Tao Xingzhi’s educational philosophy

Tao Xingzhi’s educational philosophy

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Source: 51 Education 2005-9-12 9:21:30 Views: 186

Mr. Tao Xingzhi is the most influential educator and educational thinker in modern my country. He is also the most critical and creative educational pioneer. His broad educational thoughts, truth-seeking educational practices, and teacher's ethics of integrating practice with knowledge have set a glorious example for us. He is worthy of being called a "great people's educator" and a "teacher for all generations."

As we enter a new century full of hope and challenges with confidence, as educators we deeply feel the great burden and responsibility on our shoulders. We "face the challenges of the rapid development of science and technology in the world, we must "Education has a special mission in cultivating the spirit of innovation and cultivating creative talents." Chairman Jiang links "innovation" with the rise and fall of a nation and the survival of a country. Innovation is no longer just related to the development speed of our country, but determines our survival. Therefore, in the new century, taking innovative spirit, innovative thinking, innovative system, innovative educational methods and models as the theme of educational reform has become the common sense and trend of world education development. Under the new situation, when we look at today's educational reform in conjunction with Tao Xingzhi's educational thought and theory, it still has great practical significance and guiding significance. His works that are full of the spirit of the times, creative spirit, and people's educational thoughts are also of great practical significance and guiding significance. The true knowledge and insights all reflect the essence of quality education today, become the source from which we continue to absorb the nutrients of educational reform, and give us profound enlightenment.

"Life Education Theory" is the main line and important cornerstone of Mr. Tao Xingzhi's educational thoughts. Its spiritual connotation is very clear, that is, mass education - for the liberation of the people and the happiness of people's lives. His educational concepts such as the primary school teacher system and the integration of teaching and practice, society is school, life is education, and everyone is a teacher are the embodiment of his educational thoughts. He believes that traditional education that is divorced from life and labor will stifle children's physical and mental development. The result is a group of useless "bookworms" without innovative spirit and courage. In connection with Tao Xingzhi’s educational thoughts, we obviously have not done enough. The patriarchal system of the relationship between teachers and students has not changed. The passive learning method of students relying on teachers is still the mainstream. Although we know that we must embody the subjective spirit of students, students Students should take the initiative to learn. However, the current educational environment, textbooks, curriculum standards and work and rest arrangements are not conducive to students developing the habit of active learning and developing their innovative spirit. In the classroom, teachers are condescending, students sit down in class, and under the pressure of a large amount of teaching content and rush to make progress, students do not have the freedom to allocate study time and choose study content. Under such heavy pressure, students' natural interest in learning and confidence will definitely be lost. How can we talk about innovation? Tao Xingzhi's "Life Education Theory" has given us the direction on how to reform this educational malpractice. Our education must be oriented to society and life; to go into society and into life, we must provide students with more hands-on and brain-using opportunities, and give students more opportunities to choose, including the choice of study time and study methods. Selection and selection of learning content encourage students to carry out practice, exploration and innovation activities according to their own interests and needs. The supporting curriculum, educational content, educational model, etc. should also be closer to the direction of life education theory. Only in this way can Tao Xingzhi's educational thought of "liberating students' brains and liberating students' hands" be truly reflected, so that students' personalities can develop comprehensively and harmoniously. Only in this way can we live up to General Secretary Jiang’s statement that “education has a special mission in cultivating the spirit of innovation and cultivating creative talents.”

Real person." This wise motto of Mr. Tao Xingzhi is our eternal theme of "teaching and educating people". In the era of market economy, competition and the sudden changes in the world, "teaching people to seek truth" has more practical significance. It has two meanings: first, "unity of knowledge and action". What kind of people should our education ultimately cultivate? What is the fundamental purpose of education and the primary task of implementing quality education? This is the true question that reveals the purpose of education.

