In the book "Learning to Ask Questions" written by Neil Brown, distinguished professor of economics at Bowling Green State University and Stuart Keely, a famous psychology doctor, he proposed the "sponge thinking" that does not like to ask questions and the "gold rush thinking" that loves to ask questions.
What does this mean?
"Sponge thinking" is like the interaction between sponge and water: passive absorption, its advantage is to be able to absorb more knowledge more quickly, because "sponge thinking" is passive, do not need to rack your brains to find problems, as long as you concentrate, and have a good memory, you can quickly absorb it to the fullest.
If your goal is to raise a thoughtful child, "sponge thinking" has a serious flaw: in an age of information explosion, it cannot teach people to make independent judgments.
"Gold panning thinking", from the name you can see that the word Tao is selected, just like we steam rice, or cook porridge, we first pan rice, the purpose of rice panning is to flow out the dirty things of rice, leaving valuable rice behind.
"Gold rush thinking" is an upgrade of "sponge thinking", which is a way of thinking full of initiative, it is no longer blindly absorbed, but with questions to listen, this process is full of interaction, requiring children to actively participate. This kind of thinking shows that the child can take the initiative to ask his own questions.
In school, those children who can take the initiative to ask questions are often children with excellent grades, and these children sit in the classroom every day, not passively listening to the teacher instill knowledge, but having their own thoughts. This is the advantage of the gold rush thinking behind learning to ask questions.
Here, to tell you a story:
A mother was washing dishes in the kitchen when her youngest son suddenly ran up to her and asked, "Mom, what do you say will be on the moon?"
Mom said, "I don't know, why don't you go up and see for yourself?"
The younger son jumped and said triumphantly, "I'm going to jump to the moon." ”
The little boy grew up to be the first to set foot on the moon, leaving behind the classic quote that resounded through space: "This is a small step taken by a person, but a big step taken by mankind." "His name is Neil Alden Armstrong.
Not every child who loves to ask questions can become the one who steps on the moon, but the children who love to ask questions will definitely think of more things that others can't think of.
To be honest, boring learning makes many children very disgusted, but when you take your own problems, explore, and study, learning will become very interesting and efficient.