After 20 years in the education industry, what do you think is the main problem of domestic children in the learning process?
Mu Tong Mom:We can divide the education of children into three levels:
the first isKnowledge teaching -oriented educationThis kind of education is a part we have experienced more since childhood.
The second isAbility educationFor example, the ability to speculate.In traditional education, this part is more missing.Children may be more good at memories and learning, but they don’t pay much attention to the training of abilities. This is a problem that parents need to pay attention to.
The third isEducation of valuesIt is also an adult education.Children should maintain their ability to explore and learn the world into a sound and independent individual.
On the whole, parents of the younger generation will pay more attention to the improvement of children’s comprehensive ability, especially the improvement of speculation.In school education, the language reform of the college entrance examination is getting higher and higher for children’s understanding, evaluation, and appreciation ability.In other supplementary education, we choose courses and will pay special attention to the cultivation of children’s ability, such as critical thinking, how to maintain independent thinking in the face of complicated information.
Do you choose Yingrui’s critical reading and writing courses for this consideration?
Mu Tong Mom:Yes, when I choose extra -curricular classes for Mu Tong, I will take a serious understanding of curriculum settings and products.In the English reading class, based on the English context, the child will construct her own thinking logic and speculative methodology.
Mu Tong not only participated in Yingrui’s critical reading and writing, but also participated in the NSDA debate. He has reached the quarterfinals in Jinan and Beijing.What does you think of this series of activities have it?
Mu Tong Mom:In fact, we went with the mentality of “soy sauce”.Mu Tong has always read and write a lot, and only learned basic debate skills in debate.Debate can make her realize that she has more room for improvement.Because the debate is based on a large number of arguments and facts, children have to expand knowledge in different fields.
Children at this age are very confident and thoughtful, willing to express their views and feel that their views have strong output ability.But in the process of debate, they will find that all the arguments are not in the air pavilions, but to have very strict demonstration logic.Compared to obtaining excellent debaters, this process is more important to cultivate her judgment and logical consciousness in her future learning.
NSDA debate in the junior high school group award (the first left is Mu Tong)
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When everything forgets
The rest is education
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The dialectical logic and critical thinking you just mentioned are actually advocated by the sharp literary and science courses.Yingrui Academic Director Jeffrey Thornton has shared his views on art and science courses. He said, “Train You Nothing, but helped you to make all preparations,”, what do you think ofThe concept of Yingrui in liberal arts education?
Mu Tong Mom:The traditional Chinese education system is relatively small for speculative education, which is also my original intention of doing Chinese reading projects.Therefore, I agree with Yingrui’s philosophy.Whether it is English or Chinese, the core of educational concepts is consistent. This is why I chose Yingrui.
The two levels you mentioned can understand the education at the level of knowledge as test -oriented education, and understand the level of ability as a quality education?
Mu Tong Mom:It cannot be exactly equivalent to test -oriented education and quality education. In this era, education cannot be simply divided into examination education and quality education.Now the form of inspection and assessment has also become diversified. Although there are many things at the level of assessment knowledge, the requirements for capabilities have become higher now, just like there were more objective questions before, and now there are more subjective questions.
At the level of reading, we can understand this: I know a lot of knowledge and information. The English vocabulary is very large, but these things have not risen to the level of ability.Just like the debate just talked about, you do know a lot of facts, but how to support your arguments in the end requires the ability to deal with complicated information, that is, speculation and understanding.
Mu Tong and teammates at the scene photos of the NSDA debate competition
This is a new change and trend.The current children must not only serve the society at this moment, but also to adapt to the future society.Therefore, the training of talents in the future should pay more attention to the support of the ability, and the cultivation of knowledge and memory is relatively simple.
You mentioned a sentence before, “When everything is forgotten, the rest is education.” How do you interpret this sentence?
Mu Tong Mom:This is also the value of education itself, knowledge, ability, and values that we just talked about.After you graduate, you may forget the ancient poems you have learned at the time, and you may not be able to memorize the formula of mathematics, and even the historical periods have forgotten.butIn the process of the entire education process, the speculation, logical thinking ability, ability to deal with problems, empathy, etc. will be truly applied to work and life.
Because after the child graduates, he will eventually go to society.When she becomes a social person, society will no longer go out to her test papers.When she goes to deal with the problems in her work, her ability, values, critical thinking of constructing, etc. will determine how she is doing things. This is the essence of education.
