In order to carry out this behavior, the German Ministry of Education has also issued a special law prohibiting schools from offering early education and puzzle courses.
In China, most parents compare with each other, especially children, and parents can often be heard discussing:
"My children know the Olympic math problem when they are 4 years old, but German children don't know it when they are 8 or 9 years old."
"You see German children, missed the golden age of children's brain development, is it too late to regret now?"
Just as the parents were "triumphantly advancing", a piece of data severely hit their faces. The latest data shows that Germany, with a population of only 83 million, has won nearly half of the world's Nobel Prizes, which means that more than half of the world's geniuses are from Germany.
Many parents may ask, "Why?" Why can this kind of "losing at the starting line" alternative education educate such excellent schoolmasters? I have summarized the following three reasons, and I hope parents can read them carefully.
There are no textbooks for German teaching.
In Germany, there is no uniform teaching material for teachers. They can bring a few pieces of colored paper at most to make the children form a circle. Then the teacher takes the children to play games and trains their comprehensive ability. The purpose of doing this is to exercise children's concentration and let them understand that "this class is very important." If you miss it, you lose it. You must listen carefully. " In addition, this pleasant and interesting form of class can make children feel more comfortable during the whole course and the learning efficiency will naturally be higher.
There are no calculation problems and formula calculus in German teaching.
In Germany, math teachers hardly teach calculation problems and mathematical formulas, let alone let children learn olympiad puzzles. They are very opposed to this method of rote learning.
German education advocates "entertainment". They will let children know the mysteries of mathematics and science through games, such as "what is volume?" "How to use the game method to calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division" and so on. In this process, children need to observe and think carefully, in order to constantly expand their thinking and horizons and stimulate intellectual development.
Mixed-age education, large classes and small classes have classes together.
In Germany, there is also a special teaching method, that is "mixed age education". It's hard to imagine that 3-year-olds and 10-year-olds will have classes in the same classroom. You may worry, "Can young children understand?" "Are older children bored?"
Actually, it's not. Younger children have rich imagination and diverse ideas, while older children will take care of younger classmates and patiently explain the course knowledge to each other, which is a kind of compensation for both sides.
When you see the way of education in Germany, you may feel as if nothing has been taught. But in fact, curriculum education in Germany has cultivated children's concentration, observation, logical ability and imagination, which are indispensable conditions for becoming tyrants. No wonder Germans can easily win the general Nobel Prize.