After seeing Xiashan School, 1 I always thought that the Ba Xueyuan founded by President Kobayashi was the freest and most open school in the world. I always thought that such an educational "utopia" would only exist in Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's Ba Xue Garden.
After reading the book Summer Mountain School by Neil of England this evening, I realized that the Ba Xue Garden is not a dream, but exists in our real life. Xiashan School, founded by Neil and called "liberal school" by newspapers, is such a dream Ba Xue Garden.
So, what kind of school is Xiashan School? Mr. Neil described it like this:
We decided to run a school where children can develop freely. There, classes are completely free, and children can attend classes or not. As long as they want, they can skip classes all year round. There, climbing trees to build nests is as important as scores; There, if you like, you can yell at the teacher; There, the rules regulating daily life are democratically agreed by everyone; There, children can play all day if they want. ...
After reading these, I believe that every educator, parents and friends will be as hard to accept as I am. The school is so unruly, so unconstrained, so indecent, and the children cultivated must be some children who let themselves go, with no education, no rules, no love and no sense of responsibility.
However, Xiashan School founded by 192 1 is a small-scale private boarding basic education school. This laissez-faire school allows children to live according to their own wishes, but it allows every child who comes to Xiashan-those "problem children" who are tired of learning, inferior and rebellious in the eyes of teachers and parents-to study spontaneously and consciously and live independently. Many years later, some of them became outstanding artists and musicians, some became outstanding designers and actors, and some became outstanding scientists and mathematicians! Therefore, Xiashan School has become a practical model of progressive democratic education and is called "the oldest democratic school for children in the world". 199965438+February 3 1 Sunday, The Times of England named Neil as one of the most influential 12 educators in the 20th century.
What made the legend of Summer Mountain and the happy life of children? I think "giving children full freedom, giving them maximum tolerance and giving them endless care" is the key to the success of Mr. Neil and his teaching team.
Full freedom-children don't have to give up playing time in order to learn well, or communicating with their peers in order to finish annoying homework, let alone learning about nature, going out to society or even doing nothing in order to sit in class and listen to the teacher's boring lectures. Let children be themselves and not force them to do anything, which is the reason for Xiashan's success.
Maximum tolerance-all places are unlocked, allowing children to damage tools; When the weather is hot, let the children eat with bare arms, throw clothes and pants and play noisy games; Reward juvenile thieves; Don't impose your ideas on your children, don't interfere with their growth, don't put pressure on them, and don't censor their reading materials; Treat unimportant things as unimportant things, and never haggle over them. Eliminating authority and neglecting to teach children made summerhill a success.
Infinite care-always let all children (including the youngest children) choose their own daily diet; Let each child catch up on sleep on Sunday morning, and sometimes even skip lunch; Sincerely trust those teenagers and treat them politely; At school, I never particularly liked anyone. Treat children equally, treat and attach importance to children equally, and equal love has made Summer Mountain.
Summerhill's success is by no means a one-man show. Enlightened inspectors visited the school, and the report was so fair, honest and inclusive; The Ministry of Education has never felt sorry for Xiashan, and can receive all inquiries and visits from the school in a friendly way. The tolerance of the Ministry of Education to Xiashan is the strong backing for Neil to tolerate children. It is their tolerance and tolerance that allows children in Xiashan to live according to their natural interests and give them the opportunity to grow up in freedom!
Neil who dares to break through the tradition is lucky, and the children in Xiashan are happier. Admittedly, due to the different systems and national conditions, we can't copy Neil's practice, but we can learn from Neil's educational philosophy and try our best to create a free growth sky for children under the current system.
Xiashan School, the Ba Xue Garden in my dream. I am willing to face you with my heart!
Reflections on Summer Mountain School 2 I recently finished reading Neil's Summer Mountain School, and I was deeply touched.
Maybe Neil and I are both idealists in education. Maybe we all pay more attention to the healthy development of students' body and mind. I really appreciate the educational methods and concepts adopted by Neil Summerhill School.
Children are born with curiosity and desire to imitate, which is what we call desire to learn. Why do many children hate school? This is because the learning content can't stimulate students' interest, and the school has strict discipline, which fetters children's nature.
