Zhou Lun Education consists of eight series, including the author's educational works in different periods, which are basically presented in the form of essays, essays and miscellaneous talks. The language is concise but not abstruse, vivid and humorous, easy and friendly to read, but memorable. In the Seven Proverbs of Education, the author said: "The most pertinent and wonderful words about education often come from philosophers. Specialized educators and educators, if they don't have the wisdom of insight into human nature at the same time, tend to be limited to experience, or stick to the details of psychology, which is superficial, trivial and mediocre. " I quite agree with this view. "Man" is the origin of education, and "all-round development of man" is the foundation of education. If a teacher sticks to the "technology" of education without overall insight and thinking about people and humanity, education will have limitations and deviations. So, as a philosopher, how does Mr. Zhou view education?
"Education is growth, growth is the purpose, and there is no other purpose except growth." This is the first educational motto that Teacher Zhou appreciates most. The argument that "education is growth" was put forward by Rousseau and further elaborated by Dewey, which concisely expressed the original intention of education. It means that education is to make everyone's nature and innate ability grow healthily, rather than instilling external things such as knowledge into a container. Respect for nature, giving full play to potential, being subtle, and guiding according to circumstances … Many principles in our education are related to this proverb. "Children are not immature adults, and childhood has its intrinsic value." Both Montessori and Dewey criticized the view that "children are immature people" and thought that childhood has its inherent quality and significance. Childhood is an important stage of a person's physical and mental growth, and the greatest achievement of education is to give children a happy and meaningful childhood. Many parents believe in the saying "Never let children lose at the starting line". In order to win the so-called happiness in the uncertain future, they drive their children to do things that violate their individuality and sacrifice their childhood happiness. Think that children don't know anything, and impose the opinions and judgment standards of adults on them. ..... These practices are actually because they ignore the value of childhood and only hope that children will "grow up" as soon as possible.
There are still a few proverbs worth trying. "The purpose of education is to get students out of the slavery of reality, not to adapt to reality." Cicero) This reminds me of the saying "Education is liberation". It should be the pursuit of education to let the educated have a rich and free mind. "The most important principle of education is not to cherish time, but to waste time." (Rousseau) It means to give children free time. Besides endless homework, set aside some time for them to play and do what they want and should do. This coincides with the "time to liberate children" in Tao Xingzhi's "Six Emancipations".
Talking about the feelings of education after reading model essay 2 Recently, I have been reading Zhou's On Education. On page 53 of this book, Mr. Zhou thinks that the standard to measure the value of a book is: "After reading it, can't help but want to write something, even if what you want to write seems to have nothing to do with it." This sentence is really incisive and hits the nail on the head. Experts are just different. A casual remark is so profound.
I've been thinking about what to write recently, but I've been busy all day and I've never been free. Tomorrow is Friday again. At this moment, I stopped all my work and concentrated on sorting out some feelings that have been stirring in my heart for several days.
"If I were a Chinese teacher" by the famous philosopher in the fourth series of "Philosophy and Chinese Teaching" touched me deeply, and several viewpoints aroused my strong resonance. So I went back several times and read11to 1 12 pages again and again. In the first paragraph of the section "If I am a Chinese teacher", Mr. Zhou asks "If I am a Chinese teacher in a middle school, how can I teach my students?" This topic. Then, Mr. Zhou talked about some feelings based on his own personal experience. Then I talked about the level of Chinese is nothing more than these two things, one is the interest and ability of reading, and the other is the interest and ability of writing. Combined with my own experience in education and life, I have always cultivated students in this way. First of all, I like reading and writing very much. Secondly, I graduated from a non-normal college and benefited from reading and writing.
In addition, I also carefully read the book Reading Classics and Quality Education in the second series of Reading and Quality Education, that is, page 26 of Zhou Lun Education.
Teacher Zhou thinks that classic reading is the best way for quality education. On the title page of this series, Mr. Zhou said, "lead the educated into the treasure house of classic works, let them know, be familiar with and understand the traditions existing in them, be influenced by them, and devote themselves to the great process of human spiritual exploration." In my opinion, there is no more valuable and effective quality education. "
In plain language, Mr. Zhou expounded that classic works are excellent teaching materials from three aspects: intellectual education, aesthetic education and moral education. He said that if you can approach the classics, read the classics and even get hooked on them from middle school, you will benefit for life.
I am a primary school teacher. Combined with Zhou's above views and the current educational situation, I think it is necessary to guide primary school students to read classic fairy tales. Because the classic is a heart lamp, it not only illuminates the child's childhood, but also illuminates the child's life! Every child is a fairy tale, and every fairy tale is a small ladder for children to grow up. Many colorful fairy tales show children a magical and fascinating world, and countless beautiful stories can teach children how to be a man. It is like a magic lamp, illuminating children's hearts and the way forward, and leading them to grow healthily.
On the educational feelings after reading model essay 3 I once heard a saying in college: Wang Xiaobo is a male classmate and Zhou is a female classmate. Perhaps because I am a little rebellious, I have read a lot of Wang Xiaobo's essays, but I have only read one of Mr. Zhou's essays, Looking into the Distance. I read that book almost 10 years ago. At that time, I only felt good, but I couldn't say anything good. Now I can only recall the eternal value of life, the meaning of living and the beauty of life described in the book. It is a good book, which may not make people realize the truth of life, but it can make people more calm in the face of the change of fate.
