Intuitively, I know that he is a headmaster with a "set" in management. As a result, he searched the internet, and sure enough. There are so many things "about him" and "he wrote" that I can't finish reading them. Among them, some experts commented on his school: "Chengtan Middle School is a respectable and moving school with thoughts and tastes." "Chengtan Middle School is based on weak schools in rural areas ... its growth concept and path are of exemplary significance throughout the country."
With these preliminary understandings, at the beginning of 2011,I came to Chengtan Middle School (hereinafter referred to as Chengzhong) to participate in the activity of "Walking into the Education Site: Case Anatomy Seminar for Senior School Principals in Zhejiang Province". In those days, I unconsciously "participated" in it, and I was excited and excited with everyone; While telling yourself, keep a rational and observer perspective. I tried to capture the "surprise" and "strangeness" brought by Xinfu Li. I firmly believe that the scarce things that can make these male principals in their thirties (described by a principal) "drunk" are the "treasures" I am looking for. They must be related to people, not a collection of things.
Just before I went to the city, I just read that you can't learn sea fishing. I quite agree with Ning's explanation in the preface: "Yinghai is always good at torturing all the technical theories of management all the way back to the depths of human nature ..." This in-depth torture-like research is consistent with my understanding that "education is, after all, a projection of human nature and a professional expression". I think the headmaster should educate as a person. His human nature hypothesis, personality tendency, life background, gestures and so on are all the most vivid "leading" and "calling". At the same time, this kind of research is especially suitable for the research object like Xinfu Li who is very "groping" about the expression of human nature. Therefore, although I know that it is full of challenges, I still want to try to taste the taste of this rural principal from this angle.
In my eyes, Xinfu Li is an "ordinary intellectual" with "great worries" in his heart. He once devoted a lot of energy to social phenomena, national psychology, especially the social and historical research of human nature. "It is with this sense of national responsibility and educational feelings that I have been walking through ideals and reality, ideas and practices, and constantly looking for the true meaning of education." This kind of "public concern" and searching for the bottom make education be placed in "relationship", and its essential research perspective and vision are questioned, so that he can position himself more accurately when returning to his own educational practice, and thus draw the conclusion that "activating, cultivating and guarding beautiful human nature is the core and noblest value mission and philosophical realm of basic education" and "education should not only lay the foundation for' talents', but also"
Starting from such a sense of value, he evolved social responsibility into a kind of self-appeal. I think, with this emphasis on "great responsibility", the principal can get a really strong motivation to run a school, which is limited by utilitarian purposes. In Xinfu Li's view, the principals of township middle schools have a greater responsibility in this respect, because their students have almost no social resources to use. Only by running a good school can children change their own destiny and family and get out of the vicious circle of class solidification. Speaking of this problem, he cited several examples in one breath: a student's father died young, his uncle occupied land, and his mother took her and her sister to live hard; After she was admitted to the university, her uncle and uncle not only returned the land, but also each took out 2000 yuan to support her to go to school. Another poor student who refused to lend money to his family was admitted to the Computer Department of Zhejiang University. His father is worried about raising money for the school. Xinfu Li suggested that he show the admission notice to the villagers. The result is really amazing. Everyone saw that the children were so promising, and they all donated money to help each other. ...
At the same time, the ultimate sense of value, which endows sympathy and religious inner passion in education (he especially likes the sentence ── "Every child comes into this world because God trusts mankind again"), leads Xinfu Li to devote himself to it. In education, he is really infatuated. I don't know how many things are caused by his asking for trouble and bearing pressure. At the most difficult time, he 1.76 meters and weighed only 53 kilograms. Nevertheless, "I never feel hard, only warm, because I like education!" " Liuli, a professor at Zhejiang University, advocated that "the headmaster should have a sense of dawn", while Xinfu Li said with a smile, "I am more dawn than dawn! "
When commenting on the seminar, I used the word "pure love" to describe his fascination with education, and he agreed very much. Moreover, we have an understanding that such "pure love" is closely related to his personal artistic world, humanistic feelings and life interest.
