Comment on my educational horizon 1 As early as last year 10, I bought my educational horizon from Dou Guimei through the recommendation of my friends. Dou Guimei is a famous Chinese special primary school teacher in China. She is the principal of the primary school attached to Tsinghua, and she is an intelligent woman with a unique style. At the same time, it is also one of the report groups of updating ideas of the Ministry of Education, and has been invited to give lectures all over the country for many times, which is deeply loved by teachers and students. Du Te, whose masterpiece is "Roses and Education", has now integrated her educational thoughts and ideas into many of her personal monographs, which has influenced a group of educators and China people.
This time, I read the book Introduction to Education and My Vision of Education, which was created by Daxia Book Department of East China Normal University Press. It recorded the selection of educational essays written by Dout after he traveled to Britain, the United States, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan, and vividly reproduced Dout's educational thoughts and description of the current situation of education after he traveled to five countries. This paper not only restores the record of educational phenomena during Dutt's visit to five countries, but also collides with the present situation of Chinese and foreign education. When you savor it carefully, you will suddenly find that Dout looks at some cultural essays from the perspective of jumping out of education, which is inseparable from education. As Dutt himself said:
What I did was not just to write for education, but to record that experience in words and leave some memories. Sometimes, my enthusiasm for recording and thinking about education far exceeds my curiosity about other aspects. For example, when I go to a special place, I don't just take a photo. I will pick a small leaf and a small stone as a souvenir. For another example, I wrote about the differences between Friar Jian Zhen, Hemingway, Wright, Jordan, Shakespeare, Oxford and Cambridge, and even the similarities and differences between Korean women and Japanese women. These seem to have no direct relationship with education, and may be enlightening to education.
Some people say that the world is as big as the distance. Dout pays attention to every detail in this way, bringing her thoughts on culture and education into her pen, flowing on white paper, and becoming a record of her study abroad experience. At the same time, I found that Dout visited the school with cultural differences between China and the West, and even listened with some sexual questions. In this series of essays on British education, Dutt learned about the roots of the current education system, such as the management system of British schools, parents' choice of schools and the self-evaluation system of schools, and turned his attention to the construction system of teacher training system and salary and title evaluation system. Dout's eyes penetrated the time tunnel between the East and the West, and made a comparative thinking with the relevant systems in China. In the process of thinking, some details have been revised. In addition, she also observed the characteristics of English missionary schools and praised the fine teaching tradition with a rational eye.
It can be said that Dout looks at the educational world from a cultural perspective. Because in her eyes, Oxford and Cambridge University are sacred places bearing the profound history and culture of Britain. At the same time, we firmly believe that education is the expression of culture, and cultural changes also restrict the development of education. The embodiment of that culture should be the radiation of every grass, tree, flower and leaf, just as Dout will think of the great poet Xu Zhimo's Farewell to Cambridge at Cambridge University. For another example, when you think of Shakespeare, you will feel the literary history of the whole Britain and even the world. The rendering of culture should be such an irresistible force that permeates people's hearts. It is with the spread of this culture that education has become increasingly clear, formed a firm style, and continued to maintain the prosperity and development of culture. Dout didn't use many words to describe everything he saw in the book, but everything was silent.
In Essays on American Education, Dutt mentioned intangible moral education. Everywhere she went, she was surprised by American civilization and order, and even more surprised that the school did not offer ideological and moral courses. Then, she remembered the moral education class attached to the primary school in Tsinghua. She clearly realized that we should take action to cultivate future generations, learn less and move forward.
In the next few episodes, Dout's world tour also brought her many thoughts and feelings related to education and culture, sometimes shocking and sometimes reflecting. With Dout's worldview, I have more expectations for world education and pay more attention to the education around me.
