Zhou Youguang: Education is not training experts, but inspiring complete personality!

Real education should evoke the curiosity of children, broaden their horizons, stimulate their thinking, examine their value and beliefs, test their ideas, so that they can constantly understand others while knowing themselves more deeply.

The habit I constantly think about is related to the school education I receive. My teacher at that time was very interesting. They believed that if they were not interested in one thing, they would not be able to learn well anyway.

I first studied at the University of St. John. It was a church school. There were good teaching conditions, and there were many library books and newspapers. The teacher encourages us to read extensively and cultivate interest. In addition, the teacher also taught us how to read.

In the freshman year, we went to the library to read newspapers every day. One British teacher told us what to read the newspaper every day. He said that he should ask himself when reading the newspaper: Which is the most important in today's news? Why is this news the most important? What is the historical background of this news? If you don't know, go to check the book.

Later, we went to see the newspaper in his way, and it was really gaining. In the future, I will use this method to study and do research. This has a great impact on me.

▲ Shanghai St. John University

The teachers of the University of St. John always adhere to a belief: truth and freedom are inseparable.

They emphasize the cultivation of students' interest and encourage students to choose independently. Because interest can only be born naturally, it is reluctant. There is no room for children today, and interests have no growth soil.

My middle schools and universities were the best schools at the time, but our studies were very easy. I took lessons at 9 o'clock in middle school. Regardless of scores, it's easy.

At that time, we didn't have any family counseling and learned happily. I also used a lot of linguistic books in the spare time. Interest is slowly arising.

The teacher at the time emphasized interest and believed that it was not good to learn without interest. Interests are generated by yourself, not foreign; it is inevitable, not accidental, a person will definitely become interested in something or something. The inevitable interest combined with accidental opportunities can achieve career.

At that time, there was a good way to educate the way. Students had time to engage in something they were interested in and had time to engage in diligence and thrift activities. The burden on the current education to the family and children is too heavy, and the child does not have his own time.

Elementary and middle school cannot be learned too much, so give children time to play. If a person has time to think about it, he will only think about it.

At that time, there were many excellent teachers in middle school elementary schools, and they would make people feel easy.

I will never forget my middle school Chinese teacher Mr. Wu Shanxiu. In order to broaden our vision, he constantly explained the idea of ​​the "May 4th" new cultural movement. The textbook at that time was classical Chinese, but he advocated vernacular and introduced good vernacular articles to us.

It must be easy to learn well, and tension is not good; the greater the pressure, the better, the better the stress is too good.

I advocate that education should provide a loose environment and leave room for children, so their interests will inevitably grow freely.

My great -grandson came back from the United States at the age of 6 and loves Holmes the most. They never evaluated any "three good students", thinking that the grades queuing will cause other students to have inferiority; teachers do not arrange family homework, and they do not have homework after returning home. Reading is automatic, not forced. This kind of educational ideas and educational methods are very different from us.

When I was in middle school, I had to take the exam every semester. I did n’t usually punish the students with poor grades, and I would not look down on them. Discipline students are not a good way. It will suppress the students' thoughts and spirit and affect the development of personality.

During the Centennial Celebration of Peking University, Lu Dengting, the president of Harvard University, said: We train students to enable science students to understand science and appreciate liberal arts science; the purpose of university is not to train experts, but to inspire complete personality. It is a complete education.

▲ Zhou Youguang's school badge reads the famous quotes from Confucius, emphasizing the importance of thinking

Compared with the education of Soviet Union and the United States, we know how important the education of cultivating personality is.

The education of the Soviet Union is planned according to the plan. With the goal of training experts, it is a good engineer; the United States does not cultivate senior engineers, but is a self -developed individual, but the possibility of students' future development is very high. The advantages and disadvantages of these two educational models should be clear now.

Therefore, the real education is summarized in the words of President Lu Dengting: evoke the curiosity of children, broaden their horizons, stimulate their thinking, examine their value and beliefs, test their ideas, so that they can constantly understand others, and at the same time Know yourself deeper.

Today, unfortunately, whether it is school education or family education, most of them are based on further studies and finding jobs. They use a large number of homework and examinations to take the children's time, and they do not pay attention to children's personality and personality and personality. Psychological growth. This is not only to help children discover their interests, but also kills interests, so that children do not have enough time to form their own thinking.

Many parents of adults are also easy to fall into the same trap. They are busy and only care about Ben Bo to make money. They rarely stop and really think about how to cultivate children. They always think that everything will be given to the teacher.Everything is good, and he does not know that under such a heavy pressure education, a talent may be wiped out.The ability to think independently determines how far the child can go.However, it takes time to cultivate.

To cultivate children's ability to think independently, the best way is to make them feel the charm of thinking.Thinking was originally an interesting thing. When the child feels fun and likes it, the ability to think independently will naturally be obtained.

Source of this article: First Philosopher

Transfer: Moxiang Academic

Author: Zhou Youguang

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