[Abstract] Beijing Guang Chai Men Middle School Wu? The educational exploration of the headmaster's "life affects life" is based on the premise of comprehensively studying every life, with survival and dialectics as the basic educational content, and with the "influence" of conversation, attitude and service as the educational methods, paying attention to the lives of students and faculty. Wu? In the process of exploration, he formed a unique leadership management thought and a unique leadership style, showed his personal charm, and finally assembled into his leadership.
[Keywords:] life education; Influence; Leadership; Guangqumen Middle School; Wu?
[China Library Classification Number] G63 [Document Identification Number] b [Document Number]1002-2384 (2009) 07-0016-04
"Life is wonderful because of education, and education is brilliant because of life." Is this Wu? The headmaster's summary of his school-running thoughts is also Wu? Symbolic discourse of the characteristics of the principal's thought of running a school. In my opinion, the summary of a principal's school-running thought should include two aspects: educational thought and management thought. The author has been engaged in principal training for many years, read the summary of many principals' school-running ideas and participated in many seminars on school-running ideas. The general feeling of these summary meetings and seminars is to attach importance to the summary of educational thoughts and ignore the summary of management thoughts. It is difficult to fully and completely reveal the reasons for the success of excellent principals by summing up only the educational thoughts but not the management thoughts. For Wu? The same is true of the principal's research.
Why should the study of management thought pay attention to the principal's leadership? Not because the concept of "leadership" is fashionable, but because it expresses the overall state of management: leadership comes from the principal's educational thought and management thought and their organic combination, from the successful practice of educational thought and management thought, and embodies the consistency of thought and practice. Therefore, studying leadership is actually studying the overall management state of the principal, that is, the state of running a school.
How to learn the principal's leadership? I began to study in this "special" place: special educational thought and practice, special management thought and practice; In particular, the organic relationship between them should be studied.
Unique life experience? Unique life education of "life affects life"
Make every life wonderful, isn't it Wu? A person's wishes; "Life affects life", nor is it Wu? The first one. However, as a principal, he regards the education of "life affects life" as the characteristic of running a school, which is somewhat special; But what is more important and special is President Wu's unique understanding of the education that "life affects life", especially his understanding of "influence". This understanding comes from his unique life experience and life experience. Speaking of who first put forward the concept of life education and the situation of life education in Shanghai and other places, President Wu doesn't seem to know much about it. It can be said that his educational thought of "life affects life" mainly comes from summing up and reflecting on his own life experience, which basically belongs to a personalized educational exploration.
▲ Survival and dialectics-Wu? The Basic Contents of Principal's Life Education "Life Affects Life"
"I am an educator who was born in New China and grew up under the red flag. I have worked on the front of general education since I was a child. " This is President Wu's simple description of his experience. But President Wu's real life experience is far from simple. President Wu comes from an ordinary family, and his father is a typical intellectual in China's cultural tradition. Influenced by China's traditional culture and his love of reading, he became a young Wu? The most important life feature. However, jumping the queue in the countryside after graduating from high school completely changed his life. When he went to the countryside, he brought a box of books that few people could own at that time, including john christopher and other famous works, but it was no longer the time to study! Every day's farm work, the low status of intellectuals, the trampling of human nature, the young Wu? Learn to survive in a stressful life. Somehow, Wu? Stepping into the post of teacher, although life is not so simple, but the "competitive spirit" and "pursuit" formed from childhood are in Wu? I never lost my heart. When he became a teacher, he became a good teacher and taught good grades; At an early age, he became an assistant to the principal. I don't know if it's to exercise him, Wu. Suddenly put on hold from the position of assistant to the principal, this year has become a very special year in his work experience, doing nothing. This year is exactly the quietest, most reflective and most learned year in Wu Sheng, thus becoming practical. Wu? His life was spent in such ups and downs, and it was in such ups and downs that he realized the dialectical nature of life development.
The unique life experience makes Wu? Yes, the bottom line of life education is survival. Wu Miao stayed at home for four days. He said that he grew up with his brothers and sisters and had a "reference"; Today's children are all only children, and there is no "reference" when they grow up. If they can't face setbacks correctly, the school should take on the responsibility of providing "reference". If such children don't have life education, they will be very sad in the future. President Wu said that people who commit suicide often punish themselves with other people's mistakes. Therefore, survival is the basic content of life education. President Wu also clearly pointed out that dialectics is the most profound truth in life. When you are at the bottom of your life, you must think of the hope of the future. The pain you are suffering now is the capital of future happiness. Without this dialectics, there is no hope in life. It can be said that dialectics is the basic method of survival. More importantly, dialectics can help people learn to be vulgar, ordinary and extraordinary, live a painful and happy life, live a tolerant, rich, persistent and measured life, and live a life with strong adaptability and dignity. This kind of dialectical education is life education in the sense of methodology, which is different from general life education.