His office is also a study. In addition to books on the wall and tables (he studies for at least an hour every day), the "clean play" on the table is also elegant. Although it is difficult to see his hall for a while, I still smell his strong cultural atmosphere in agarwood; In his elegant and quiet painting and calligraphy room, I still felt his unique and elegant embrace more or less.
To tell the truth, the biggest "surprise" that Xinfu Li brought me was that a country headmaster would live so elegantly and exquisitely. He is destined to love writing poetry, and his names are full of poetry-Li Bai, Xin Qiji, Du Fu; He writes well and paints well, and has also held a solo exhibition. ...
On the second day in Chengtan, he took me to meet a good friend who taught calligraphy at the Buddhist College. That afternoon, I almost cried when I first listened to "shakuhachi" (an ancient musical instrument in China, once lost). It is also the first time to hear so many touching stories in their art "circle". Most of them are super-utilitarian "amateurs", who fall in love with art for no reason and play a symphony of "pure love" in pursuit of the ultimate. In this symphony, I seem to find a clean "artist" and a clean "educator" in Xinfu Li in an instant; From his normal unprofessional life, he found the basis for running a school like this.
Going deep into a specific art form and interacting with a group of tasteful friends gave Xinfu Li a different understanding of the value of art to life. "Art feast not only gives students artistic enjoyment, but also cultivates beautiful human nature". Knowing this, we can understand the uniqueness of his aesthetic education-there are two choirs, a folk band and a brass band in the city, and the band training is all included in the teaching plan, which has nothing to do with the competition; The school music ringtones are all classic songs, and each class is different. The key is that no matter which student can tell the name, composer and even meaning of the music (the school has related content teaching); Every May, a choir is formed in the class to sing "Red Classics". Someone asked, "Is singing in May not afraid of affecting the college entrance examination?" Li Xinfu replied with a smile: This is our "secret of winning the college entrance examination!" " " ……
During my stay in the city, I just happened to catch up with the school's annual art festival (this art festival lasted for two months, 12 activities, including the exchange of American artists) and the world famous chorus. I say "shock" because those "actors" who wear different professional costumes (which were found by children on the Internet) and sing classic songs such as "Riding on Singing Wings" and "Ode to Joy" to the ever-changing big screen are all students of 222 1 in the city (each class takes turns to play, and the whole activity lasts for one day)! That simple "luxury" and gorgeous brought me infinite touch. I looked at these children from the countryside and thought, after three years of high school, everyone has at least six opportunities to perform on stage (everyone participates in the chorus festival in May every year). What is this concept! Xinfu Li, who sat next to me, said, "I just want the children to be arty. I believe that slowly, they will be really elegant! "
"The Beauty of Education: A Life Style" is the title of an article I wrote. In clarification, I have a deeper understanding of this "metaphor of life".
As the principal of 15 years, Xinfu Li has become very mature. No matter what he does, he has a special tension, giving people a feeling of "crossing". He is serious but not too entangled, so he has less entanglement and more enjoyment.
Finally, let's look at some "quotations" of Xinfu Li.
Three realms of life: reading is pure land everywhere, and closed doors are deep mountains; Bamboo and yellow flowers come, and the clear pool and bright moon shine on Zen; The square inch is the lotus boundary, and the earth is the futon.
Innovation is not to subvert tradition, and it is sometimes more difficult to stick to tradition than to innovate.
How close the future is depends on how far you think.
Happiness is a feeling, which has nothing to do with wealth and has a lot to do with care.
System prevents people who want to make mistakes, mechanism prevents people who want to make mistakes, and culture prevents people who want to make mistakes.
And I think what is most worth pondering together is his simplest "quotation"-
Education is really tasty!
Isn't he fine? It usually takes several years for the principal to change. For example, some people appointed or dismissed by the Education Bureau have a one-year probation period, while others have no probation period, and may change once every four years.