First step into the Holy Land
For a man born and raised in the northwest, it is really a bit too showy to dare to use the word "once again" to the south of the Yangtze River in an article. In just two years, I was able to travel back and forth across the motherland, from the far northwest to the wealthy southern land. Although the time is different, the purpose is to obtain the true scriptures of education.
When Director He Xiaoping of Jiangyin Teacher Development Center came to Jiuquan to give a lecture in March 2018, I was attracted by Jiangyin, a city full of educational mystery. It is said that education in China depends on Jiangsu, and education in Jiangsu depends on Jiangyin. Is Jiangyin, the holy city of education, really a gathering of wise men from all walks of life, quietly thinking about true education and doing true knowledge in this materialistic society? With yearning and curiosity. On June 17, 2018, even though the children were fighting on the battlefield for the high school entrance examination, even though there were thousands of worries and reluctances in my heart, and with guilt for the children, I came to Jiangyin full of yearning for new education.
When I think back to the scene at that time, it is still vivid in my mind. I marveled at the integrated assessment and evaluation mechanism of Yunting Middle School from the principal down to the class group, admired their students' neat "big arm swing" walking style, and marveled at the students' one-line habit of eating bowls and chopsticks. This is by no means a temporary "arrangement" for observation, but can be achieved by developing habits over a few days. Education is education in the trivial life, living meticulously and living down-to-earth. Education lies in using one life to awaken and shape another life, and life is in life.
Nanzha Junior Experimental Middle School has many similarities with our school. Located in the urban-rural fringe area, the students are mainly children of migrant workers in the city, and the nine-year system is consistent. With similar looks, I was more curious to find out what they had that could amaze my peers. Yes, there really is, in the game of ducks playing in the water under the long bridge on campus; in the cabbage grown in the private plot of the class in the back garden of the school; in the spring courses where all the teachers and students of the school are busy farming; in the autumn, everyone celebrates the harvest Smiling. This is Nanzha Middle School. It turned a place with a complex gathering of people in the urban-rural fringe into an educational hot spot for children to stay away from drugs and cherish their lives. Life education courses taught me a beautiful lesson here. Only love Naturally, respect life, and your life will be respected and valuable.
Jiangyin No. 1 Junior High School. When I stepped off the bus, a young man wearing handmade cloth shoes extended his hand to me and greeted me in a friendly way. When I learned that he was the principal, I re-examined everything in front of me and couldn't relate to this pair of cloth shoes. It turns out that this is a pair of cloth shoes with a story, which inherits the filial piety of ancient Chinese civilization, because this school has rooted Chinese traditional culture in every corner of the campus. Classic readings and classic interpretations use the essence of ancient poetry to infect every child, permeating every word and deed of the child. Learn to write square characters, learn to be an ancient sage, a humble gentleman, and the fair lady is going to the world here to spread Chinese civilization.
Stepping on the Yangtze River again and drinking the water of the Yangtze River
After a year, I once again came to this ancient holy land rich in poetry and literature. Even though the times are different, what remains the same is the sincerity of education that is not afraid of hardships and travels a long way. The instructions and trust from the school leaders before leaving are still flashing in my mind. I come with questions and doubts, and I must go back with thoughts and actions.
This time I am going to Nanjing Senior High School, which is known as a century-old prestigious school. Nanjing Middle School is profound and has a long history of running schools. Nanjing Middle School was formerly known as Nanjing Academy. It was founded by Huang Tifang, Jiangsu Academic Affairs Minister and Minister of War, in the eighth year of Guangxu's reign, with the assistance of Zuo Zongtang, Minister of Military and Aircraft and Governor of Liangjiang. The academy was named after Zhu Xi's famous saying, "The learning of the South is derived from its Meaning "Jinghua", it was the highest institution of higher learning and education center in Jiangsu Province in the late Qing Dynasty.
During the more than 100 years of Nanjing, talents have emerged in large numbers, and there are many talents all over the world. Among them, there are 7 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering represented by Jiang Xinsong, the "Father of Chinese Robots", and 7 active-duty members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Generals include Shen Peng, the current chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, Cao Peng, the famous music conductor, Gu Mingyuan, the famous educator, Wang Zengqi, the famous writer, and Jin Liqun, the current president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ------ Over the past century, Nanjing** *Cultivated more than 27,000 experts, scholars, revolutionaries and builders for the country.
Nanjing Middle School is based on rich humanistic resources, strong teaching staff, and advanced school-running concepts. It insists on promoting teacher development through teaching research, promoting student development through teacher development, and promoting school development through teacher-student development. In inheriting Persevere in persistence and innovate in persistence, build an aesthetic education system for all members, all courses, all subjects, all people, and daily life, and make full use of all cultural, historical, environmental, and social resources accumulated and accumulated in the school's more than 100 years of operation. , formed a unique education model of Nanjing that uses aesthetic education to reconstruct middle school life and move education towards the realm of aesthetics. In cultivating useful talents who can cultivate both "morality" and "literary" and gain "correct knowledge" and do "practical things" It has achieved great results and won widespread recognition and praise from education experts, scholars, and front-line principals and teachers.