▲ Talk, attitude and service are the influences-Wu? Life education mode of "life affects life"
Wu? The headmaster often gives lectures on life growth to all teachers and students, such as "forming good habits-a necessary condition for realizing personal life value", and has also asked famous teachers such as Wang Gang and Yi Shu to tell students the secret of success. Besides giving lectures, President Wu often talks with students and teachers, often one-on-one. This reminds me of Martin Bubel's dialogue education between "you" and "I", in which "you" and "I" are two unique and equal lives. President Wu not only talked with teachers and students personally, but also asked each party member to contact four or five teachers, and each teacher contacted four or five students. Conversation has become a basic way of life education.
President Wu said that a healthy life needs sunshine and stays away from toxins. So he pays attention to his mental state: he says that the principal's face is the "feng shui" of the school; He carefully studies the happiness index of teachers and pays attention to the happiness of every teacher; The school set up a "vent room" to "crush troubles and make happiness last forever". With a positive attitude and happiness reflected in daily behavior, the principal and all the staff provide each student with the sunshine needed for life growth.
In 2004, Guangqumen Middle School carried out institutional reform. Cancel the original general affairs office, moral education office and academic affairs office, and set up a resource office, a student office and a curriculum office, each with three centers. Why should such a reform be carried out? From the name of the institution and the relationship between them, it can be clearly seen that the purpose is to better serve the development of students. Why can such institutional adjustment serve students better? In addition to directly serving students and through trains, it is also very important that the comprehensive services of institutions lead to openness. Students' problems, whether old or new, are solved in the student department, and there is no need to analyze which department the new problems belong to as in the past. This openness provides the most needed service for students' development.
Whether it's talking, behavioral attitude or institutional service, it's creating a healthy and ecological garden for students' life growth. Influence, is it Wu? The principal's "life affects life" is the most basic way of education. The significance of this way lies not only in the uniqueness of the way, but also in the square.
Appropriateness of the formula: The most appropriate way of life education is "influence". The significance of this way is that the problems and significance of life are so rich, but education is always limited. Only by interacting in such a "fuzzy" and "nonlinear" way can we meet the needs of every student's life development to the maximum extent. President Wu said that he didn't know much about life education in China and even the world, but as far as he knew, not many people mentioned that "life affects life". I think, like President Wu, the education that "life affects life" is even more impossible to really achieve. Therefore, it is very accurate for President Wu to call his thought "Life influences life".
▲ First of all, pay attention to the life state of faculty and staff-more thorough life education.
General life education mainly emphasizes life education for students, but Wu? The headmaster values every life in the school, including all the staff and themselves. Moreover, he repeatedly stressed that teachers' lives should be valued first, because "influence" is the basic way of life education, and teachers are educators, and their influence is bound to be dominant. However, what about Wu? The headmaster's concern for teachers' life is not only for students' life, but also for teachers' life. He said that the happiness of teachers is an end in itself. I think it is still not a real life education to emphasize the happiness index of teachers just for the sake of students' lives. So President Wu's life education is a more thorough life education.
▲ Study every life in an all-round way-the premise of continuously promoting the development of school life education.
What is education? This is the basic problem of pedagogy. Pedagogy textbooks have always defined education as a purposeful and planned activity to cultivate people. And Wu? The headmaster's understanding is that education exists because of the needs of human life. What is the special significance of this understanding? Compared with emphasizing the social function of education, this understanding highlights the significance of education to students; Compared with attaching importance to the transmission of educational knowledge and culture, this understanding regards life as the most fundamental purpose of education. Not only that, but more importantly, Wu? In fact, the principal has always regarded the study of students' lives as the fundamental mission and main task of himself and all teachers.
Everyone's life course has similarities, but everyone's life is very different. President Wu is studying students' lives in the process of constantly paying attention to every life, or trying to build an education system to study every life. He asked the class teacher to "pass the sieve" for students with family problems and not to leave any students behind; He told the teacher of the school orchestra: "Watch carefully, encourage those who are interested, cultivate those who have potential, and don't let go of a good seed." He pays attention to every moment of problems and difficulties that students may have at school or even at home. The period of coming home from school in the afternoon is the most concentrated period of contradictions between parents and students. In order to alleviate the contradiction, the school opened a "family hotline"; In order to solve the problem that parents of divorced families may have disputes when picking up their children at the same time, which may have a negative impact on their children, the school has set up a "parent-child reception room".
President Wu studies not only the life of every student, but also the life of every teacher. He visited more than 80% of the more than 200 teachers in the school. He will make it his job to study the work of every faculty member.
Obviously, Wu? The headmaster's life education is very pragmatic. Why is President Wu so concerned about human life? He said he was soft-hearted. But more importantly, he has experienced the ups and downs of life, knows how fragile life is, and understands that people only have one life!
Wu? The headmaster's education that "life affects life" is the clearest and best example that he uses his own life to influence the lives of teachers and students in the whole school.
