Guangzhou Liwan District Xiehe Kindergarten, which began in 1911.
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School: Guangzhou Liwan District Union Kindergarten
Founded: 1911
Address: No. 24 Pengcheng East Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou
School Motto: Know the Truth, Truth Explainer
The history of Xiehe Kindergarten in Liwan District, Guangzhou can be traced back to 110 years ago. Her establishment set a precedent for the modernization of early childhood education in south China.
In the process of inheriting the century-old cultural genes of Concord, Concord Kindergarten excavated the advantages of local resources and formed a characteristic education brand of "Hele". Among them, Lingnan's characteristic health courses, two-way scientific articulation for young children, and family education are the characteristics of its kindergarten.
"Making every life shine is the goal of Concordia Kindergarten." Yao Wanqiong, director of Xiehe Kindergarten, said, "We will continue to seek roots to concord, innovate with 'Harmony', deepen the brand building of kindergarten Hele, and inherit the century-old spirit of Concord." ”
In harmony and difference, Lexue Lechuang is the purpose of running the park.
A century-old heritage: taking root for "and"
In 1911, the kindergarten founded in Nanguan, Guangzhou (now the area around Beijing South Road and Tianzi Wharf) created a precedent for the modernization of early childhood education in south China.
In 1915, the "Etoile Flood" occurred, and the Loving Kindergarten Teacher was unfortunately flooded, and later joined hands with the True Light Academy to run a normal class, named "Xiehe Girls' Normal School". The word "concord" is used to commemorate the "concerted efforts and solidarity" of the two schools, and thus, "he" slowly evolved into the founder's idea of running the school.
In 1932, Liao Fengling became the school's principal, the school's first Chinese principal. In 1952, Liao Fengling submitted an application for dedication to the school and suggested: "Using concordia's existing equipment to run a teacher training system is a good way to quickly train teachers." "Her request was granted and praised.
With the change of the times, the kindergarten has been renamed "Kindergarten Affiliated to Xiehe Girls' Normal School", "Kindergarten Affiliated to Guangzhou Yuexiu Normal School", "Kindergarten Affiliated to Guangzhou Normal School" and "Xicun Kindergarten of Liwan District". In 2011, on the occasion of the centenary celebration of Concord, it returned to the "sister school" system of eight Concord schools in Guangdong and Hong Kong, which are in the same vein as kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools, and was renamed "Guangzhou Liwan District Concordia Kindergarten".
Created Lingnan characteristics of lion exercises.
Innovative Classroom: Implement the "131" teaching model
"One of the sources of 'harmony' lies in inheriting the essence of tradition. Concord inherits the cultural gene of 'He', integrates into Lingnan culture, and casts the 'Hele' brand. Yao Wanqiong said.
In August 2020, the project "Construction and Implementation of Health Education Curriculum for Kindergartens with Lingnan Characteristics" declared by Concord Kindergarten was successfully established in the "New Curriculum" Science Education Demonstration Project in Guangdong Province.
Concordia Kindergarten takes this project as an opportunity to integrate Lingnan cultural innovation into the kindergarten curriculum. "For example, the kindergarten will set up a project experimental class to explore the panxi restaurant Lingnan food culture project-style theme activities, so that children can perceive the charm of regional culture in cognition and exploration of the characteristics of panxi restaurant's food and architecture." Yao Wanqiong introduced.
In addition, a physical education teaching and research group has been set up to develop original three-character martial arts exercises and Kasa Weng's awakening lion exercises, so that children can feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture in strengthening their bodies.
The kindergarten integrates scientific and technological elements and Lingnan culture into the creation of the environment.
In recent years, Concordia Kindergarten has continuously carried out reform and innovation. In Yao Wanqiong's view, the innovative curriculum implementation model is one of the important embodiments of the reform and innovation of Xiehe Kindergarten.
Taking the innovative curriculum implementation model as an example, the kindergarten combines the existing curriculum foundation, reconstructs the Hele curriculum section, and adds a natural curriculum section, that is, the Hele curriculum is composed of a cultivation curriculum, a nature curriculum and an art creation curriculum.
Cultivation education is intended to cultivate children's ability to serve themselves, live a healthy life, and communicate in a civilized manner, nature education focuses on cultivating children's ability to love nature, actively explore and discover the beautiful, and art innovation education cultivates children's ability to have cultural identity, responsibility and practical innovation.
"The course content has been gradually improved, but we have observed that the course implementation mode greatly affects the quality of course output." Yao Wanqiong said that in the process of teaching, teachers try to carry out the curriculum through project-based learning, implemented in the "131" teaching mode, that is, the week's learning is divided into three stages: discussion-planning day, practice-experience day, and reflection-expansion day.
"Through observation, deep learning occurs more frequently in young children. In the survey of semester parent satisfaction, it was gratifying to find that the implementation of the kindergarten curriculum was affirmed. Yao Wanqiong said.
