-Interview with Zhang Nan, Chairman of Shenyang Tian Yu Education Group.
Zhang Nan, chairman of Shenyang Tian Yu Education Group, has in-depth research on Chinese medicine and is good at examining education and school management from the perspective of Chinese medicine philosophy. Rich experience and super learning ability make him unique.
Why can't educators be greedy for their own credit? What is true respect for life? How to examine education from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine? With these questions, the reporter interviewed Zhang Nan exclusively.
Medical treatment is the mirror of education.
China Teachers' Daily: When we look at education outside of education, we can often see it more clearly and accurately. You have an in-depth study of Chinese medicine and often look at education from the perspective of Chinese medicine. How to treat education from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine?
Zhang Nan: Education and medical care are industries related to people's lives and health, and there are many theoretical links. Education needs temperature, just as human life needs temperature. From warm and soft birth to cold and stiff death, human life needs temperature to prolong or prove the existence of life. Just as education needs passion and enthusiasm, it can really stimulate the instinct of educated people to study and live, let them show themselves positively and confidently, prove their value of existence, and bloom the original color and light of life.
Excessive medical care is very similar to excessive education. Sometimes, diseases that can be repaired through the self-healing function and immunity of the human body need physical therapy and repair surgery in various names. This phenomenon, like students' inherent learning instinct, was stifled by teachers' endless explanations and overwhelming counseling. Therefore, educators should not be greedy for their own merits.
Education should have the right direction, just like people should eat the right things and refuel their cars, otherwise it will be counterproductive and even life-threatening.
China Teachers' Daily: Why can't educators be greedy for their own merits?
Zhang Nan: Let me tell a story. After 606 experiments, Ernesti, a German scientist, finally found a new drug, which only killed the infected microorganisms in the tested animals without damaging other functions of the tested animals, so he named it "606". 606 is a new drug, which is extremely lethal to toxins in animals. Among the tens of thousands of animals tested, the dosage required to kill toxins is only one sixth, and a slight overdose will be life-threatening. Why? This is because animals have very strong innate self-immune function and self-healing function. Dealing with toxins and diseases depends more on the body's immune function and self-healing function, and on the body's self-help system to continuously restore health. Drugs only play an auxiliary role.
Animals are like this, so are humans? I think the best doctor is not "saving lives", but "strengthening the body and eliminating evil spirits". The best doctors do not directly amputate patients and replace them with ready-made artificial limbs, but use drugs and medical means to stimulate and utilize people's autoimmune function to the maximum extent, awaken people's self-healing ability, and rely more on the physiological immune function and self-healing function of life itself to protect people's body to the maximum extent and better protect life. The recovery of patients depends not only on doctors and drugs, but also on their own vitality and self-healing ability. Many injuries, including many surgical operations, can't be treated with drugs after operation, and they all rely on the physiological self-healing function of living beings to slowly recover. These recoveries cannot be achieved by doctors and drugs alone. Therefore, many times, patients are their best doctors!
The best teacher is himself.
China Teachers' Daily: Patients are their best doctors. It can be inferred that students are their best teachers.
Zhang Nan: Yes, the patient's best doctor is himself, and the patient's instinct is natural healing ability. Doctors help patients.
Similarly, the best teacher for students is themselves, and his instinct is the ability to acquire knowledge, self-education, invention and innovation, and cooperative management.
Finding the source and grasping the law can be described as a simple way. Therefore, our educational philosophy is that students should have the ability to acquire knowledge, educate themselves, invent and innovate, and manage cooperation, and the best teacher for students is their own instinct.
From this, we think of human learning. The way for students to acquire knowledge is not only taught by others, but also through their own learning. The development of the future society needs the ability of lifelong learning, which not only occurs in the classroom, but also exists in every moment of life and runs through every link of the whole life course. Learning different knowledge at different stages of life will create a better life! It is very important to acquire knowledge through the process of learning. Developing the ability of autonomous learning and cooperative learning while acquiring knowledge, and growing into a person with lifelong learning ability and all-round development is the high realm of learning!
I believe that students are their best teachers. Talents who can become national elites, national pillars and even world leaders in the future must be people with strong independent learning ability, strong cooperation and communication ability, strong analytical thinking ability and all-round development!