Nanqing in November exudes golden light among the ginkgo leaves in late autumn, making the beautiful campus more charming like a fruit of gratitude. At 5:40 in the morning, with the crisp ringing of the bell, the quiet campus suddenly became excited. The morning run started a day of intense and orderly life. The food in the canteen went down without knowing the taste, because my purpose was to eat it in a short time rather than savor its taste. The hurried pace on campus pushed my nostalgia for the beautiful scenery forward along with the rapid flow of people. 602 has become the place where I think about Shenzhou Jiuquan in Nanqing. From here, colleagues in the early education circles sent new educational clues and answers to the people in my hometown. We will also take a new look at the true scriptures of education here.
At 8:30, Mr. Jia Chenxiao, the school’s senior history teacher and famous commentator, led us to visit the beautiful Nanjing campus. During the period, Director Yang Peirong of the Jiuquan Education Bureau, Pan Jianjun, Director of the Jiuquan Educational Science Institute, and Principal Deng Xinyuan also came to Nanjing Campus to visit everyone and study together.
Nanjing campus is based on the modern axis and the historical axis, with the bell tower as the center. The modern axis shows the vigorous vitality of the school, and the buildings are majestic and beautiful; the historical axis exudes the intoxicating atmosphere of the academy, and the buildings are simple and heavy.
The Nanjing campus is backed by Wenshan. The main gate is simple, grand yet modern. It is the starting point of the modern axis of the entire Nanjing building complex, showing the unique style and broad scope of Nanjing for a century. mind.
The "Southern Jinghua" boulder is the starting point for us to trace the ancient history of Nanjing. "Study from the South, obtain its essence" is taken from "Zi You Ancestral Hall" written by Mr. Zhu Xi, a great Neo-Confucian in the Southern Song Dynasty. This is the origin of the word "Nan Jing". It is written by Mr. Shen Peng, a famous contemporary calligrapher and a famous alumnus of our school.
Wende Building is the landmark building of the school and the tallest building in the school. The name "Wende" comes from the couplet Zuo Zongtang inscribed for the academy, "There is nothing more important than virtue to help the people of the world, and the world and the latitude are called Wen". The content fully reflects the founder's simple understanding of education, and also sets the standards for educating people for Nanjing, encouraging later scholars to "cultivate literature, be virtuous, and establish the world."
Zhengxue Pavilion stands proudly in Jingyuan Square. The word "zhengxue" is taken from "the right students learn the right knowledge and do practical things with sincerity". The four characters "loyalty, forgiveness, diligence, and thrift" on both sides of the pavilion are written by Chen Lifu, which is the Nanjing school motto that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Loyalty and forgiveness are the way to deal with people, and diligence and frugality are the basis for establishing a reputation and success.
At 10:30 in the morning, a grand opening ceremony was held in Room 601, Wende Building. At the opening ceremony, Principal Yang Peiming of Nanjing Middle School made an important speech, welcoming Director Yang Peirong and us. At the same time, he highly praised the Jiuquan Municipal Education Bureau for its generous efforts in promoting the professional growth of teachers and promoting the development of Jiuquan education. He also expressed his appreciation to the following students. Make plans for further cooperation, exchange and learning.
Afterwards, the students represented teacher Wen Duohua of Jiuquan Experimental Middle School and gave a speech titled "Ode to the Essence of the South with Wisdom and Poetry". In his speech, he stated that he would read more, listen more and think more, and learn more about what he learned with piety and eagerness to learn. Apply learning to teaching and motivate other teachers in the school to work hard. Finally, Principal Yang Peiming, the principal of Nanjing Middle School, gave a special lecture entitled "The Principal's First Mission". The lecture emphasized that the mission of the principal is to create a group of good teachers, good teachers create good students, and good students create a good life for the school's healthy development ecological chain. The principal's achievement lies in how many teachers he has cultivated who have both ability and political integrity and are highly qualified. The teacher's achievement lies in how many living individuals he has grown up. The professional growth of teachers is inseparable from teaching research, and the occurrence of teaching research is inseparable from the construction of the school's teaching and research team. Regarding teacher growth and teaching and research team building, Principal Yang gave detailed cases based on the specific practices of Nanjing School.
Today’s study allowed me to re-examine my educational value orientation from the perspective of a teacher, and repositioned the nature of my work from the perspective of a school teaching manager. Today, I am like a newborn, staring at the beautiful world of education for the first time; like a toddler who walks hard but knows his direction.