What needs to be emphasized here is that while we focus on the unity of knowledge and behavior (morality and wisdom), we must not ignore the psychological experience of students, that is, how to achieve a harmonious unity of students' knowledge and behavior, so that students can truly "learn to be real people" and become true, kind, and Beautiful people. We know that moving from knowledge to action is a complex psychological process of moral character. Contemporary teenagers are active in thinking. Facing the complicated world, they will think about "what am I living for?" Therefore, the problem of outlook on life arises. . It is very difficult for them to correctly combine the short-term and long-term prospects of life development and form a mature psychology. Therefore, as educators, we should shoulder our due responsibilities to help, educate and guide them to establish an outlook on life with patriotism, socialism and collectivism as the core, as well as a morality established under the guidance of this outlook on life. , quality, will. Second, explore the truth. The era we live in is an information age, and the information and updated knowledge that students are exposed to are changing rapidly. Faced with these, students are both interested and overwhelmed. Interest is the key to the exploration of truth, but in the process of exploring truth, students are often confused by various difficult-to-solve problems and entangled in various non-essential natural phenomena. This kind of confusion requires the correct guidance and positive encouragement from our educators. When students solve various problems and understand the essence of things after hard study, they will have a sense of excitement. This excitement is the student's response to confusion. The negation of feelings and the affirmation of learning and exploration activities, and the resulting joy and joyful experience can brew a person's self-confidence and sense of dignity, further strengthen his exploratory behavior, and thus motivate himself to continue to create new creations.

"Come with a heart and leave without a blade of grass." This is the motto of Mr. Tao Xingzhi, and it is also a vivid portrayal of his lifelong devotion to the cause of people's education and his pursuit of exploring the bright road of education in China. . He believes that teachers should "discover what no one has discovered before and discover what no one knows today" and advocates teachers to be inventors rather than teachers. In November 1943, "Xinhua Daily" published Tao Xingzhi's "Declaration of Creation", which enthusiastically praised the spirit of creation and encouraged people to have "the axe of fearlessness", "the sword of wisdom" and "the faith and will of King Kong". "Towards the path of creation". This view of teachers put forward by Mr. Tao Xingzhi is exactly what our contemporary teachers should pursue. The reason is very simple. First, teachers are not in a paradise. The challenges faced by students are also encountered by teachers first. He should acquire these skills and qualities before students. Otherwise, he will not be able to guide students to learn to both survive and care. The key issue here is that teachers should have a clear dialectical view, that is, understand the dialectical relationship between personal survival and development and care and dedication to others. Teachers should use personal experience and experience to inspire students to understand this dialectical relationship, so that students' survival should first be based on the utilitarian goal of benefiting the public rather than purely self-interest. Second, only creative teachers can cultivate creative students. Teachers should "teach people how to fish" rather than "teach people how to fish". Therefore, Mr. Tao Xingzhi ignored the opposition of conservative forces and changed the "teaching method" to "teaching method." He believes that "the teacher's responsibility is not to teach, but to teach, and to teach students to learn." "The method of teaching must be based on the method of learning." These educational thoughts of his have inspired us that teachers should focus more on strengthening students' learning methods. Guidance, teaching students learning methods, focusing on study methods and research, and giving full play to students' initiative and creativity. "Teaching is for the sake of not teaching." It has become a top priority to teach students how to learn, how to live, and how to survive.

"In the world of life, everyone has his own talent. He comes for a big thing and goes for a big thing." This is the poem "Encouragement to Myself and Comrades" written by Mr. Tao Xingzhi. His own life was an example of constantly pursuing the truth and learning to be a real person. He is good at carrying out educational work creatively based on China's national conditions, exploring and opening up a new educational path for China, and cultivating a large number of outstanding talents for the country. He devoted his whole life to the education of the people.

Mr. Tao Xingzhi’s educational thoughts and practices have left us a precious spiritual wealth. We must learn from his noble moral sentiments and study his rich educational heritage to comprehensively improve our own quality and make ourselves pioneers in the spiritual world, sowers in the fields of wisdom, and transmitters of human civilization.