The education of "life affects life" and Wu? Principal leadership
Life affects life education, doesn't it, Wu? The headmaster proposed it in 2002, that is, one year after he went to Guangqumen Middle School. At that time, the main problems faced by the school were: poor students, irregular teachers' level, low quality of school education, and further development of Hongzhi class. In the meantime, President Wu invited all faculty and staff to make suggestions, some proposed to run experimental classes, some proposed to rehire teachers, and so on. The specific perspectives and contents of various strategies are different, but most of them focus on the enrollment rate. President Wu proposed to mobilize the enthusiasm of every teacher and pay attention to the life of every student. As long as everyone's potential is brought into play, the school will certainly develop well. President Wu's idea was recognized by all the teachers and students as soon as it was put forward. From the practice results, for six consecutive years, the school enrollment score and the college entrance examination admission rate have been continuously improved; For six consecutive years, the satisfaction of students and parents and the happiness index of teachers are improving; In the past six years, the special life experiences of Hongzhi class students have become the most precious wealth of the teachers and students of the whole school, and their lives have become more exciting because of the education of Guangqumen Middle School. More importantly, in the past six years, the attitudes of students and teachers towards life have undergone gratifying changes. Therefore, President Wu felt the same way when he saw that "Korea's next economic take-off moment is a moment of happiness". It can be said that the educational exploration of "life affects life" has brought the success of the school and also means the success of President Wu's leadership. However, what is the inevitable connection between President Wu's leadership and his education that "life affects life"?
▲ "Life affects life" has formed a leadership thought that fits people's hearts.
People say that leadership is the process of guiding people from one shore to the other. President Wu regards happiness (his own happiness and others' happiness) as the common vision of all the faculty and staff, which meets everyone's life needs. It is precisely because of this that when President Wu first put forward the education that "life affects life", it will be recognized by everyone.
▲ "Life influences life" has formed an effective management concept.
Fundamentally speaking, management serves education. Excellent principals will use their own educational ideas to construct their own management ideas. Wu? That's what the principal does. The educational thought that "life affects life" determines the formation of his series of management thoughts-
First of all, respecting every life is the purpose of work and the way of work; Secondly, education is an ecological park. All faculty and staff should avoid "neighborhood phenomenon" (neighbors don't communicate with each other), be clear about their work points, learn to communicate and help each other, and create an organic environment for students, so a team that can unite and cooperate must be established.
▲ "Life affects life" makes Wu? Know how to make full use of the basic material carrier of management
We usually say that curriculum is the basic material carrier of education, so system and organization are the basic material carrier of management. Pragmatic attitude and the educational mission of "life affects life" make Wu? Dare to carry out institutional reform and know how to make full use of management as the basic material carrier. He said that with correct values, there must be a system that matches the values. Without making good use of these carriers, it is impossible to realize the educational ideal of the principal. The institution and system after the reform of Guangqumen Middle School are not only the basic carrier of management, but also the basic carrier of "life affects life".
▲ "Life affects life" makes Wu? Formed a unique leadership style.
Because of his deep concern for life, President Wu's leadership thoughts and methods are neither utilitarian nor grandiose in nature, but pragmatic and realistic, and even seem a little rebellious in order to defend the dignity of life. The reason why a righteous man is like a chivalrous man is that he respects and understands every kind of life. President Wu deeply understands the connotation and significance of human vulgarity and thinks that everyone can't get rid of it. He generously calls himself a "layman". At the same time, this understanding enables him to accept all kinds of worldly wisdom and become tolerant.
▲ The education of "Life influences life" brings together the collective strength.
President Wu said: "I don't believe that a party member can contact four or five teachers, and a teacher can contact four or five students, so we can't give full play to our strength." "Life affects life" is a process of giving full play to the potential, and it is a process in which the correct aspects of everyone's values lead each other and move towards relative consistency, thus forming a joint force.
▲ Highlights of educational exploration of "Life influences life" Wu? The headmaster's personal charm
President Wu said, "I saved money at the lowest point in my life." Yes, he directly led the development of the school with the most precious wealth (life experience and experience) in his life; Moreover, in such an almost unreserved dedication to direct life experience, President Wu's sincerity to all life has always been reflected; His unique and profound understanding of life touched the teachers and students of the school and revealed his rich academic support and clever skills; His famous successful institutional reform embodies his firm belief and management ability.
Concluding remarks
From the perspective of students and parents, the education of "life affects life" is responsible education, which embodies the fairness of education; From the perspective of educators, the education of "life affects life" fully embodies the sacredness and greatness of education; From the researcher's point of view, Wu? The educational exploration of "life affects life" by the principal and all the staff and workers is the enrichment of life education thought; From the perspective of principal research, President Wu Sheng's leadership comes from his educational exploration of "life affects life", which includes both educational exploration and management exploration.