What is smart education? Zhang Wenhong said that it is more important than the popularization of common sense, logic and subject knowledge

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August 22· Education Reporter Creator in the field of high-quality education

In the eyes of most people, the main identity of "Internet celebrity Zhang Dad" is a doctor, but in fact he is also an educator and a professor at Fudan University School of Medicine. In an interview at the Educators Conference held in Shanghai recently, Zhang Wenhong talked about the education of children for the first time. He believed that it can be divided into four levels, namely the popularization of common sense, logic education, knowledge transfer and wisdom education.

In Zhang Wenhong’s view, the essence of education should not only focus on the learning of knowledge such as Mathematical Olympiad and English, nor should education be understood only as classroom education. This is too narrow.

He believes that education must first popularize common sense. We can understand it as the cultivation of scientific literacy. Just like Zhang Wenhong once said before, "To fight the new crown epidemic, you must drink more milk." However, some people regard this as a "sage quote". The refrigerator is filled with milk and causes it to expire, but this is a It's a matter of common sense. Dad Zhang does not approve of some behaviors that lack basic common sense.

There was once a research survey on the scientific literacy level of people in different countries, including the 15 EU countries, the United States, Japan, and China. The result was that only close to 40% of our citizens met the understanding standard, ranking last. , which to a certain extent shows that we must not take the lesson of common sense education first.

The second is the education of life logic. "Logic" originally means thought, reason, laws, etc. Logic is a science of thinking, and its research object is people's thinking forms and their laws. Logic is around you and me. Only by using logical knowledge well can our communication proceed smoothly and solving problems achieve results. The most widely used application of logic is in life. If children can use logic well in life, they can open their brains, tap their potential, and enlighten their wisdom.

Dad Zhang believes that the third thing is the teaching of subject knowledge. Of course, the teaching of subject knowledge is very important. On the basis of common sense and life logic, whether it is from "general education" to the cultivation of abilities in professional fields, it is very important.

Last but more important is wisdom education, which should allow children to deeply understand that education without wisdom is foolish. What is "smart education"? The editor understands it as "cultivating children's learning ability" and improving the "learning ability" to learn independently in the future and be able to absorb and utilize knowledge, that is, "wisdom". Only by doubling the learning ability can we catch up with the development of this era, and that is New concepts in line with the trend of the times.

Do you agree with Professor Zhang Wenhong’s educational views?

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