Seeing such news, while worrying and ashamed, someone will definitely stand up and refute the conclusion that China's children's image is damaged. There are many imaginative children in China. However, looking back at the current school education and family education, and looking at the sad faces of children, we need to reflect on who killed the children's imagination.
Liu Daoyu, a famous educator and former president of Wuhan University, said earlier that the imagination of children in China has worried the scientific community, and the exam-oriented education of "one exam for life" has seriously hampered students' imagination and creativity. The liberation of education in China must begin with the liberation of children's curiosity.
Do you agree that children in China have the lowest imagination? Do you think it is necessary to carry out imagination education? A third party launched an investigation into this.
Offline small survey
70% of the respondents believe that
Children are not lacking in imagination.
Recently, the news that children in China have the lowest imagination has aroused heated discussion. What do the citizens think of this? Yesterday afternoon, the reporter randomly interviewed 10 citizens on the streets of Nanjing.
According to the survey, 7 of 10 respondents think that children's imagination in China is not bad, but in the current educational environment, children's whimsy is regarded as inaction by teachers and parents, and children's imagination is stifled in the cradle. Three people think that imagination is not innate and needs the discovery and guidance of teachers and parents.
Express reporter Zhang Hu
Investigation and demonstration
Who killed the child's imagination? Examination-oriented education is the first reason.
Survey As of 8: 00 last night, 632 netizens participated in the theme survey "What do you think of the imagination of children in China?" . According to the survey, 82% of netizens didn't blindly defend their weaknesses when faced with the survey result that "China's children's imagination ranks first from the bottom among 2/kloc-0 countries surveyed in the world", because they agreed with this result because they thought it was the actual situation of children. In the survey, only 9% netizens said that the children around them had rich imagination.
China's children's imagination ranks last among 2 1 countries surveyed in the world. When this survey result was quoted by Hu Jiankang, deputy director of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress and chairman of Chongqing Federation of Trade Unions, it caused great controversy on the Internet. Some people think that the organization conducting this survey is not authoritative and the survey method is unscientific, so it is a big lie to say that children in China have the lowest imagination. Some people think that this survey result is of great reference value, because this is the case. What do netizens think about this? According to the survey, 82% of netizens agree with this statement, and they think that the reality of children is like this; 1 1% netizens disagree with this survey result and think that this survey has no scientific basis; 7% of netizens chose "hard to say".
So, what is the child's imagination? When answering the question "What is the imagination of children around you", 47% of netizens said that the imagination of children around you is average; 40% of netizens think that children's imagination is lacking now; Only 9% of netizens think that the children around them have rich imagination; Another 4% of netizens chose "I don't know". It seems that in the eyes of netizens, the imagination of China children is really worrying. No wonder so many netizens agree with the findings of the survey that children in China have the lowest imagination.
Who killed the child's imagination? Some netizens believe that China's children are not without imagination, but their imagination is stifled in the family education, unified basic education and the admission mechanism with scores as the first priority. The survey shows that the exam-oriented education system is considered as the first reason to stifle children's imagination, and 9 1% netizens think that exam-oriented education with only one standard answer stifles children's imagination; Social traditional education concept became the second biggest reason, and 43% of netizens chose this one; Parents value their children's scores more than anything else. They seldom let their children thrive according to their own personality. Most of them regard children's growth as a kind of vanity and a kind of comparison capital. 42% believe that family education is also one of the main reasons; The employment standard in employment is also one of the reasons in the eyes of netizens, with 37% of netizens choosing this option; Another 4% of netizens hold other views.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" is a famous saying of the great scientist Einstein. Einstein emphasized that "imagination is more important than knowledge", not to deny the importance of knowledge, but to remind people to pay more attention to cultivating imagination. In the survey, 95% netizens think that imagination is of great significance to personal development, and without imagination, there is no sense of innovation and competitiveness; 2% netizens said that imagination can't be eaten, and that imagination is meaningless to personal development; 3% of netizens chose "hard to say".
Is it necessary for children to develop imagination education nowadays? 74% of netizens think it is necessary and think that children can no longer be bound; 24% netizens said that there is no need for imagination education. They believe that imagination can be cultivated without deliberate cultivation. The key is to give children room for imagination. 2% of netizens chose "It doesn't matter".
Express reporter Zhang Hu
Expert interview
Cao Hua, a family education expert at Nanjing Guowo Family Education Research Center:
Please be kind to children's whimsy.
"It's not that our children have no imagination, but that their imagination has been killed by cramming education and parents' utilitarian mentality. "Cao Hua, a family education expert at Nanjing Guowo Family Education Research Center, believes that in the field of education in China today, exam-oriented education has always been a traditional education model, which is difficult to be replaced by other education models. Under the exam-oriented education mode, students' grades become the standard for parents to evaluate their children, and the overall enrollment rate of schools has also become the standard for measuring teachers' teaching quality. In this educational mode, the teacher's cramming education and the parents' utilitarian mentality have seriously stifled the children's imagination.
Cao Hua believes that children have their own world, in which they are curious about everything, and children's whimsy is imagination. And many parents always want their children to be obedient and live according to their own wishes. When children have any strange ideas or curious questions, parents always use ridicule, abuse, irony and sarcasm to nip their children's imagination in the bud. "If adults' thoughts are stiffly added to children's world, it should be said that it is the sorrow of our education!"
"Imagination is the source of creativity. Only imaginative children can have the desire to explore and seek knowledge, and only in the process of growing up can they have a competitive advantage. " If parents want to cultivate their children's imagination, Cao Hua suggested that everyone can do the following three things:
First, learn to listen to children's voices, give timely attention and affirmation, and fully guide children's interests.
Second, learn to ask different questions. If the child asks some strange questions, parents should not blame them blindly, but should seize this opportunity and constantly ask some new questions to make the child think, expand his thinking and enhance his imagination.
Third, learn to let children think independently and don't make decisions for them. When some parents see their children in meditation, they always feel that their children are lazy and too focused, which destroys the atmosphere of their thinking. As parents, don't accompany your child to study, which will form the habit of children relying on their parents. If there is something, they will consult you and are too lazy to think about it.