After reading My Vision for Education, I have always been curious: What is the education abroad? Although I have heard that some experts get some information about foreign education in lectures or newspapers, it is incomplete after all. Dou Guimei's "My Vision of Education" recommended by Mr. Xiao's famous teacher's studio this time made me appreciate the educational notes of Britain, the United States, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan. The world is as big as the "horizon". Through reading, I have an immersive feeling that I have never been trained abroad. I was deeply impressed by the "people-oriented" education in Japan, the smiles, thanks and praises of Americans, and the teachers' museum in Ukrainian schools.
1, about culture
Campus culture is the soul of school development. In the process of campus construction and campus culture construction, the primary school attached to Tsinghua pays special attention to the participation of teachers and students: according to the wishes and ideas of teachers and students, on the one hand, professionals carry out and realize the ideas of teachers and students, on the other hand, teachers and students can practice in actual combat and go to their own temple fairs. From Mr. Dou's description, I feel the core idea of campus culture construction in the primary school attached to Tsinghua. From this, I thought of my own thoughts on the construction of campus culture. Kindergarten has gone through a wonderful four years, and our work is gradually standardized and improved. At the same time, we have never stopped thinking about the construction of kindergarten culture. The first consultation meeting on kindergarten running ideas on 20 10 1 1 and our discussion with teachers all show that we have been paying attention to the construction of campus culture, but in a new park, we know that campus culture can't be completed overnight, not by a few people, but by the joint efforts of all kindergartens.
Along the way, a group of people from different places have combined into a collective, and the "integration" embodied by this collective is also a kind of "culture" we have experienced. Children need integration, and teachers need integration. One step at a time, the kindergarten has gone through hardships from scratch to Excellence, leaving traces of the growth of children and teachers. Footprints can best reflect the growth process of kindergartens. We never stop moving forward, and every sincere move will always leave many footprints of growth. This is the mark of our growth in recent years, recording the educational life of our teachers and the growth of our children.
We have never stopped exploring the development of fairy tale resources. We should not only form the results of kindergarten-based curriculum, but also pay attention to the planning, construction and implementation of the curriculum, and pay attention to the development of our children in the curriculum, the process of practice, reflection, revision, re-practice and continuous improvement. This is the process of teachers' education life. Children like fairy tales, which can keep innocence. We pursue innocence with fairy tales as the carrier, care for innocence and feel the beauty of the childlike world.
2. Student-oriented,
In Mr. Dou's book, it is written that "America is a paradise for children, a battlefield for young people and a grave for the elderly". In schools, "student-oriented" can be seen everywhere. In the Blue Shield Boys' Middle School in Washington State visited by Mr. Dou, there is no luxurious meeting room in the school. All teachers, meeting rooms or theaters are for students. When visiting the canteen, when it is time for students to eat, the principal will let the guests leave the canteen together. The school's philosophy is based on the development of students. When visiting Holmes International Junior High School in California, "after class, the group leader told us to continue to observe the students in situ and not to leave the classroom. When the bell rings, we can't go out until the students have finished their exams-because she is worried that we will disturb the students after class. " The description of these details deeply feels what is student-oriented, and so is education. Although all the books describe primary and secondary schools, education is the same. As kindergarten managers, we should always internalize the concept of "student-oriented development" in our practical actions. We often say that we should respect and cultivate young children. Behind these slogans, actions are needed to support them, not to write them to others. Instead, let every employee and parent in the kindergarten feel it, let the children experience it, and let the tourists who come to the kindergarten observe it from the details, just as Mr. Dou wrote in the book: "How to adhere to the student-oriented concept and persistently implement it in educational practice is reflected in the educational details."