I'm surprised that in China's examination system, 60 points means passing. Why are many children beaten and scolded for passing the exam? Why do we always pursue 100? You know, we can't be perfect in everything. Everyone is different, and the brain development area is different. Failing math can't affect a person to become a great artist. Why do we always have problems with ourselves and our children?
I have always been a good student, and I often get the first place in my class in exams. Teachers can still get 100. So what? I'm not an ordinary person now? I still can't remember the physical formulas and chemical molecular formulas I was good at in middle school. I really don't know, when we are most precious, why should we learn things that we can't use for a lifetime?
I think a person's success depends largely on his mentality. An effective method is a skill, to say the least. Just like the horse racing story in Tian Ji, if you want to compare your own strength, as long as one skill is far superior to others, even if it is worse in other aspects, it will have little impact on your life.
Therefore, I think the education in China now is simply a tool for creating gods. According to this requirement, the whole child is a god, not a person, because there are no shortcomings. But unfortunately, this god, at best, has a computer in his head, but he has no soul, no thoughts and no feelings.
For the deaf education I am engaged in, it is a big joke. Who can believe that school education for the deaf completely copies general education? I don't think it is possible to measure these deaf children by the highest standards of normal children. Anyone with a little common sense will say, why are these children so difficult to learn? You can support yourself by learning a skill. But many parents don't think so, many education authorities don't think so, and many teachers don't think so. They think about their own face and their own performance.
Therefore, after reading Xiashan School, I think the education that is really suitable for deaf children is Xiashan. Because of their own disabilities, they are already hostile to society. The harsher their education at home and school, the heavier their hatred, the more rebellious and the more anti-social. Many deaf people are thieves, which is not only related to the difficulty of finding a job, but also to the so-called "laziness". I think revenge on society is also an important reason.
Lack of love will cause many serious psychological problems and produce many problem children. In special schools, this situation is more likely to go to extremes. I think it is the embodiment of putting the cart before the horse to ignore the healthy development of children's body and mind and blindly pay attention to achievements.
I want to describe my ideal special education. Of course, I am not an education expert, nor a principal, nor am I capable of building a school. This is pure utopia:
Regarding the course, I think reading is the most important. After all, oral instruction is very limited. Only when you can read can you learn to learn and learn what you are interested in freely. Although deaf students have poor language ability, the cultivation of reading ability should be the first.
Second is life education, including astronomy, geography, society, nature, mathematics, communication and communication. These courses should be the content of understanding, not too demanding. If students are interested in a certain aspect, they can complete self-study by reading. Of course, we should guide more exchanges and communication, which is a bridge between them and the sound world.
What should be done in large quantities is skill education: the classification can be very fine, such as handicraft, machinery, painting, computer, cooking, sewing, carpentry, pottery and so on. Let students cultivate their hands-on ability from an early age. Why do disabled students have a place in normal society? That is dexterous hands and meticulous observation ability. They should be allowed to spend most of their time on what they are interested in and good at from an early age. Diligence can make up for it Don't compare everything. Nothing can compare with it.
Regarding the exam, I think it should be cancelled directly. The current exam is formalism, not testing students, but testing teachers, which is time-consuming and laborious and gets twice the result with half the effort. If you are worried that students will indulge themselves too much without test pressure, you can use grading system instead of compulsory participation. Each course is graded according to certain standards. If you reach the corresponding level, you can upgrade, and if you reach a certain level, you can graduate.
As for attending classes, students can choose their favorite subjects to study without class restrictions. When they graduate, as long as several subjects reach the corresponding level. For example, a student can only study art, computer and cooking, but not Chinese and math. As long as you get three grades of 10, you can graduate.
As for classes, the method of canceling teaching classes is to divide classes according to age. The head teacher is only responsible for education and organization. Classes are not organized according to fixed classes. If the ability is reached, 8-year-old children can go to the fourth and fifth grades.
As for school management, I fully agree with Neil's democratic way of letting students solve problems among students through meetings.
Think so much first? Anyway, it's just endless free fantasy. Interested friends can discuss it together. Let's work together to build a utopia for special education.
