Is the imagination of Chinese children really bad?
Author: Han Xiaocan Li Yong
"among the 21 countries surveyed in the world, Chinese children are ranked first in computing power, first in the top of imagination and fifth in the inverse of creativity."
recently, the findings of the 2009 International Assessment Organization for educational progress have attracted wide attention in the country after being disclosed by the media. Reporters interviewed found that the educational circles were doubtful about the result. At the same time, young parents pay more and more attention to the cultivation of children's imagination.
educational circles do not approve "the number one"
this conclusion is the result of the international assessment organization of education progress in 2009 after the survey of 21 countries in the world. What is the organization?
Xiang Haiying, associate professor of education at the Shandong Normal University, said that the "international assessment organization for educational progress" is an institution that specializes in assessing and comparing educational levels in various countries, with a certain degree of authority in the world. This survey of children's imagination can illustrate some problems, but it may not be very rigorous, and more likely is a general study. The general test method for imagination is to enable children to respond and judge some graphs and problems. Experts evaluate children's imagination according to the answers given by children.
Feng Yonggang, a lecturer at the school, said that such a survey required a very large sample. As far as China is concerned, the differences between urban children and children in rural areas, children in the East and children in the west, and children in economically developed areas and underdeveloped areas are very different. To do such a survey, we need to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and even need the cooperation of relevant government departments and universities. In this regard, the accuracy and scientificity of the survey are open to question.
the Education Department of Shandong Province revealed that the education department also has its own scientific research institutions, and some of the research results of these institutions may not be the same as that of the above conclusions. Mr. Cao of the Ji'nan Municipal Education Bureau said that it was doubtful about the results of the investigation because it did not know what the organization had adopted, the investigation system and the research methods.
some young parents want to learn what Zheng Yuanjie
"imagination" is? In the survey, parents and students have a wide range of understanding. When her son went to primary school, Ms. Jiang liked to read science fiction magazines and liked to write science fiction. Now, when the child starts to go to junior high school, she worries that watching science fiction influence children's learning will not let their children buy magazines. "Writing science fiction is the expression of imagination. I really didn't notice anything else." She said. In this regard, her son said: "imagination is really curiosity, now parents only value the results, what do I have imagination?"
based on the Baidu's Encyclopedia, imagination is the ability to create a new image on the basis of an existing image. Imagination is the source of human innovation. To cultivate imagination, one is to accumulate knowledge, the two is to maintain curiosity, and the three is to have active thinking ability. Mr.
Mr. Liu, who is 34 years old, knows more clearly. He said that imagination means creativity and creativity for a child, which will play a great role in the survival and development of children in the future. Children without imagination are likely to be eliminated by future society. He often takes his children to museums and science museums, hoping that his children will be inspired. He also hopes to find imaginative books that will help him develop children better.
Mr. Wang, who is a product designer, is 32 years old. He said that in order to protect the child's imagination from being stifled, he might not allow his children to go to regular schools for education. Instead, we should consider letting Zheng Yuanjie learn from his parents and educate his parents.
some children's imagination is buried in the imagination of
, Mr. Han, a teacher in Huayuan Road elementary school in Ji'nan, says the difference between children is very big. In general, the older the child is, the worse his imagination may be.
Feng Yonggang lecturer said that the child's imagination is a potential thing that may not die, but it will be buried. What children need is an opportunity to stimulate their imagination, which requires proper inspiration and guidance. In some of the primary and secondary school students' innovative competitions, some of the novelty ideas are come up by the students themselves, and this kind of creativity even can not be understood by the tutor. In the education of children, teachers should learn to respect and understand some "poor students", because these "poor students" are not mental retardation, but some children with rich imagination but unable to be understood.
has similar views to Haiying. She said that imagination is like a huge treasure hidden in the child's mind, and the proper guidance can inspire the child's intelligence. Schools and parents should strengthen their cooperation. On the one hand, encourage children to actively use their brains to take art courses, so that children can draw inspiration from painting and music. On the other hand, for the cultivation of imagination into every detail of life, teachers and parents should improve their understanding and pay attention to the effects that their words and deeds may bring to the children. Do not kill children's rich imagination in pursuit of adults' right in the eyes.
the cultivation of imagination requires children to interact with their peers and play in games. If you put your child in an environment without peers, children may become blocked and self, not conducive to growth. Every ability of a child has a certain best learning period, for example, childhood is the best stage for children to learn language. If there is no scientific training for children in this period, it will be a loss. Zheng Yuan Jie type of family education should not be replicated.
as a parent to encourage children to take risks,
it is known that there is no training institution for children's imagination in Ji'nan. A number of music and art courses offered by some early education institutions relate to this aspect. In fact, in some curriculum settings for children and primary schools, some art courses are of great benefit to children's imagination. Such as painting, music and some handwork can develop children's imagination and creativity. In daily education work, interspersed with similar courses is the best way to cultivate children's imagination.
to cultivate children's imagination, parents should change some unscientific educational concepts.
Feng Yonggang said, first of all, parents need to know the difference between "knowledge" and "imagination". For example, let children learn to recite Tang poetry, exercise is the child's memory ability. If parents are too eager to satisfy their sense of "back to Tang poetry", it is likely to affect their imagination development.
secondly, parents must not restrict their children's thinking with adult's accustomed thinking, but encourage their children to take appropriate risks. Many parents pay too much attention to and indulge in their children. They never allow their children to do anything risky and do not allow their children to do any damage. This unintentionally restricts the development of children's imagination and reduces the curiosity of children. Parents should learn to let go and encourage their children to take risks within certain limits, so as to cultivate their children's sense of independence.
related links imagination is more important than knowledge.
innovation is the soul of a nation. Innovation is inseparable from imagination. In other words, imagination is the soul of a nation. A nation with a lack of imagination will lose its competitiveness, lose its future, and even lose the romantic and wonderful dream that human beings dream of.
Einstein believes that imagination is more important than knowledge because knowledge is limited and relatively fixed, and imagination generalizes everything in the world, thus becoming the source of human knowledge evolution and the real factor in scientific research. Of course, it is not to deny the importance of knowledge, but to remind people to pay more attention to cultivating their imagination. Moreover, imagination is usually based on comprehensive understanding and deep understanding of human knowledge. Without the accumulation of necessary knowledge, imagination can only become a "flower without fruit". We can not go to the other extreme in the process of learning, but we should strive to achieve the organic unity of the two. (Orient network)