3. About emotion
In Mr. Dou's book, there is such a subtitle "How to save your emotional account". I am particularly interested in this title, which can also shock me. Several cases described in the book are all difficulties I encountered in my work. Through the interpretation of the case, I feel that there is a golden key to open the house of wisdom, which can let me learn from how to deal with some conflicts between people. When we deal with the problem of teachers, in addition to using the system, family ties are also a very important factor. To make teachers love their kindergarten, have a sense of identity with the concept of kindergarten, have a sense of belonging to work, truly love the group and have team spirit, these can not be solved by system, but also need emotional management. As kindergarten directors, we often encounter various situations in the management of kindergarten staff. When contradictions occur, we should first face them sincerely and bravely, not only adhere to principles, but also try our best to help teachers emotionally. While reading, I am reflecting on some problems exposed in management in recent years. Remembering my first year as a head teacher, I announced the results of the questionnaire survey of teachers' parents at the teachers' meeting. I think it's normal, and it's also to let teachers know some of their achievements and those of other teachers. The teacher with the worst performance wakes up. Unexpectedly, when I looked at the scores, the teacher felt very uncomfortable and painful. She thinks I hurt her self-esteem. I didn't think there was anything wrong with me at that time, but it kept haunting me. If I can talk to the teacher before the meeting and communicate my parents' grades separately, I won't make the teacher feel so uncomfortable. This moment reminds me to consider other people's feelings and deal with problems wisely.
Reflections on my educational vision 3 During the summer vacation, I read the book My Educational Vision by President Dou Guimei, which mainly tells the experiences and thoughts of President Dou Guimei's travels to many countries in recent years, including the display of foreign education, the comparison between Chinese and foreign education, and the flexible and soft American language during the visit. The author shows the educational details and stories of Britain, the United States, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan from a unique perspective, and shows us another educational prospect, which is worthy of every reader who devotes himself to education.
One of them, keeping a good teacher in class, left a deep impression on me. I am a teacher, too. Compared with the teacher in her book, I feel that I am still far behind. Being a good teacher has always been my goal. In the future work, I want to be a good teacher as written in the book, that is, to strengthen my professional ethics, strengthen my study, study hard in my spare time, learn advanced educational and teaching concepts, learn professional and cultural knowledge, learn some advanced educational and teaching methods, apply advanced educational and teaching concepts to my classroom teaching, and form my own unique teaching methods. We should also establish the idea of lifelong learning, never forget to learn, pay attention to the cultivation of students' learning methods in teaching, and let students master the correct learning methods. Strive to make continuous progress for yourself and students.
Reflections on My Educational Vision Four books present the "vision" of Dou Guimei's overseas education visit. I'm just dabbling. After reading this book, the "educational horizon" has really broadened a lot.
The first is about "student-oriented". At present, there is a "student-oriented" concept in China's educational philosophy, but how to implement it remains to be practiced. Three details are mentioned in this book. The headmaster of the canteen smiled and shook hands with each student. The headmaster blushed because our leader was late for class. Special children who watch school band performances are accompanied by teachers or parents. Although these three details are small, they are enough to see "student-oriented". Although China strongly advocates the student-oriented concept, it is also a big problem to implement it. If you want to do it well, you need to plan well and take the time to verify it. As Rafe said, "To achieve real Excellence, you must make sacrifices, you need to learn from your mistakes and make great efforts. After all, there is no shortcut to education, and it takes constant practice, time and effort to walk on the "student-oriented" road.
Secondly, it is about the living conditions of teachers. Our country is vigorously promoting "rejuvenating the country through science and education", so the status of teachers in our country is still relatively high, and it is also a profession that is more valued. But compared with South Korea and Ukraine, it is slightly inferior. Korea has great respect for teachers. Take the professor as an example. When the professor goes to the study room, students should stand up and show their talents. The professor's books and materials at the airport are overweight, and he can be exempted from fines and so on. Furthermore, South Korea's education laws and regulations allow appropriate punishment for students who refuse to mend their ways, while China stipulates that students cannot be physically punished. In Ukraine, they respect teachers more than doctors. They have their own teacher museum, where they can see teachers' work records. In the United States, although science and technology are developed, the status of teachers is not high and their salaries are too low. So most people in the United States don't want to be teachers, while many people in China want to be teachers. Perhaps we should sigh that the treatment of teachers in our country is good, but we have to mention that the living conditions of teachers in our country are not so optimistic at present. Although the status of teachers is high, their salaries are not high. In addition, teachers face great mental pressure. On the one hand, it is the rigid requirements of the school for students' grades, on the other hand, it is the pressure of parents.
