source: Shandong business daily
"we hope that children can enjoy learning, love learning, rather than cramming in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere. Instilled. " The volunteers of Shandong University's Dandelion support group have been working on interest classes at teaching points. However, their enthusiasm is often met with the cold reception of rural school heads. "The principal is concerned about cultural achievements." The dislocation between ideal and reality makes these college students confused.
how should the branch "be supported"?
Liu Wen, Secretary General of Shandong University dandelion support mission. "What should the branch teach?" This question has always puzzled her, "do you plan to do what you want to do, or do you want to cooperate with the school and do what the other person wants?" The same confusion is also emerging in the enthusiastic support group of college students. "We hope that children can love learning, enjoy learning, love their hometown and love life through interest classes." Liu Wen, a junior high school student of the University of mountain history and culture, told reporters that the dandelion group sent eight or nine members each time. Each group set up an interest course on the basis of his personal expertise, and went to a branch of education after the training of professional institutions on educational ideas and methods. Liu Wen said that their courses are all inclusive, such as performances, drama, art, music and so on, which are very popular with students. According to their characteristics, they also consider setting up sex knowledge classes. Many of these are not what rural primary schools can do.
[ideal] hope to touch the hearts of children
"many of our courses are touched by the soul." Liu Wen told reporters that she had opened a course called "why" and asked each student to write "why" in his mind, and one of the little boys wrote "why I am so poor in learning". "He is very naughty, unable to sit down and difficult to manage, but his nature is not bad, so we pay special attention to guide him and encourage him." "I also set up a lesson called" a book. "Everyone sat around and read the illustrations of" I waited, "each page of a picture, one read one, and then drew a picture called 'I wait'. ' Liu Wen said, "a little girl painted" I am waiting for my parents to go out to work ", which was very touching to us at that time. "Our philosophy is" accompany growth "and" the power of example. "We are equal and partners with those students.
[reality] rural principals only pay attention to cultural achievements
Liu Wen freshmen and sophomores in rural primary schools in Guizhou and Gansu, where the teaching environment is very embarrassing. Take the primary school in Gansu, there are only three teachers in one school, one of whom is a headmaster. Teachers are graduating from junior high school, usually only Chinese math classes, few English classes, and some students in grade six when graduating 24 English letters are not recognized. "Local principals always hope that the mission can teach students English in a month."
this leads to the "misplacement" between the expectation of the point of support and the ideal of college students. This also leads directly to the difficulties when the dandelion branch is in contact with the point of support.
Liu Wen said, Liu Wen said that the primary school principals butted with the teaching team are generally divided into three categories: "one is the principal thought that the university students belong to the" three one support "series, and the official school will receive the hospitality; the two category is to explicitly require the branch to open the number of language, the goal is to improve the number of students in the language. There are also some branch points that are drawn up by the foundation. They usually have some long - term volunteers to be stationed, half a village primary school, and more resources to the school. The school was able to get media attention. The headmaster was delighted and agreed that their college volunteers would take part in summer activities.
, however, no matter which way to teach, it's still the question: "every time I talk to the headmaster we're going to be interested in the class, they're not interested." Such a reality makes Liu Wen unhappy: what should college students do to support teaching? "I don't think I can find the 'fulcrum'..." Liu Wen wrote in his blog.