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Being a companion for children
Not the helm of the child’s life
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Will you be anxious for her performance during the education of Mu Tong?
Mu Tong Mom:As a parent, anxiety will definitely have it.Especially her school, the classmates around her are very good at learning and love.But in a sense, the results only reflect the learning situation at a stage.
What we need to understand is that when we are anxious, what are the real anxiety behind?Is it a learning habit?Or learning?The anxiety of scores is a very surface anxiety and does not need to be magnified.Parents’ general anxiety is actually out of attention, and it is difficult to have no anxiety at all.The key is to think about anxiety and analyze and find a solution to the problem with your children.
In addition to grades, what kind of challenges do you encounter in the education process of Mu Tong?
Mu Tong Mom:The challenge is largely my challenge to myself.Because children are constantly growing, as parents, we have to help her match the corresponding support in this process.Especially when you are in a group, there are a lot of outside voices, and the anxiety will be more obvious, which will confuse your original clear thoughts.
At this time, as a parent, you need to remind yourself repeatedly, what is your inner expectation for your child?What do you want to trust your child and what do you give her?This is a challenge for parents.
Especially in different parent groups, there will be various sounds and comparisons, and many impact and irritating information will be seen.At this time, can you still respect the child’s growth law?
Mu Tong has just entered the seventh grade and changed from elementary school students to middle school students. Her learning pressure is very high.How to use extra -curricular time at this time?Do you go to the discipline tuition?Or go to the debate competition?Although we are holding a mentality of participation, she still has to take time to prepare for the child.At this time as a parent, you have to think about where the time should be spent?This is also a big challenge for parents,I need to constantly adjust my cognition, accompany my children to make choices, and give her some suggestions.
Can the relationship between parents and children be a metaphor: children are like kites, high in the sky, and freely fly, but there is still a root thread dragged in the parents’ hands, and they cannot mess around.
Mu Tong Mom:I am more willing to compare the child as a driver. In the process of flying to the future, where to lead myself.As a parent, we are Companion (companion), a co -pilot, and give her some routes and directions, but in the end, where the child wants to drive, it is still decided by her.Parents are not leaders and cannot control their children, especially children, especially their children are about to enter adolescence. Her independent speculation ability and individual consciousness will become stronger and stronger.All you need to do is respect her, trust her, and restrain yourself.
If you get started, it is easy to have parent -child conflicts, and your choice may not be the only correct answer.I often remind myself that you don’t think you must be right. Let her let her try and try and error.In my heart, I trust Mu Tong very much. Trust the child is to believe that she will grow and develop itself.There may be staged conditions in the process. I always believe that she is capable of growing into children who have independent thinking ability to deal with the world.
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Epidemic
family Education
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At present, children can only learn at home because of the epidemic. What are your suggestions for your children and parents for the current situation?
Mu Tong Mom:Usually children are busy learning, and we have little time to get along together.Therefore, this is a rare opportunity for us.We will use this time to build a close time for parent -child, do some more meaningful things, read some books together, watch movies, and watch documentary.
There is also a very important point. In the face of such major social events, we have to let children see that many things are no longer a standard answer in the test paper and textbooks. This is an opportunity for children to make them a social person.EssenceWe need to guide our children to understand what happened now, let them look at what happened around with a more dialectical vision and good -hearted attitude. In the process, learn to think independently and respect and gratitude to others.
I hope that children can take good care of themselves, but they must also see others and society, and they will not become a “exquisite self -interest.”A lot of information coming from the face is a test of our adult mentality and emotions. How to talk to children is a test of parents.Throwing the information directly to the child is a great impact on her, which will cause social psychological trauma.
RecentRead some picture books full of courage and hope, tell children and parents how to borrow this opportunity to help children grow better and have stronger inner strength.
In fact, I don’t think I do well, and I am still in the process of exploration and learning.Because there is no answer to education, everyone is looking for educational concepts and resources that meet their own values to explore how to grow better together, so I can’t talk about successful experiences, just share their ideas with everyone.
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What is education?What is a good education?This is all social peopleTopics of eternal concern.
American philosopher Wil Durant wrote a copy of “False Leaf” at the age of 95. Chapter 21 Specializing in Education, Heexplain:
Three basic benefits can establish the goal of education: first, to control life through health, personality, wisdom, and science and technology; second, to enjoy life through friendship, nature, literature and art; third, through history, science, religion and philosophyUnderstand life.