"The purpose of school education is to enable students to develop a correct outlook on life, so we have to pay attention to the relationship between education and life." A century ago, Ye Shengtao, who had just set foot in the field of teaching, wrote many articles, shouted loudly and put this educational thought into practice. In the 1940s, in the article If I were a teacher, Ye Lao clearly expounded this idea again: "If I were a middle school teacher, I would never call my career' teaching', just as I would never call the enrollment of students' reading'. ..... I want students to be people, to do things and to be sound citizens. "
From Mr. Ye Shengtao's words and deeds and writings, we can know that regarding the purpose of education, Mr. Ye Shengtao advocates the close combination of teaching and educating people. Moreover, he also said that education is a tool for human beings to obtain survival materials and manage their lives. Education should help students know themselves, innovate themselves and achieve themselves.
In fact, Mr. Ye Shengtao emphasizes that education should be people-oriented, and all education should be student-oriented, that is, student-oriented, just like the motto of his hometown Suzhou University: everything is for students, for all students, for all students.
First of all, "people-oriented" is the trend of education
At present, the reform and development of education in China is not only facing the problems of adapting to and serving the national economic and social transformation and development, but also facing the problems of education itself. No matter from the requirements of economic and social development for education or from the development of education itself, the current educational reform and innovation must adhere to the people-oriented and establish the people-oriented educational concept.
Second, "people-oriented" is the requirement of the new curriculum reform.
Traditional teaching focuses on imparting knowledge, while the new curriculum reform focuses on students' all-round development from imparting knowledge, focusing on cultivating students' innovative ability, practical ability, ability to acquire new knowledge, ability to collect and process information, ability to analyze and solve problems, and ability to communicate and cooperate with others, thus cultivating students' sense of responsibility for nature and society. It also requires every student to have a healthy body and mind, excellent quality, the desire and ability of lifelong learning, scientific and humanistic literacy, and develop a healthy aesthetic taste and life. The new Chinese curriculum standard also emphasizes people-oriented and student-oriented, and attaches importance to cultivating students' good personality and sound personality. At the same time, it is once again clear that students are the main body of learning, emphasizing attention to students' individual differences and different learning needs. All these reflect the new requirements of the development of the times for Chinese education, and are also new ideas of Chinese education.
Therefore, for Chinese teachers, it is not only necessary to give students knowledge, but more importantly, to inspire and cultivate students, so that they can stride forward sincerely and willingly on the road of seeking truth, worshiping goodness and loving beauty.
Third, the importance of "people-oriented" education
The educational idea of "people-oriented" advocates examining the essence of education from the inside of education, revealing the characteristics and laws of education, and affirming that education is to discover people's value, give play to people's potential and develop people's personality. "Educating people" is the fundamental value and purpose of education. It is the ultimate goal of our educators to cultivate modern China people who are "conscious, automatic, developed, creative and social" and "enable students to be human beings, do things and become sound citizens".
Education takes educating people as its own responsibility, and the work of education is the work of being a man. People-oriented requires our teachers to pay attention to and study the differences of each student and find scientific basis for personalized teaching. Just like there are no two identical leaves in the world, there is a vast sea of people and a boundless sea of teaching. We can't find two completely similar students, and we can't find a teaching method suitable for either student.
The subject of education is people, the object of education is people, and the purpose of education is to shape people. In educational activities, people are undoubtedly in a central position. On the one hand, education shoulders the mission of spreading the "people-oriented" concept to the educated, so that they can understand and learn to respect, care and trust people; On the other hand, education management, teaching activities and educational contents should respect and care for people, and be conducive to mobilizing and giving play to people's enthusiasm and initiative, giving play to people's talents and promoting their healthy growth.