Chapter 733 Lessons towards Beauty

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8. Jin Yule: Curriculum is “the educational experience that students obtain through the school education environment and is designed to promote their physical and mental development.”

9. Cong Lixin: "Course is the experience that the educated gain under the guidance of the educator. These experiences are planned and purposefully organized by the educator in accordance with certain social needs and the physical and mental development level of the educated." < /p>

The word curriculum is used very frequently in the field of education. But have you ever thought about the specific meaning of the course?

Are courses equal to classrooms? Is the curriculum equal to the syllabus? Or does it have a deeper meaning? Professor Cheng Kaiming from the University of Hong Kong provides an in-depth explanation below.

It was the late 1970s, and I learned that in the West, curriculum (curriculum) is a virtual but broad concept, which roughly refers to the content students learn, but there is no precise definition.

Later, people’s ideas gradually expanded from “content” to “ability”. That is to say, in addition to looking at what students “understand”, we also need to look at what abilities they have mastered.

In other words, it’s not just about what students have in their minds, but also about what they can do.

Broadly speaking, "curriculum" is the answer to "what students need to learn." In the past, courses were in-class learning, which is what we call "subjects." Most of the "curriculum" documents around the world describe the learning content of various subjects.

People gradually realize that the purpose of school learning should return to the most basic knowledge, quality, and ability; or generally speaking, literacy. Therefore, increasing extracurricular activities, social practice, experiential learning, service learning, study tours... have become important symbols of educational reform around the world.

In this sense, "curriculum" should be broadly defined as a student's "learning experience."

Complete the assignment:

The first preview assignment

The first preview assignment for the "Class Course Design and Practice" course in the fall of 2021 by Xinwangshi

Understand the framework of the whole book "Basic Principles of Curriculum and Teaching" and the third and fourth parts of "Future Curriculum Imagination"

1. Why is it necessary to understand the curriculum field and talk about what you think about the curriculum What is the meaning and value?

2. How do most curriculum workers define courses, how about you?

3. Comparing China and Northern Europe, Hong Kong education gives you What inspirations?

? Curriculum towards beauty

Education towards beauty is my educational pursuit, my educational dream, or my ideal educational life.

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People must have pursuits and ideals. Through pursuits, they can realize their own life value and make their educational life more meaningful. As an ordinary teacher, I hope to do my best to provide a beautiful education to the children I have taught. In other words: beauty education can be achieved through beauty courses. To achieve this small goal, developing courses and practical courses is an important factor.

1. What is curriculum?

Regarding curriculum, many people, whether they are Western scholars or Chinese researchers, have put forward their own opinions. To sum up, these views have four aspects: curriculum as a subject; curriculum as a goal or plan; curriculum as the sum of learning experiences of general skills and knowledge; curriculum as a complex conversation.

Today, teacher Wei Zhiyuan said: Curriculum is a word that has been so overused that it has lost its meaning. The key lies in how we ourselves define curriculum.

I have little talent and little knowledge, and I still cannot have my own independent knowledge. But I agree more with Teacher Qian Guoxiang’s understanding of the curriculum. Teacher Qian said:

What we really need to pay attention to is not a class, but the entire course. The curriculum is all about the journey we are going through: intentions, plans, resources, actions, reflections, and constructed experiences. The course is the "Tao", the path we walk with our feet.

The course is the person who walks through this road and reaches the end of the road. He is the course we think about.

It includes three aspects: when curriculum is a noun, it is "what to teach"; when it is a verb, curriculum is "Tao", which is a process and is what students obtain through the school's educational environment to promote An educational experience for their physical and mental development. In other words, it is the deepening of experience, "how to teach"; the curriculum is also "people", which is the teacher's own experience, "what kind of experience should be constructed", and "who am I", focusing on self-awareness.

In short, the curriculum is a back and forth between "what to teach" - educational goals, and "how to teach" - designing the teaching process and constructing one's own experience. Looking for beautiful education and an education form suitable for students.

2. About curriculum areas

If there are courses, there will be curriculum areas, just like there are problems and problem areas.

Curriculum areas are broader content than courses, a series of course projects that are essentially related to each other. It emphasizes that a concept is related to each other, that is, there is a relationship, correlation, and intrinsic connection with each other. Putting them together to form a category is the curriculum field.

Of course, understanding the curriculum field will help us integrate relevant content and select courses that are more suitable for our own schools and students through comparison. Such courses are the most practical.

3. The significance and value of the course

Considering the application occasions, applicable objects and participants of the course, the course is related to the three main subjects of the school, teachers and students. The meaning and value of the course should also be defined from these three aspects.

1. For the school

The curriculum highlights the characteristics of the school and can reflect the school’s educational philosophy. The school has formed unique curriculum resources, which is what we often call school-based curriculum. Schools can also rely on school-based curriculum to realize their own unique educational concepts and practice their own educational concepts.