Then there is the question of students' dreams. In the book, I wrote a headmaster's dream of running a school, that is, "cultivating international talents with international feelings", and the headmaster really worked hard. About dreams, this is an old topic. It has always been said that people should have dreams, but dreams do not mean existence. Some dreams may be killed when they are young. This reminds me of San Mao. She once wrote an article saying that she wanted to be a scavenger. This article was very unpopular with the teacher, so the teacher asked Sanmao to rewrite it. Of course, San Mao's literary attainments in the future are another story. In China, the interpretation of dreams is abstract. A dream may be just a dream, but what to do and how to realize it are too abstract. Many students go to college without knowing what their dreams are, so they finish college in a daze. I think it is necessary for students to know the information of various industries and occupations from an early age, so that students can quickly find their dreams and then work hard for them.
Finally, it is about students' habits. Habits are things that accompany people all their lives, and it is difficult to change them, so students should form good habits from an early age. We often use "thank you" and "sorry" in our lives, but students don't use them too much in their daily lives. They don't say "thank you" for others' help, that is, they don't know how to be grateful, and they don't say "sorry" for their mistakes, that is, they don't know how to admit their mistakes. Although it has always been emphasized to be polite, it has never been implemented. Another habit is smiling. A smile can make others feel your kindness and kindness, and make the people who see it feel good immediately. In America, no matter whether you are familiar or unfamiliar, and whether you are talking to them or not, as long as your eyes fall on them, even unintentionally, that warm smile will come to your face. Smile infects smile, and we expect to see others' sincere and beautiful smiles wherever we go.
After reading this book, I also want to go to various countries and experience different education in different countries. In short, there is no shortcut to education, which requires teachers' earnest instruction, a good school system and parents' cooperation. Education should not only teach, but also educate people. I still have a long teaching career in the future, and I hope I can go on well.
After reading My Educational Vision and Dou Guimei's My Educational World, I was deeply touched. The content of this book is basically an essay written by Dou Guimei during his overseas education inspection. Although it is an essay, it causes people to think bit by bit, like a clear spring moistening people's hearts. She always records what she sees, hears and thinks quickly after investigation, which reflects the author's excellent professional habits. She writes a story and is also a participant in the story itself.
I remember someone saying that education has never been so active and chaotic as it is today. Education has never been so diversified and differentiated as it is today; Education has never been so prosperous and complicated as it is today. Living in such an era, teachers must always keep a clear head, keep simple feelings about education, keep our concentration and keep the spirit of reflection and criticism.
Teacher Dou Guimei also wrote his reflections and criticisms during his overseas inspection. In the process of visiting abroad, there are comparisons and reflections between her and domestic education and teaching from time to time. In the observation and experience of specific situations, the author has a profound understanding and reflection on many educational phenomena and problems. The article "Let Good Teachers Stay in the Classroom" is the author's understanding of the professional requirements of teachers in the action plan of running a primary school attached to Tsinghua after investigating the professional requirements of teachers in Britain. In this mutual reflection, I have strengthened my belief: "In the profession of teachers, we will always practice!" The rational "meditation" in this narrative process is deep and shallow in the text, hidden and obvious, and sometimes grows, which makes people want to stop. When we perceive and investigate the safety awareness and measures of foreign schools, we are obviously worried about the lack of domestic schools.
The author thinks not only about the way we educate our children, but also about teachers. There are attitudes towards teachers in English and Korean educational essays. The "split-track education" and "standardized examination" implemented in American schools have caused prejudice and influence on American teachers, students and parents, while the various "stratified education" and "unified examination and unified training" adopted in China schools have also caused prejudice and influence on China teachers, students and parents.
In his book Happiness and Education, Dr. Nell Noddings put forward that "happiness is the purpose of life and education", which I think is very important. If we take the happiness of students and teachers as the purpose of education, we will not blindly pursue "standardized examinations" or treat students at different levels differently. If we pay attention to the happy growth of teachers and students, instead of diverting high scores to good classes and schools, then the happiness index of teachers and students will be improved.