10 years later, I read Zhou's On Education again, which is more suitable for my life and makes me feel deeper. The book says that intellectual education is to cultivate curiosity and rational thinking ability, not to instill knowledge; Moral education is to encourage lofty spiritual pursuit, not to instill norms; Aesthetic education is to cultivate rich souls, not to instill memories. This sentence really makes me want to clap my hands. I think of my past college entrance examination. At that time, it was a comprehensive exam, and there were 9 courses to be tested. Like it or not, every day is a last-minute cramming. Many years after graduation, I still dream of sitting in the classroom of the college entrance examination from time to time. At that position, faced with a math test paper that I couldn't understand at all, I felt cold sweat and wished I were dead. Our education is too eager for quick success and instant benefit, and we can't wait to train many all-round talents one day. In my opinion, all-round development means all-round mediocrity, education is a slow art, and education needs to wait.
One of the educational maxims advocated by Mr. Zhou is Cicero's famous saying: the purpose of education is to liberate students from the slavery of reality, not to adapt to reality. He said that the situation today is just the opposite. Education is to do one thing with all one's strength, that is, to shape students with the goal of adapting to reality. It is of course necessary for people to live in society and adapt to reality, but this should not be the main purpose of education. Montaigne said: learning is not to adapt to the outside world, but to enrich yourself. Confucius also advocated that learning is a matter of "for oneself" rather than "being a man". It can be seen that education should pay more attention to enriching students' inner spiritual world, rather than instilling "useful" knowledge into students according to the needs of life.
Economy determines today, politics determines tomorrow and education determines the future. Since the future is in our hands, perhaps our teachers can give students more flexible evaluation in class, give them more ways to go, let them experience happiness and learn to think.
After reading model essay 4, I talked about education feelings. During the Chinese New Year, I read the book On Education in the Week. As a mother of a five-year-old child, I want to talk about my own views on the influence of parents on children's education.
In the book, Mr. Zhou has the view that being a child's friend and the child's willingness to treat himself as a friend is the highest level of parenting. We should make friends with children, that is, we should not treat children as pets or tools, but treat them as an independent personality in the process of formation, not only to love them, but also to give them trust and respect. Now most parents like me are only children at home. They grew up under the care of their parents. Now that you have your own children, you tend to spoil them too much and do whatever you want, and it is easy for them to form a domineering personality, stubbornness and self. For things that belong to children, neither arrange nor interfere, but pay attention to them with love and treat them with an equal and peaceful attitude.
My son just went to kindergarten last year. He is very interested in painting and paper cutting, but he always pesters me to help him cut and draw. I asked him why he didn't draw. He said that he didn't draw well, and the paper-cut was broken when he cut it. Because of this, I am also very nervous. The child has no confidence in himself. Later, I simply bought a big stack of crayon scissors to encourage him to try painting and cutting at will. One day he was very happy to bring it to me. He cut out the graphics on the playing cards very smoothly. Although it was a little damaged and the house was in a mess, my son made great progress and accomplished what he was afraid of independently. Teacher Zhou also mentioned in the book that children in China always grow up under the eyes of their parents, so it seems that they are always growing up, relying on their parents for big and small matters, refusing to use their brains and make their own decisions. This is not the nature of children in China, but the result of acquired education. Parents in European countries also love their children, but at the same time attach great importance to cultivating their children's ability to live independently, which is simply regarded as the first priority of children's education. In their view, it is common sense that to truly love children, children should be able to live well without their parents. As our parents in China, we should pay special attention to cultivating children's independent spirit and strong character, so that they can face the challenges of the severe environment in the future.
Zhou advocates giving children a real childhood. In fact, many parents now think that they should not let their children lose at the starting line. Since kindergarten, children have been trained in all aspects, such as playing chess, dancing, drawing and telling stories. Children have participated in the competitions that can be filmed at such a young age, from the first grade of primary school to the university. I wonder how much homework and exams they have to endure in order to get that final diploma. In such a beautiful period, its value is completely obliterated, and everything is just to prepare for finding a job in the future. But now China's education system makes parents and teachers have to do this, so it is difficult to have other choices. But for the social system like China now, this kind of education system needs to be changed. But how to change it? Is it better than this? If the threshold of college entrance examination is removed, it is no problem, but how to select talents and further optimize our education system after removal can not be completed overnight, nor can it be solved by educators as teachers.
Today, with the development of information, our children lost their childhood prematurely. I think as parents, we should have two expectations for our children. First, they should be safe. The second is: the growth of physical and mental health. As for what children will do in the future and whether they will achieve anything, we don't have to worry so much, just let nature take its course.
It is also mentioned here that for the sake of children's growth, we can keep a diary for children and record their growth process from the day they are born. This is the same as Zhou's insistence on keeping a diary. When we do this, we are also rethinking and thinking about our own experience in raising children. It records not only the process of observing children's learning to be human, but also the process of learning to be parents ourselves. This precious gift for future children is also a precious souvenir of an important journey in our own life. I quite agree with this view.