China Teachers' Daily: During the interview, several principals and teachers talked about "running conscience education with burning knowledge". How to understand "burning knowledge" here?
Zhang Nan: "Conscience education with burning knowledge" is the creed of Tian Yu Education Group for many years. "Stand tall, see far, locate accurately, have a new angle of view, be practical and be practical", which is about being honest with parents, believing that you can live up to your conscience, and truly carrying out "conscience" education by "burning knowledge". Tian Yu Experimental Middle School in Shenyang takes "cultivating morality and doing honesty education" as its purpose, "keeping your mouth clean, keeping your heart upright, and keeping fit" as its motto, taking efficient classroom as its carrier, taking "72 1" as its spirit, and taking Tian Yu Education Group as its goal of "fully implementing 72 1".
China Teachers' Daily: What exactly does "72 1" mean?
Zhang Nan: In the process of implementing efficient classroom reform and exploration and innovation, Tian Yu Middle School absorbed the ideological essence of scientific education ideas and advanced school-running ideas. At the same time, combined with the school's learning situation and teaching practice, it put forward the "72 1" learning theory with unique Tian Yu characteristics, that is, students can solve the "7" of basic knowledge through preview tutoring plan and autonomous learning, and then students can explore, expand and extend through cooperation, presentation reports and teachers' inspiration and guidance.
In Tian Yu middle schools, the "72 1" learning theory is not only applied to the classroom, but also to moral education. Education trains students to do what they can independently, without disturbing others, and to complete the "7" of being a man; On this basis, take the initiative to help others, learn to cooperate with others, and complete the "2" of being a man; Helping others without asking for anything in return, caring for and thanking others, will reach the high realm of life and complete the "1" of life. Self-cultivation, moral integrity, learning to be cautious and independent, knowing how to educate and manage oneself are the eternal themes of moral education in middle schools in Tian Yu.
Eating correctly is more important than eating well.
China Teachers' Daily: It is a valuable innovation to apply the theory of "72 1" to moral education. However, it is an indisputable fact that moral education in many schools is weak. What is Tian Yu's strategy in this regard?
Zhang Nan: Virtue is fundamental. Tsinghua University's school motto is "strive for self-improvement, respect morality and carry things". Self-improvement is an external performance and goal. With good virtue and passion for life, you will be "independent, self-reliant, self-respecting and self-respecting" on the journey of life. The case of poisoning by Fudan students and the case of primary school students hurting their classmates because they are jealous of the beauty of their peers all reflect the terrible consequences of moral imbalance. Therefore, "eating right" is more important than "eating full" and "eating well"; Learning is more important than learning to understand and learn. Virtue is more important than achievement and ability.
Life is like a boat. To sail to the right side of life, we must first choose the right course. If you have a correct goal in life, you won't let your life boat run aground on a dangerous beach. The best helmsman in a child's life boat is himself. Self-education and efficient classroom in Tian Yu middle schools are based on the principle of high responsibility, high concern and respect for students' lives, with the help of advanced educational ideas and concepts, and with efficient classroom as the carrier, giving full play to the roles of self-education, autonomous learning and cooperative learning. We should awaken the motive force of children's life and help them find their own direction in life!
What is true respect for life?
China Teachers' Daily: You just talked about "paying attention to and respecting life". How do you interpret it?
Zhang Nan: In my opinion, understanding and following the most basic laws of life, awakening the hidden energy of life, fully mobilizing the power of life itself, giving full play to the hidden energy in life, and better showing the true colors and values of life are the best concerns and respects for life! So I think awakening is the best care and respect for life!
Students' learning depends too much on teachers' teaching and explanation, which will inevitably lead to the lack or loss of individual ability, which is a kind of harm and disrespect for life! Therefore, only under the guidance of teachers, through the open classroom of autonomous learning and cooperative inquiry, can students develop the habit of autonomous learning while acquiring knowledge, realize a win-win situation of knowledge and ability, and grow into all-round people!
China Teachers' Daily: We saw the students' life blooming in the classroom in Tian Yu. The passion and energy displayed by the students are touching and inspiring.
