Revolution in Educational Thought

Author: Zhang Xianhua
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The backwardness of educational technology affects only the local; the backwardness of educational philosophy affects the whole. This book advocates a revolution in educational philosophy, reconstructing advanced educational philosophy from nine aspects: values, talent views, goal views, curriculum views, student views, teacher views, learning views, teaching views, and evaluation views. A fisherman should not use strawberries to fish because he likes them, but should focus on what the fish like and enter the scene based on their needs. If students are soil, we should fire them into bricks and tiles; if students are ore, we should forge them into steel; if students are gold, we should let them shine. Teachers are not sacrificial candles, but creative lighters. A good teacher does not lie in how much he sacrifices, but in how much he creates. The task of education is to make students become themselves, not the appendage or tool of others. Teachers absolutely cannot betray their students and must resist the alienation of other factors from students, defend students' wills, and promote their development. Making teachers improve their teaching methods and enhance teaching quality is the fundamental task of teacher continuing education. This still requires teachers to engage in teaching research. In teaching research, teachers gather facts and theories, summarize, and accumulate experience. Teaching research is an effective way for teachers to train themselves and improve, and an important way for teacher continuing education. Teacher continuing education should strengthen teachers' educational beliefs, encourage them to form their own educational philosophy, and help them improve teaching quality. These tasks all need to be completed through teaching research.