Home Co-parenting: Promote harmony among young children, teachers, and parents
During the epidemic period, the home co-breeding scene has changed to a family scene, and the traditional home co-breeding model, concept, and method are facing great challenges. Therefore, the teachers of Xiehe Kindergarten explored the launch of the "Hele Miaofang" home co-education curriculum.
"Usually parents will have different confusions, for example, children used to be very self-conscious, and now they are not self-disciplined. There are more and more contradictions with children, and they don't know how to solve them better. Yao Wanqiong said that in the curriculum design, more attention will be paid to the linkage with parents and the growth of children.
Young children take care of the plants at home.
"We want our children to feel that parents and teachers are always full of love. This requires parents, teachers and children to establish an emotional connection with 'warm', and the three parties participate together to pay attention to the 'story' family process. Yao Wanqiong said.
The curriculum contains four major sections of patriotic education, life education, labor education, and mental health education, and correspondingly forms four major theme activities of "Colorful Tree of Life", "Home Fun Stick House", "Fairy Tale Rainbow Bridge" and "Childlike Home Country Name".
Yao Wanqiong recorded the first lecture of the family education lecture.
For example, Yao Wanqiong introduced, for example, in the first phase of the research and development of the "Fairy Tale Rainbow Bridge" in the mental health education section, because teachers, young children and parents could not communicate face-to-face, they launched the project "Love in the Air" on Monday. Express your thoughts by posting your child's voice or picture, sending invitations to a good friend's online meet-up, and so on.
In order to create a "Hele" characteristic campus culture, the kindergarten continues to make efforts in creating a "Hele" environment, implementing the "Hele" management, forming a "Hele" team, and building a "Hele" curriculum to promote the common growth of children, teachers and parents.
After a hundred years of passing on the torch, today, Xiehe Kindergarten is one of the top 100 kindergartens in China, the first batch of first-class kindergartens in Guangdong Province, the green kindergarten in Guangdong Province, the advanced collective of education work in Guangzhou, the demonstration kindergarten in Guangzhou, and also the demonstration school for the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents in Guangdong Province, the pilot park for the connection of kindergarten science in Guangzhou, the pilot garden for the implementation of the municipal kindergarten curriculum guide, and the family education practice base for excellent schools in Guangzhou.
In recent years, Xiehe Kindergarten has been responsible for 19 national, provincial, municipal and district projects, published 3 books, and won 59 national, provincial, municipal and district awards. A number of teachers have won the honorary titles of host of Guangdong Famous Teacher Studio, Excellent Teacher of Nanyue in Guangdong Province, Backbone Teacher of Guangzhou City, and Backbone Teacher of Liwan District.
Principal Dialogue
Yao Wanqiong, director of Xiehe Kindergarten in Liwan District, Guangzhou:
The construction of the teacher team is the key to the benign development of kindergartens
Yao Wanqiong, director of Xiehe Kindergarten in Liwan District, Guangzhou.
South +: Teachers are the backbone of education work, how to build a high-quality teaching team and team?
Yao Wanqiong: The construction of the teacher team is the key to the benign development of kindergartens. In the past five years, Concordia Kindergarten has recruited 45 new teachers (including 5 male teachers). How to make this group of young teachers grow rapidly to meet the needs of preschool education positions and improve their overall professional quality has become the focus of kindergarten teacher training. The kindergarten has set up a "Hele Chuangfang" teacher growth workshop to strengthen the systematic and scientific nature of teacher training.
The "Harmony Workshop" Teacher Growth Workshop is held regularly.
For example, through the formation of a curriculum project team, teachers set up a curriculum research and development elite group and an environmental creation elite group by combining self-recommendation and recommendation; use the topic to lead, establish a park-level project system, strengthen the guidance of new teachers to declare park-level topics; strengthen the pairing of teachers and apprentices, and arrange a fixed teaching and research time every week for display, exchange and sharing. So far, 88 teacher professional growth activities have been held.
South +: Standing at the new starting point of the centenary of the school, how does the school "start again" and what are the planning goals?
Yao Wanqiong: On the one hand, it is to create a characteristic environment that combines tradition and modernity, continuously optimize the environment of our park, and give play to the educational function of the environment. In addition, in terms of improving the "Hele" curriculum system, we will strive to build a healthy kindergarten with Lingnan characteristics and promote the connotative development of kindergartens. From the comprehensive construction of health education curriculum to the systematic construction of health education curriculum. According to the curriculum elements, the basic framework of the kindergarten health education curriculum is constructed, and the health education content with Lingnan characteristics such as nutritious diet and folk sports games with regional characteristics is further explored. At the same time, it is committed to building a comprehensive high-quality and innovative "Hele" teacher growth community.
[Reporter] Liu Jiarong
【Photo】 Guangzhou Liwan District Xiehe Kindergarten
【Author】 Liu Jiarong
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