Some time ago, the second "Tiangong Classroom" finally started. Chang Dad, who has been looking forward to it, was even more excited after learning that the little Chang School would organize them to watch.
Before this, when Xiao Xiao often saw "Newton's First Law" in extracurricular books, he also asked me that if there is no external force, it is understandable that the object remains stationary, but why can it maintain a uniform linear motion state?
I remember when Chang Dad went to school, these contents were all brought by the teacher with a sentence of "These are all test points, must be memorized", basically can not be understood. And this time, there are finally real people to demonstrate!
So in the Tiangong classroom, how did the astronaut teachers demonstrate it?
Ice dunun is straight and uniform in the direction of being thrown.
Although there is still gravity in space, although the experiment is not yet perfect, it is already very close to the "ideal state" described by Niu Yi's law.
As soon as I got home that day, Xiao Chang ran over excitedly and said, "Ice Dunun really didn't fall in space!" Newton's First Law is true! ”
Looking at the stars in his eyes, I truly envy the top educational resources enjoyed by children now.
Not only me, but many parents on Weibo have the same feelings:
"Why didn't I learn physics well when I was a kid?" It may be because there are too few opportunities to contact this kind of popular science. ”
"A phenomenon that was unimaginable in the classroom at that time has now been realized!"
On China's own space station, Chinese astronauts use Chinese to explain the basic theories of science to Chinese children, and this kind of "immersive classroom" that stimulates children's curiosity not only shows the country's emphasis on education, but also reflects the strong national strength.
But to my surprise, there are a lot of comments in the comment area that do not agree with the "Tiangong Classroom":
"It has nothing to do with ordinary people."
"It has nothing to do with us civilians!"
These comments, at first glance, are a bit confusing, and when you think about it carefully, you can't help but sigh.
To be honest, to some extent, I understand these netizens, because in the eyes of many people, ordinary adults do not understand these and do not affect anything, and for ordinary children and parents, they should pay more attention to "doing questions, brushing questions, high scores, and going to a good university", and although these experiments are fun, they are not linked to the test.
As for the cultivation of the spirit of exploration and curiosity, it is good or not, but ordinary families, or first count.
Indeed, on the surface, the "Tiangong Classroom" really cannot directly help children improve their achievements in school. But don't forget, "exams" are just a part of a child's life. Curiosity and a spirit of exploration may seem superfluous, but they can bring good results to the child's sustainable development, and they are also the factors that determine the success and happiness of the child after entering the society.
Curiosity, which cannot be seen or touched, is particularly important to us ordinary civilians.
It is not a luxury for the wealthy, but it should be a "necessity" that each of our children must have.
"He spends a lot of time talking to me about technology and space."
In 2021, Bezos resigned as CEO of Amazon, causing an uproar.
But even more surprising is yet to come: 15 days after leaving office, Bezos boarded a spacecraft and went into space, becoming the first civilian space traveler.
That's because spaceflight is his lifelong dream.
It all started on the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Bezos was 5 years old and was spending summer vacations at his grandfather's farm.
Seeing that Bezos was interested in the Apollo 11 moon landing, Grandpa spent a lot of time patiently explaining space knowledge to Bezos, "and all the things he was interested in."
This greatly stimulated Bezos's curiosity, and his exploration of space was unstoppable. He not only made the powerful Amazon empire, but also set up a company to build rockets.
(As a die-hard fan of Star Trek, Bezos participated in filming and fulfilled his wish to be an alien.) Bezos on the right)
That spirit of adventurousness and constant progress has always been with Bezos. "I was born into a 'wealthy' family, not financially wealthy, but a loving family," he said. They nurtured my curiosity and encouraged me to dream. ”
Valuable curiosity not only means the possibility of breakthrough innovation, but also its role in test-taking education cannot be ignored. On this point, an ordinary Chinese peasant couple gave the answer with their practical actions.
"I don't understand, but I want to support him"
In 2016, at the harvard graduation ceremony, a Chinese young man gave a speech on the podium, becoming the first Chinese in Harvard's history to give a graduation speech.
This young man's name is He Jiang, and he comes from a farming family in Hunan.
His mother did not graduate from elementary school, but paid great attention to her children's studies. Every day after school, He Jiang and his brother would accompany them to study.
The mother did not let the brothers brush the questions desperately, but asked them to recite the day's texts. After reading it, we will also discuss the content of the book together.
In addition, the mother often asked her brother to be a primary teacher for her brother, and also asked the brothers to exchange learning experiences.
What He Jiang remembers vividly is that his father, who only has a high school education, attaches great importance to reading. No matter how tired he was from farm work during the day, at night he would read bedtime stories to He Jiang and his brother without moving. It is these stories that ignite the brothers' enthusiasm for learning and make them realize how important reading is.
When parents generally believe that only cram schools and tutors can achieve excellent results for their children, He Jiang's parents use their patience to guide, moisturize and silent, almost do not spend a penny, so that the brothers always love to learn.
We all say that "interest is the best teacher", and for ordinary families, always keeping them with a love of learning is the best teaching method for children. If a child does not have a desire to learn, regards learning as something that "has to be done", and does not experience the joy of learning, how can he continue to study hard?
