imperfect people to pursue perfection. Education is what Rousseau called "discovering children". A tree finds another tree, a cloud finds another cloud, and a soul finds another soul.
Zhan Danian said, I have been engaged in education all my life, and only after I retired did I realize that everything I had done before was wrong. A good relationship is a good education. A good education is as harmonious as a tree and another tree, a cloud and another cloud, and a soul accompanying another soul. ...
My more than 30 years' education career tells me that the role of education is limited, but this limited role is extremely important to people. A tree stands next to another tree, and this tree will affect another tree; When a cloud flutters, another cloud will flow; One soul is accompanied by another, and they will gradually have a common world outlook, outlook on life and values, just like "those who are close to ink are black, and those who are close to ink are black." ...