It is said that the writer Liang Xiaosheng spent six classes explaining the meaning of the word "humanities" at Shaoxing University of Arts and Sciences. In order to explain "humanities", Liang Xiaosheng told a story: Once in France, he took a car to the suburbs with two old writers. That day, the wind was blowing and raindrops were falling from time to time. There was a station wagon in front, and two beautiful French girls were sitting in the car. They kept looking at their car from the rear window. The dust rolled up by the wheels in front of them hit their windows, and the raindrops made the windows very dirty. Their car wanted to overtake, but the road was very narrow. He asked the driver: "Can I overtake?" The driver said: "It is impolite to overtake on such a road." Just as he was talking, the car in front stopped and a man got out. Sir, muttered something to their driver, then returned to the car, pulled over and let them pass. Liang Xiaosheng asked the driver: "What did he just tell you?" The driver replied: "He said that their car was always in front along the way. This is unfair! There were also his two daughters in the car, and he couldn't let them feel like this. It's natural." Liang Xiaosheng said, this sentence made him ashamed for several days.
I also read from a piece of information: A person went to apply for a job, picked up scraps of paper in the corridor and put them into the trash can. The interviewer who passed by saw it, so he Got the job.
Two stories generally tell us what "humanities" is. Its essence is a kind of cultivation rooted in the heart, a kind of consciousness that does not need to be reminded by others, a kind of freedom that is premised on acknowledging constraints, and a kind of truth, goodness and beauty that can put oneself in others' shoes.
How to cultivate students’ humanistic spirit in music teaching, I have made useful attempts and explorations in my daily work.
1. Infiltrating the humanistic spirit in the classroom
Classroom teaching is the main channel for humanistic education for students. The penetration of the humanistic spirit in teaching must be grasped in five aspects. First, we must establish a "human" consciousness, that is, our education targets are people who develop independently and are equal to us in personality. The second is to gain presets from appreciation. Appreciate each student's interests, hobbies, and expertise, appreciate each student's progress, and appreciate each student's transcendence of himself. The third is to create efficient classrooms. Guide students to explore their potential, build confidence and courage in learning, and help students solve difficult problems in learning. The fourth is based on human nature and for the development of each student, according to the students' physical and mental characteristics, teaching with "heart" and permeating the humanistic spirit. Fifth, to achieve the penetration of humanistic spirit into classroom teaching, teachers must have excellent qualities such as enthusiasm, sincerity, understanding, communication, trust, care, tolerance, responsibility, and humor. They must consciously improve their self-cultivation, expand their knowledge horizons, improve their professionalism, and enhance Education and teaching art, changing the role of teachers, and completing the historical mission given to teachers by the new curriculum reform.
2. Feeling the humanistic spirit in lyrics and music
The famous lyricist Qiao Yu once said: "A good song can affect a person's life." Teachers should guide students in music teaching. Students interpret lyrics and music, so that students can be cultivated and ceremonially educated in excellent musical works that are full of the beauty of human feelings, humanity, and reflect the value of life, and receive the education of the humanistic spirit, so that students can enhance their pursuit of moral personality through their understanding of lyrics and music. , the pursuit of freedom, equality, justice, rational thinking on the value and meaning of life, praise of beauty and satire of ugliness, and love for nature.
3. Discover the humanistic spirit in appreciation
The humanistic spirit contained in the music appreciation teaching content provides conditions for the cultivation of students' humanistic qualities. To cultivate students' humanistic qualities, we must pay attention to the exploration of humanistic factors existing in music teaching materials. As long as we think actively, are good at discovery, summarization, and induction, we can find the humanistic spirit that allows people to reach the highest level. Appreciation of the expressions of the humanistic spirit in works is also multi-faceted, mainly including thinking about life, thinking about the value of life, praise of life, and the pursuit of beautiful things.
4. Integrate the humanistic spirit in connection
The connection between music and other subjects besides art is obvious: poetry with music, prose reading in Chinese class, physical education class The gymnastics and rhythm in the course, the introduction of historical background and historical figures in the history course, the understanding of the natural environment and national customs of different countries, different regions, and different ethnic groups in the geography course, and the English reading and song learning in the English course are all directly or indirectly Land and music are inextricably linked. Even in natural subjects such as mathematics, physics, and biology, we can find similarities with music. As long as we pay attention to observation, be good at thinking, and combine these contents with music, we can exert the good humanistic effect of music.
5. Developing the humanistic spirit in diversity
Music is the symbolic carrier of different cultures, recording and reproducing the occurrence and development process of human culture and thought. In teaching, through the grafting of music and culture, students can understand the cultural backgrounds of different regions, learn to respect multiculturalism, and improve their aesthetic quality. In teaching, teachers can guide students to understand the national folk music, songs, dances, operas and other cultures based on the festivals, celebrations, get-togethers and other activities that students have participated in, and to understand their similarities and differences with other regions or other ethnic cultures.
By watching or listening to Chinese and foreign music works, combined with relevant information, students can learn about the geography, history, customs, and social features of the relevant countries, and enhance their understanding and respect for the music of different ethnic groups and different styles.
6. Practicing the humanistic spirit in life
Music courses use students’ life experiences as clues to organize students’ music learning. Life is the source of art. Students observe life through , feel life, experience the emotions and fun from life. Teachers should guide students to discover the music around them, connect their own life experience with music experience, connect their own feelings and experiences of certain life and natural phenomena with musicians’ expressions of them, and try to express them in their favorite musical way. Express your own experiences and feelings, thereby recognizing the relationship between music and social life, and establishing a correct world view and aesthetic outlook. Today, with the rapid development of the market economy, music and art are unprecedentedly prosperous. The relationship between music and social life has never been as close as it is today, and the distance between music and people has never been as integrated as it is today. With the popularization of television, the Internet, Walkmans, and karaoke, the widespread application of ceremonial music and advertising music, and the continuous rise of ambient music and background music, the entertainment function of music has been fully reflected and brought into play as never before. People almost live in an environment where singing and music are everywhere, and they consciously and unconsciously accept various good and bad music information every day. The existence of these phenomena is bound to have an impact on life and have an impact on school music education. .