After finishing Summer Mountain School and getting this book a year ago, I read several chapters. The biggest feeling that this book gave me at that time was that the content was a bit unrealistic. What "humanized happy school" "let children's nature develop freely" and so on. Considering the current national conditions in China, it seems difficult for me to understand Neil's thoughts at that time. Combined with our current large class teaching, this Neil-style education method is so empty and unconvincing ... As a result, I basically browsed this book aimlessly last year to cope with errands.
At the beginning of this year, I reviewed this book. I think since the school is so arranged, it shows that this book is of great educational significance to us. Maybe I didn't understand the enlightenment this book brought to the world last year. At this time, my bug baby came, so during this time, I revisited this book with the dual identity of "mother and teacher" and the combination of "a good mother is better than a good teacher".
Perhaps because of the great change of roles, when I read this book again, I often associate the various cases in the book with my soon-to-be-born children. For example: how to raise children? As a mother, should I interfere with the free development of my children? How to spread love to children? How to face children's problems and so on. I got the answer to this kind of question again in the book Summerhill School, and the answer at this time is of great significance to me, because I really think Neil wants to tell us how to educate our children through Summerhill School.
Maybe it is the joy of being a mother for the first time. I can't wait to devote all my energy to my little bug. Prenatal education every day, what you eat every day can make your baby healthier, talk to your baby every day, and keep a diary of your baby every time … everything is so logical. I remember when I wrote my first letter to Bug that day, it was "Bug baby, do you know?" A few times, you scared your mother. You are really naughty. You played so many jokes on your mother so easily. My mother doesn't think she can spend the rest of her life with you. You know, my mother was holding back tears to give lessons to your big brother and sister, because they are all my children like you ... "My heartfelt words made my memory instantly return to two years ago. I remember when I first took over these two classes. Now I will never do that again, perhaps because of the change of role, I learned to put myself in the other's shoes-what should I do if my little bug happens in the future? Is it rage? Or influence him with love? After finishing Summer Mountain School, I found that I can better understand Neil's good intentions. As the book says, "A good mother is better than a good teacher", all I have to do is change my role and look at every child with love and approval. When they make mistakes, learn to tolerate and help them learn to behave and do things with a developmental perspective. ...
Summer Mountain School may have inadvertently entered my world again. I think when you are all mothers, you may have a deeper feeling after reading this book! All in all, what I have learned is to be a good student mother, always learn to put yourself in the other's shoes, and use the educational method of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" to let our children get their own development.
Reflections on Xiashan School 4 I read Xiashan School this semester, which is an educational classic for students, teachers and parents.
Students' learning is no longer the traditional teaching method, but based on students' intrinsic motivation, not forcing students to learn, but making them grow up happily and learn happily.
As a physical education teacher, reading this book has given me powerful new insights and ideas on my own teaching. Let me deeply wake up and realize that PE teachers should change the teaching mode, from imparting sports skills to letting students enjoy sports and enjoy sports happiness.
First of all, understand students' interest in learning, design teaching according to students' favorite sports, design and create situations, use situational teaching to improve students' interest in learning and participate in physical exercise.
Secondly, teachers are familiar with reading and understanding curriculum standards, and arrange teaching according to the requirements of curriculum standards and the actual situation of students. Let students experience and participate more, and teachers give priority to counseling.
Third, in teaching, we should apply games to teaching, not just playing, but compiling basic sports techniques and skills into games.
Not only led by teachers, students in Grade Three can also let them play games with their classmates and create their own games. In the creation of the game, I not only mastered the technology, but also increased my ability to use my hands and brains and improved my interest.
Finally, combine physical education with social practice and life. The concept of lifelong sports runs through physical education class.
After reading Xiashan School, when I chose books on Dangdang during the holiday, Xiashan School inadvertently caught my attention. I am a slow reader, so I usually don't choose books that are too thick. Looking at the thickness of this book, I wanted to skip it with the mouse, but a sentence in the advertisement stopped me. It turns out that the school written in this book is not just a brief introduction of a school, but the familiar Little Doudou by the Window.