Curriculum can also contribute to the development of school characteristics. School is a place for educating people, and educating people should be regarded as the ultimate educational goal of the school. Having its own curriculum has guiding significance for the long-term development of the school.

2. For teachers

In a narrow sense, the curriculum is the deepening and summary of teachers’ teaching experience. Teachers should use the curriculum to educate and influence people, which also reflects the educational function of the curriculum. Building moral character and cultivating people is the purpose of education. We must always think about what kind of people we educate, how to educate them, and what is the path to educate them.

The curriculum can optimize teachers’ teaching concepts, change teachers’ roles, promote teachers’ professional development, and improve the integrity of teachers’ development of curriculum resources.

Several partners and I developed and practiced the school-based course "24 Solar Terms and Ancient Poetry Chanting" last semester. I completely changed my role and thought repeatedly before class. If I were a student, I would like Singing in the form of ancient poetry? What difficulties will I encounter when singing ancient poetry? How should I overcome these difficulties and learn to sing ancient poems?

After several such back and forths, we learned about students’ learning difficulties and how to overcome these difficulties. After practicing the course for one semester, I have improved my quality and feel that the course is very meaningful. Students like it and I also love it. In this way, our relationship with students has become more and more tacit and harmonious.

3. For students

The curriculum should be student-centered, provide students with learning scaffolds, teach students in accordance with their aptitude, stimulate students' interest in learning, and promote students' all-round development.

We also used the morning reading course "24 Solar Terms Singing Ancient Poems" that we practiced last semester to let students learn to sing ancient poems. The students were very interested and changed the boring situation of reading ancient poems over and over again. After class, students are still immersed in singing ancient poems. Students are also singing ancient poems while playing games during class breaks, which stimulates students' interest in learning the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

Thanks to the 24-solar morning reading course, students enjoyed beautiful ancient poems in a beautiful atmosphere, which is a beautiful thing when they think about it. This semester, I signed up for the development and practice of class-based courses. I hope that under the guidance of Teacher Wang, I can optimize this course or develop new and beautiful courses to improve students' literacy and achieve the purpose of educating people.

4. What I learned from comparing education in China with that in Northern Europe and Hong Kong

Nordic education advocates freedom of individuality, and the free choice of their teaching content also determines the teaching methods. free. They pay attention to the nature of protecting children, where students play all day long, and the school is a paradise for students.

In Hong Kong, the Education Bureau mostly cooperates with schools to complete their work, and even schools are not aware of the existence of the Education Bureau. However, Hong Kong schools pay too much attention to order, and school innovation is restricted.

What is the situation in China?

In China, it is painful to say it. I am not blaming domestic education, but my colleagues around me are really teaching in pursuit of scores every day. They pursue high scores. , I tried my best to let students practice more to improve their performance. Even in morning reading classes, students have to memorize and teach mathematics. There is no place for children to read and no place for students to feel the joy of reading.

I can't change this reality, nor can I affect the school, but I can change my class, my classroom, and use my courses to influence my students. Even if there are only a few students in a class, I am often happy because of these students.

The courses I have practiced are:

1. Love reading course

I am the love reading teacher in our school and serve as our reading class. Since 2018, we have provided 72 reading classes for students in grades four, five, and six for three consecutive years, including Chinese, Western, picture books, and whole books. We have also established three class book corners, each with There are about 200 books in each book corner. These books were collected by me doing charity work and joining the charity team.

2. Ancient Poetry and Interesting Painting and Ancient Poetry Chanting

In 2019, as the host, I developed the morning reading course "Ancient Poetry and Interesting Painting", which mainly led students to recite an ancient poem. , let students match a picture to this ancient poem based on their own understanding and imagination. Students like to draw. Naturally, I also like this form of creation.

In 2020, our courses will be upgraded and optimized. Based on the original method of matching ancient poems with paintings, we changed the reciting of ancient poems to reciting 24-solar ancient poems, and changed the form of single recitation to chanting. Students chanted ancient poems with 24 solar terms, which greatly improved their interest in learning ancient poems.

3. Reading and writing linkage courses

This is a new plan for the 2021 school year, because I will teach third grade students at the beginning of this semester, and third grade is the starting point for learning writing. , which is a big problem for students. I just want to develop a reading and writing course suitable for students, reduce the difficulty of homework, so that students can write and be able to write. If they can write happily in the end, it will be even more perfect. I hope that through studying the class curriculum this semester, I can achieve a breakthrough in my reading and writing courses in the 2021 school year.

I want to use my own feet to find my own course path, find the "Tao" of the course, bring beautiful courses to the students I can influence, and work hard to realize the ideal of beautiful education.