Zhang Nan: A lively classroom is a passionate classroom full of energy and temperature, and it is also a real classroom that can show students' self-confidence and learning instinct. This kind of classroom is an independent classroom where everyone participates and shows, and it is also a life classroom with teamwork, collective win-win and sharing success opportunities! The platform of efficient classroom is not only a place for students to learn knowledge and experience the learning process and fun, but also a happy hall for students to learn cooperation and exchange, know how to help each other explore and invent and innovate! "Success in the personal field, from dependence to independence; The success of the public sphere is from independence to interdependence. " Students' learning instinct is innate. Getting rid of dependence, learning and exploring independently, experiencing the learning process and feeling the fun of learning are the essence of education! German educator Planger said: "The ultimate goal of education is not to teach what we have, but to induce people's creativity and awaken people's sense of life and value. Awakening is a means of education. Once children gain more trust and expectation, their inner motivation will be stimulated and they will become smarter, more capable and more savvy. " Real education is to inspire and awaken, not to force and compel.
The efficient classroom in Tian Yu Middle School is a lively and passionate classroom, which aims to stimulate and awaken students' learning instinct. Students should not only learn to study independently, but also learn to cooperate, communicate and communicate with others. On the basis of paying attention to the individual display and development of students, Tian Yu Middle School pays more attention to the construction of groups and teams and the cultivation of students' sense of cooperation. The exploration and expansion of group cooperation in the classroom will collide with more wisdom and sparks, and the inspiration for innovation and invention will emerge one after another. Teamwork can effectively promote the promotion and progress of students at all levels. "No Child Left Behind" is Tian Yu's educational philosophy for many years. This concept is not only reflected in the unique sports meeting in classrooms and schools in Tian Yu, but also in many unique teamwork projects. We integrate the concept of educating people into every detail of education and teaching. Everyone shows, everyone promotes, pays attention to the progress and all-round development of each individual, also pays attention to the establishment and cultivation of team consciousness, and pays more attention to the promotion and breakthrough of students at different levels. "No Child Left Behind" is the promise of Tian Yu Middle School. "Let children at all levels get development, promotion and self-breakthrough" is the persistent goal of Tian Yu people! Although it is not perfect, we are full of enthusiasm and determined to pursue our educational dream.
Let children learn to love.
China Teachers' Newspaper: "Love is not a burden, but a joyful care and selfless dedication! Because of love, we are willing to take responsibility; Because of love, we are willing to turn pressure into motivation; Because of love, we are willing to move forward in difficulties. " Not long ago, you used this passage in the school newspaper to encourage teachers and students in Tian Yu. Besides sharing your understanding of love with teachers and classmates, do you have any more profound expressions?
Zhang Nan: This passage comes from a short story: The mountain road leading to the temple at the top of the mountain is difficult to walk, and a pilgrim breathes like an ox. When he saw a little girl walking slowly with a child on her back, he said to her sympathetically, "Son, you must be very tired carrying such a heavy child." After listening to this, the little girl said unhappily, "You have a heavy back, but I don't. It's my brother."
In my opinion, the brilliance of life lies in kindness, gratitude and honesty. To be a man, to achieve yourself, we must first think of achieving others; If you want to make yourself famous, you must first make others famous. Do things, pay attention to the integrity of others, behave according to the book, do things in a down-to-earth manner, and pay attention to being worthy of your own conscience. These are all manifestations of benevolence and love, and they are also the most authentic beauty and conscience of human nature, which everyone should have!
There is a saying in Mencius: "The reason why people are different from animals is several wishes. Shu Ren goes, and the gentleman stays. " The difference between man and beast lies in "several wishes", that is, morality and conscience, which is what ordinary people call conscience. This is the most precious gift given by God to mankind. The difference between ordinary people and gentlemen lies in whether they have good virtue. The ancients said that "virtue is not alone, there must be neighbors", and having good virtue is as important as learning and thinking. As educators, how to educate and train our children, get along with others with a heart of love and gratitude, and learn to cherish ourselves and care for others; Learn to love the world we live in and the home we live in; Learning to do everything well with conscience and honesty is the direction of future education development, the hope of our nation and the long-cherished wish of all parents!