The Xiashan School written in this book was founded in 192 1. At first, it was an experimental school, but now it can be said that it is an innovative education school, which has created countless miracles in this school and is a model for us to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. When I was watching it, I was deeply touched by it. What attracts our students to such a school? Let those children with headaches achieve something and be happy in such a school? It may be the so-called "most humanized happy school" style.
When I was studying, I kept thinking "Don't let our students adapt to our school, let the school adapt to our students". Now we have been advocating student-oriented, but are our students really happy to study? Are we adapting to different students' abilities, or are students passively changing their learning methods with the change of our teaching methods? After reading this book, I constantly reflect on my education and teaching work. Have we inadvertently deprived our children of their autonomy and choice? We believe that if children are good at autonomous learning, we should teach them to study independently. We believe that the importance of quality education lies in giving children more subjects to improve their abilities. Basically, all the time is the result of our teacher's discussion. When they feel good, they impose it on them. We seem to really ignore whether children like it or not, whether all children can adapt to our student-based education, but blindly emphasize how to teach after implementation. However, children's feelings are rarely understood. Even if they changed their teaching methods, they didn't do a good job in interviewing students. What kind of teaching methods do they like and what are they eager to learn? Perhaps Xiashan School has done better in this respect. They give their children full freedom, and even the worst children will be different when they go to Xiashan School. To my special surprise, Xiashan School has made it so easy for students to take exams, a stressful project. Strangely, no student will directly fill in the correct answer on the test paper, but weigh the correct answer between the wrong answer and the correct answer. This game-based exam allows students to face the exam easily without any pressure. And through reading, I feel that students in Xiashan School are better at innovation than test scores, which is what school teachers are more proud of. They feel that innovation ability is far more precious than the scores obtained in the exam.
Compared with many schools now, children in Xiashan School are free. They have the right to manage freely, they have self-esteem, they have the time and space for independent thinking and awakening, and the students of Xiashan School will always be respected. Teachers respect their choices, their growth laws and every living life.
In fact, the teaching philosophy of Xiashan School is "everything for children" that we talk about every day. As teachers, what we need now is not only the ability of education and teaching, but also the cleverness of educational ideas, so that our children can learn and grow happily.
After summerhill school, I was half lying in bed quietly. After reading Summer Mountain School written by Mr. Neil, I really felt a burst of enthusiasm impacting my chest. One educational scene after another comes to mind. I keep asking myself: How big is education? How far can education go?
I felt the greatness of educational content for the first time. I am awed by the huge tolerance of education and fall at her feet. But after finishing Xiashan School, my understanding of education has a feeling of "climbing Mount Tai and being small in the world". If the education I understood before is tangible and deductive, the education in Xiashan School seems to have reached the realm of "moistening things silently" and "elephant invisibility". This made me really realize how important education is. Education, how far can you go!
In Xiashan School, real democracy and equality have been achieved. All matters involving the school and the collective are decided by all the students in the school assembly, the autonomous institution of the school, and the principal has only one vote.
Children in Xiashan School are tired of learning, feel inferior and rebellious, which are "problem children" in the eyes of parents and teachers. After coming to Xiashan, they have undergone earth-shaking changes: learning spontaneously and consciously, learning independently, full of confidence, loving themselves and others, and each child's body and mind have been fully and freely developed. After many years, they became outstanding artists, musicians, designers, actors, scientists and mathematicians. ...
Too many incredible and unimaginable things are vividly displayed here, which makes me really realize how education lays the foundation for life and how to develop freely.
In summerhill school, there is no preaching and control. All I feel is the voice of the principal, the pulse of teachers and students beating together, and the happiness of growing up together. This kind of education has gone beyond the level of form, skill and even content. There is no fixed pattern and content. In fact, it has surpassed the traditional educational concept and risen to a spiritual level and a philosophical realm.
A philosopher once said that what is broader than the ocean is the sky, and what is broader than the sky is the human mind. I compare the education in Xiashan School to the education of the soul. Only when the hearts of our teachers and students blend freely can we achieve such a state of "moistening things silently" and "elephant invisibility". In this sense, the education of Summerhill School has undoubtedly surpassed the "education of love", and the book Summerhill School has infinitely expanded the space of our educational imagination.
Let's close the book and ask again from the bottom of our hearts: how big is education? How far can education go?