【媒体视角】中国日报:When he and she became you, the lights went on

发表时间:2019-01-10阅读次数:376
 

英文稿件原文:

When he and she became you, the lights went on

 

"Just as every maple leaf is different, every child has his or her own personality," says Liu Qun, principal of Jiayuguan Primary School in Qingdao, Shandong province.

That wonderful analogy is entirely apt given the school's location in the picturesque Badaguan Scenic Area, a historical residential area known for its European villas on the coastline of Qingdao, the boulevard on which the school sits being lined with maple trees.

The analogy also says a lot about the school's approach to teaching. Jiayuguan is one of the top-ranked public elementary schools in Shandong province, taking pride in its innovative teaching and its ability to boost students' personalized development.

"Our teachers insist on following every student's personality and helping youngsters find their own way of growing up," Liu says.

The grounds of the school, founded in 1953, cover 16,650 square meters, and it has more than 1,600 students in 37 classes and 112 staff.

Against the backdrop of reform and opening-up Jiaguyuan has made great strides in exploring new methods to tap children's potential, and it gained nationwide attention in the late 1980 when it radically changed the way student evaluations are framed.

Such written evaluations usually consist of brief comments on student performance and behavior given by a headmaster at the end of each semester. Comments used to have a solidly bureaucratic air, students being referred to in the third person he or she. But teachers at the school began addressing students directly using the second-person you.

"The move greatly reduced the distance between teachers and students," says Huang Weijing, a former vice-principal of the school who was one of the initiators of the change.

"Now when children read teachers' written comments about them it's like a convivial chat rather than like someone talking down to them," says Huang, 86, who retired in 1990.

"It may seem like a trivial change, but it has made a huge difference to the children."

The practice won recognition from the country's top educational authority and later played a significant role in the reform of teaching nationwide.

The school, which the Ministry of Education named a "modern educational technology experimental school" in 2001, was a pioneer in offering computer classes in the late 1980s and was the first primary school in Qingdao to establish a classroom and campus network.

In the late 1990s the school worked with an educational research center to launch activity-based teaching that aims to inspire students to think creatively and explore more efficient learning methods. This approach was later widely adopted throughout the country.

The school is the only primary school in Qingdao that houses an oceanic science museum, one that covers 300 square meters and has 3D paintings, biological specimens and cartoon drawing programs that teach students about oceanic technology and culture. The school has also established what it calls an Academy of the Ocean through which marine experts are invited to the school to teach children about all kinds of things related to the sea.

Since the early 1990s the school has organized singing groups, percussion bands and dance troupes to develop students' flair for performing.

"The school aims to create scientists and others who can perform on the international stage," says Fan Bin, the school's vice-principal.

"Our teachers will continue to develop specific courses and provide every child with avenues through which they can find their own interests and improve themselves."

 

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中文译文:

青岛嘉峪关学校:让孩子成就更好的自己

每一片枫叶都是不同的,每一个孩子都是个性的。青岛嘉峪关学校校长刘群在谈到办学理念时如是说。

这个精妙的比喻源于青岛嘉峪关学校的地址位置。学校坐落于风景如画、中外闻名的八大关海滨风景区。八大关8条街道组成,其间坐落着20多个国家建筑风格的200多栋建筑,有中国最美景区之称。学校所在道路枫树林立,枫叶是学校的标志。

基于枫叶文化,嘉峪关学校构建了五角枫课程体系,注重孩子个性发展的培养,为孩子搭建丰富的平台,提供无限的可能。

本着一切为了学生更好的发展,学校为学生提供了全面、优质发展的成长环境,让每个学生都能找到适合自己和自己感兴趣的发展空间,让孩子们在这里成就更好的自己。刘群说。

青岛嘉峪关学校是这座滨海城市的名校,始建于1953年,现有37个教学班,1600余名学生,教职工112人,是一所全日制六年制公立小学。

改革开放40年来,青岛嘉峪关学校始终坚持科研兴校,学校教育方式不断革新,教学手段不断提升。其中,八十年代末的操行评语改革让学校闻名全国。

1989年,学校老师将操行评语一改往常的第三人称,而是大胆采用第二人称。这则评语颠覆了过去刻板空洞的语言模式,以第二人称与孩子平等对话,拉近师生距离,深受学生欢迎。

今年86岁的前任副校长黄维经是这项改革的见证者和推动者之一。她说:以第二人称写的评语就像是老师和学生聊天一样,拉近了与学生距离,学生更愿意读、更愿意接受。

看似这是一个小变化,但是对孩子们的成长却发挥着巨大的作用。

此后,这项改革经验成为全国范围内教育改革的重要组成部分。

上世纪八十年代末,青岛嘉峪关学校就开设了电脑课,后又在青岛市小学范围内第一个建立了网络教室和校园网,开发了校园办公系统。2001年,学校成为当时青岛市唯一一所教育部命名的现代教育技术实验学校

嘉峪关学校是全国最早开展活动教学的学校之一。学校早在上个世纪九十年代,与中央教科所实验研究中心联合开展国家教委规划九五重点课题活动教学与中小学生素质发展实验研究,成为试点学校。活动教学是把活动作为教学的切入点,在平等、双向的师生互动中,创新开展与生活联系的教学活动,让学生在自主探究中发展思维能力。2000年后,活动教学课程在全国推广普及。

嘉峪关学校还建造了青岛市小学阶段独有的一个校级海洋科普馆。场馆将海洋课程内容融进了海洋知识、海洋故事、海洋科技、海洋实践活动等,通过3D绘图、海洋生物标本、海洋知识视频、海洋动漫软件、互动展板等儿童喜闻乐见的多种形式,将海洋馆变成了学生传承海洋文化、了解海洋历史、引领学生走向深蓝的海洋学习课堂。学校还成立了嘉童海洋学院,邀请海洋研究机构或院校的学者专家为孩子们授课。

此外,嘉峪关学校在上世纪90年代初成立了合唱团、管乐团和舞蹈团,让学生在基础教育中提升艺术素养,发现自己的兴趣和特长,在不同的领域绽放。

嘉峪关学校副校长范斌说:学校拥有一支强有力的教师团队,未来将不断关注孩子个性发展的培养,为孩子搭建丰富的平台,提供无限的可能。

 

 

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