In my opinion, in order to improve the happiness index of teachers and students, we must adjust our education and teaching objectives. Middle school education should not only help students get into college, nor should our middle school teachers just talk about the enrollment rate of college entrance examination. Our more important educational work is to help teenagers grow up healthily and happily.
What impressed me in this book is the section "What do our students do in spring". This is related to students' creative problems. People have creative buds from early childhood. The development of children's curiosity and creative imagination are the two most important manifestations of their creativity. Generally speaking, children express their creativity through various activities, such as painting, music, dancing, making and games.
Pupils have obvious creativity, which is characterized by independence, divergence and valuable novelty. From the creative content, primary school students have developed from the processing of specific image materials to the processing of abstract text materials; In terms of independence, primary school students gradually develop their originality by imitating the transitional stage. Looking at foreign practice classes, we should also strengthen training in this area.
In this book, the author never rashly generalizes, but has touching educational enthusiasm and sensitivity to scenes and details. Visiting a special education school, because students are about to leave school, but "we" are still asking questions, "the principal is in a hurry ... look at her face, red to the neck." But out of courtesy, the principal didn't interrupt us. " The headmaster's concern for the children is vividly on the paper. Obviously, the author was deeply moved and took "the headmaster's face turned red" as the title of the section. Among them, we feel the author's subtle and valuable educational understanding of the details of educational situations.
There are few academic conclusions in this book, but there are often inspiring "epigrams"; There is no logical chain of argument, but it is often followed by vivid details and sincere admiration, doubt and emotion. "Things" and "thinking" are naturally connected, and many of them are almost the fusion of things, thinking and poetry. Especially in the third series "Essays on Ukrainian Education", the author's reverence and love for Suhomlinski can be felt between the lines!
This is an excellent educational narrative work and an example of educators' educational reflection. We see what is the life of an educator and what is the educational life of an educator. Living an educational life is the true embodiment of teachers' professionalism. Narration and reflection make us think deeply about education.
Reflection on my educational vision. "My Vision of Education" shows us the different educational styles of these five countries in plain language through Mr. Dou Guimei's educational essays on his visit to Britain, the United States, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan, and reveals the differences between education at home and abroad with a rigorous and pragmatic attitude.
I. A trip to Britain
Let the good teacher stay in the classroom. This sentence fully embodies the importance of the post of teacher. In Britain, even if you have obtained the teacher qualification certificate, you can't be a teacher if you fail the one-year internship, which reflects the strictness of teacher recruitment. At the same time, the treatment of front-line teachers is not worse than that of management, which is also an important reason for keeping good teachers in the classroom. But our country is different. As long as you get the teacher qualification certificate and enter the internship period, it is basically a matter of course. The salary of front-line teachers is always worse than that of management, so teachers should either work hard and strive to be leaders, or be content with the status quo and do their jobs calmly, which is also a reflection that teachers have not received due respect. Without passion, burnout follows. As the book says: Does China still have a tradition of respecting teachers and valuing education? Have teachers achieved a quality life and dignified treatment? Teachers in the world are equally good! Even if we can't live with dignity, we will try to be a dignified teacher! Who let us have a teacher's morality!
Second, the trip to America
Americans smile, thank you and praise.
Always smiling. No matter when and where, no matter adults and children, no matter the position, what will never change is the warm smile of Americans. There is concern and respect in nature, and sincerity in tranquility. And these are exactly what we are missing. I sincerely hope that our children can smile from the heart on campus and that our teachers can really work and live happily. This seemingly simple hope may be difficult.
Thank you constantly. "Thank you" has become the mantra of Americans. As the book says, "gratitude" is a good atmosphere that we need in our life, and it is also a circle that we must embody in our life. Grateful heart will become grateful heart over time, which is the sublimation of our life. China people don't lack smiles and thanks, but the hardest thing to get into the habit is smiles and thanks. So the key is to form a habit.