What's more, the content of the exam is becoming more and more flexible now, if there is no drive for curiosity, relying only on rote memorization, it is impossible to internalize the knowledge learned and achieve cognitive upgrading, and it is likely that even the direction of the answer is not right.
A child with curiosity will think that learning is a happy thing, and will take the initiative to understand the characters behind the textbook, the story, and how to apply, and will be able to answer the questions with ease.
Therefore, curiosity is the first step for children to taste the joy of knowledge.
But such a precious thing is often not paid enough attention by parents, but is stifled by parents in the process of children's growth.
Protecting your child's curiosity is tantamount to holding the key to the future
There is a sentence in The Nature of Poverty:
"The poor will be more skeptical of those imaginary opportunities, of the possibility of any fundamental change in their lives."
The book gives two examples.
A survey in Africa showed that the income gap between people who had and did not have malaria in childhood was more than 50 per cent. For $4 to buy a mosquito net, the child's chances of malaria drop by 30 percent. However, poor families in Africa rarely buy mosquito nets, and even if they get free nets, they will change them into wedding dresses and wear them on their bodies.
Poor people are less retarded and focus only on the things that are currently paying off immediately, and rarely make long-term investments.
Poor African families came to the hospital with their children in their arms, and the nurses gave them free sugar supplements and salt supplements, telling their mothers, "The child will drink it." But moms aren't satisfied, believing that only doctors who use antibiotics or surgery are responsible.
Poor people, lacking the necessary knowledge and information, often make misjudgments.
Lack of information and the pursuit of timely gratification lead people into the poverty trap and impoverish them from generation to generation.
Those parents who ridicule "Tiangong Classroom has nothing to do with ordinary people" have actually made these two mistakes.
The pursuit of timely satisfaction: it is useless to think that the "Tiangong Classroom" cannot be scored, but it is not possible to see that stimulating children's curiosity can bring more long-term benefits.
Lack of information: Do not understand the specific information and teaching skills of "Tiangong Classroom", blindly resist, so that children lose a valuable opportunity to stimulate interest in learning.
What they don't know is that when they are busy with their children's various training classes, lest which subject lag behind others, and close the door of children's curiosity with their own hands, they are cutting off the channel for children's progress.
Curiosity is the nature of children, and curiosity is the ladder of human progress. It's so important and innate. As parents, we must cherish and protect our children's whims and "100,000 whys".
At the end of the article, let's briefly summarize with parents how we should protect children's curiosity.
01 Use what the child understands to explain to the child
When telling stories to children, if they encounter concepts that children do not understand, how to explain them? Is it vague, or is it a book-based definition?
Obviously, neither method can make the child truly understand.
Once, when a father told his son the story of T.C. rex, when he saw the book that said "T. rex is 20 feet tall and its head is 6 feet wide," he said: "This means that if the Tyrannosaurus rex is standing in the front yard of our house, his head can reach the height of the window, but he can't reach it, because its head is too wide to squeeze into the window." ”
"Explain abstract concepts with things from real life, and replace teaching with storytelling." This move not only gave his son a concept, but also achieved his career.
This child is the Nobel Prize winner in physics, the world-renowned scientist Richard Feynman. Years later, he used the "O-Ring Demonstration Experiment" to make people understand the cause of the biggest tragedy in space history, the "Space Shuttle Challenger Crash".
02 Together with the child, look for answers
Parents are certainly not omnipotent, and children who are thirsty for knowledge can always touch our knowledge blind spots.
If the child's question happens to be unannounced, then we can generously tell the child, "I won't be able to answer this question either." The courage to admit one's ignorance is much better than a perfunctory child.
Of course, a better approach is to take your child to the Internet, the library, or someone else to find out. In this process of exploration, the child not only knows that the effort will bear fruit, but also knows how to seek help.
We can also encourage children to brainstorm and explore possible answers to a question. In this way, children can draw their own conclusions in thinking, rather than passively accepting.
03 Help children build awareness of works and give timely feedback
Having a sense of work is to let children think about "what work I want to use this knowledge to complete" when learning something. Having this kind of cognition will allow children to have very clear learning goals, actively seek information, and strive for perfection.
For example, if a child is learning English, he may wish to set up a work task: translate a certain piece of English and send it to the circle of friends; or make an explanatory video and post it online.
In the process of completing the task, the positive feedback received by the child will greatly enhance the child's sense of value and prompt them to be more active in learning.
If you don't have the time or skills to guide your child's curiosity, the easiest way to do that is to find them some quality learning resources. Because of the rapid development of the Internet, our access to knowledge has increased significantly, but the cost has dropped significantly. Many excellent teaching resources are extremely low or even free.
Finally, I would like to say to someone who, as I did at the beginning, think that it has nothing to do with their "ordinary family" -
The real world is not a utopia, there will always be all kinds of imperfections. As small individuals in the big era, what we have to do is not to complain blindly, but to learn to maximize the use of current resources and seek a better future for ourselves and our children.
We can be poor, but not perfunctory; we can be without knowledge, but we cannot be without hope; our children can have no high starting point, but not without a future.
I hope that we can all become sensitive, positive, and positive parents in education.
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