Under the background of education reform, Baichai adheres to empowering colleges and universities in the development of pottery education, and has built more than 5,000 pottery classrooms for all kinds of schools, laying a good foundation for the establishment of follow-up courses and talent training in schools.
In the process of 13 years of teaching service, we have established communication and cooperation with countless excellent educators, and from every shining teacher, we have heard their love and dedication to education.
Pottery education is an important part of labor education, how to understand and recognize it, we should listen to the opinions of experts ~
"Director of the Training Center of the China National Institute of Education Sciences? Can we interview such a big guy?"
From the beginning of the inner drumming, to meet Teacher Zhang's friendly charm infection, from him, I saw the enthusiasm for education. In more than 30 years of educational research and teacher training, he has participated in many aspects of research, including "educational technology", "teaching media", "teaching means", and presided over a number of important projects of the Ministry of Education.
Zhang Jingpei
ZHANG JING PEI
Former Director of Education Training Center, National Institute of Education Sciences
Q: Why do you advocate making "pottery art" one of the carriers of "labor education"?
In the notice of the Ministry of Education's "Guidelines for Labor Education in Primary and Secondary Schools (Trial)", it is clearly proposed that students should properly experience the labor and traditional craft production process including metalworking, woodworking, electricians, pottery, cloth and other projects, so that children can obtain preliminary "career experience" and form "preliminary career planning consciousness".
Moreover, in the process of pottery art, students can take into account exercise, thinking, practical ability, cleaning and hygiene habits, sense of responsibility, and cherish the fruits of labor, which is very consistent with the four major goals of labor education of The State Council: "Establish a correct labor concept", "have the necessary labor ability", "cultivate a positive working spirit", "develop good working habits and quality".
Q: Pottery education is a typical "STEAM "education model
STEAM education is an abbreviation of the first letter of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, which refers to a comprehensive education integrating "science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics".
Different from other education models, STEAM education increases the systematic combing and conducts comprehensive training in five modules. This model can stimulate children's enthusiasm for participation, cultivate children's divergent thinking, logical thinking, improve aesthetic and artistic accomplishment, and get all-round development of quality in practice.
Ceramic glaze and firing need to understand science and mathematics, molding and shaping need to master technology and engineering, and pottery itself is an excellent carrier of artistic creation, all modules of STEAM mode and ceramic education courses at all stages form a perfect blend.
Q: Why can "labor education" based on "pottery art" exercise children's "overall thinking"?
The type of education such as "writing" is collectively referred to as "one-dimensional thinking", which is a static way of thinking based on "empirical knowledge". The "two-dimensional thinking" mode of only thinking about a "face" of things only exercises the ability of children to solve a "single problem". The world is three-dimensional and changeable, and only seeing one side is often not enough.
Pottery education exercises children's "three-dimensional thinking" ability. Subtly speaking, children will first discover that the beauty of a single face, or the excellent results of a certain production process, does not harvest a "good work".
Each link of pottery production is a separate "element" from an independent point of view. If you want to harvest works, you need to "combine" under a system to link different elements through different structures to form an artistic whole. Exercise students no longer isolated thinking problems, forming a systematic, changeable, overall way of thinking.
Q: In addition to the improvement of thinking, what are the positive effects of "pottery education" on the growth of children?
Many teachers and parents will discuss that today's children are very fragile, they are easy to give up when they encounter difficulties, and it is difficult to find their hobbies. This is actually the result of an "aesthetic deficit", where the child does not see what he values in life. Chinese students lack, "critical thinking how to come?" "What makes an independent personality?" Where does "love of life" come from? All rely on "aesthetic education" to complete.
The work of pottery is not an "industrial" product, but a work of art with design and vitality, labor produces beauty, pottery creates beauty, and let children experience beauty.
Q: How important is beauty to children's development?
Aesthetics is a kind of power and one of the core qualities of a person.Aesthetic people, many times can "see what others value, value what others look down on", can adhere to their own choice, with dedication and love.
No matter how bad the external environment is, you can also look for flowers in spring and feel the fallen leaves in late autumn. Even if the world will be destroyed tomorrow, it is necessary to plant a rose at home, which is the "dignity" given by the aesthetic, is to love life, cherish life expression.
Q: What do you think should be emphasized and considered in the process of ceramic art labor education?
First, it is necessary to pay attention to the "meaning" of the development of labor education, the goal is to achieve "quality education", and the essence of "quality education" does not depend on "what to learn", but "how to learn". The way of learning knowledge is far more important than the content of learning knowledge. The famous educationalist John Dewey once said, "Only knowledge acquired in the mind has logical use value."
Pottery education is definitely not to cultivate artisans, craftsmen. But through pottery as a carrier, exercise and understanding of ability and logic. Remember not to put the cart before the horse and fall into the training of skills, while ignoring the cultivation of thinking such as "aesthetic", "creativity", "sense of responsibility" and "cherish the fruits of labor".
Q: Finally, does Mr. Zhang have any advice to give to our educators who are struggling in the front line?
My country's famous educator Mr. Gu Mingyuan, once said four words, I also want to take this opportunity to share with you educators.
The first sentence is "there is no education without love", only those who love education can engage in education, teachers and doctors are not ordinary social work, both need strong virtue and love to support, people without love are not good teachers.
The second sentence is "there is no learning without interest", interest is the premise of children's enthusiasm. We also talked about "no stimulation without thinking" before, to stimulate the desire to learn must stimulate his interest in knowledge.
The third sentence is "teaching and educating people in details", the child's growth process will have infinite possibilities, any small change may have a very far-reaching impact, so the intention of the details is also a very important link in education.
The fourth sentence is "the growth of students in activities", only exercises and homework education is incomplete, only in various kinds of activities, children can learn to communicate with others, directly connect with each other, so as to truly integrate into the world.
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