Constant praise. Praise has become an American habit. Americans always give priority to encouraging and praising their children. From the school classroom to the family, children grow up with encouragement and praise. Children pass on praise as a way of behavior, forming a praise culture of the whole society. Some Americans believe that improving self-esteem is an important prerequisite for success in life. Praise is always the best spiritual food at any time. In the United States, no matter inspectors, principals, teachers, students or community residents, there are no depressed and nervous faces, and everyone does their job and enjoys it. From this, I think of our school education, although it also advocates appreciation education, but the loud slogans drown out the actual actions. What we students lack is the "likes" that all Americans have.
Third, the trip to Ukraine.
Everything belongs to the country. Ukrainian primary and secondary school students have time to study art in the afternoon, one of which is to study Ukrainian history and culture. They are required to sing folk songs and dance folk dances-in short, an important goal of Ukrainian education is to brand children with national brands. This undoubtedly enhanced national pride and national cohesion. It seems that there is a serious lack of education in this field in our school. We are all making unremitting efforts to create students with high scores, just like learning to drive and taking exams. Students are like tools for competition between schools, tired of learning, but helpless to accept it. Teachers, like workers, take turns instilling knowledge into students. Poor students have no personality, let alone interest, and even teachers have serious job burnout. The short-sightedness of education leads to the lack of national culture and the extinction of personality. As mentioned before, patriotism begins with loving one's hometown and having ideals to serve the motherland. What about now? Getting into a good school, a good university and a good job are the educational ideas of most parents and teachers. We really need to learn from Ukraine in this regard. Never lose the essence of the nation, learn modern knowledge, and never lose the national education and patriotism education for students. Otherwise, our education will really fail completely.
Fourth, a trip to South Korea.
It is so important to respect teachers. South Korea's school education not only plays an important role in cultivating middle and senior scientific and technological talents and well-trained workers needed for modernization, but also greatly improves the overall cultural quality of the people. Moreover, regardless of kindergarten teachers, primary school teachers or middle school teachers, their salaries are generally higher. South Korea attaches so much importance to education that it can be seen how much they respect teachers. Just like their parents, Koreans can mess around in front of the president, but not in front of the teachers. When Korean teachers beat students (of course, we absolutely forbid it), parents will apologize to the teacher with deep remorse because they made the teacher angry. Dare we? That is the flower of the motherland, but also the little emperor. No touching, no training, only coaxing. Don't say that teachers don't have any status, but they do. Who dares? It's really difficult to be a class teacher.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) a trip to Japan
Whose burden is heavier. In Japan, the head teacher should teach mathematics, Chinese, physical education and other subjects-almost all other subjects except music and art. In addition to daily management, teachers have 23 classes every week. In contrast, we should be relatively relaxed. But is it easy? Just as tired. But the causes and results of fatigue are different from those in Japan. Although Japanese teachers are tired, they are particularly enthusiastic about their work because they have a high sense of professional responsibility and mission. The fatigue of Japanese teachers is devoted to education and teaching, so they can concentrate on teaching. The result of their tiredness is to cultivate workers who satisfy their parents and are useful to society. Their burden is to find ways to improve the quality of teaching-to satisfy parents and students. In addition, there is not much difference between the salaries of primary school teachers and university teachers in Japan, which is also an incentive for Japanese teachers to have professional literacy. What about us? It is not the place that is tired, but a lot of useless or image projects, which are not practical at all. This also leads to worthless tired grades, at best, high-scoring homework. There is no cultivation of human personality, no stimulation of imagination and creativity, and no curiosity and thirst for knowledge of students. Can you blame the teacher? Every semester, we should deal with all kinds of inspections by superiors and prepare all kinds of materials. Whether it is useful or not, the more complete the materials, the better. Really? Is it really related to teaching? As the book says: compared with Chinese and Japanese teachers, the burden is heavy. Just, what we are busy undertaking, is it valuable?
Composition of old buildings in my hometown 1
My hometown is Zhenwuchang. It turns out that Jiusi is located in an obscure small town near the Qi