On December 19-21, 2019, the first seminar on the application of deep integration of online drawing boards and disciplines was held in Chengdu. At the seminar, Zhang Jingzhong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from Guangzhou, said that mathematical experiments, especially Internet mathematical experiments, have a considerable theoretical, technical and content foundation, and the future of the modernization of mathematics education supported by the professional dynamic mathematics teaching tool "network drawing board" can be expected.
For his outstanding contributions to the reading machine proof of geometric theorems, educational mathematics, distance geometry and dynamical systems, subject education information technology disciplines, and mathematical science popularization, Zhang Jingzhong was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995. The following year, as the leader of the discipline, Zhang Jing created the master's program of "Curriculum and Teaching Theory" of Guangzhou University (formerly Guangzhou Normal College) and served as the master tutor and discipline leader of the program. In 1997, "Subject Teaching Theory (Mathematics)" was rated as a key discipline in Guangzhou by guangzhou municipal education bureau.
Zhang Jingzhong believes that university teachers should focus more on teaching. In 1998, he founded the undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate class of information and computing science of the Institute of Software, and in recent years, it has trained dozens of undergraduate, master's and doctoral students. "I remembered the experience of studying at Peking University, Cheng Minde and Professor Jiang Zehan were already very famous mathematicians, there was no PPT at that time, the teacher wrote the board book word by word on the blackboard, and gave lectures meticulously." Zhang Jingzhong said, "I think teaching and educating people is a very happy thing, looking at the young man's vitality, seeing that the students have things that they do not understand, you can enlighten him with a few words, and at this time I feel very happy." ”
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Zhang Jingzhong sighed that Guangzhou is his lucky city, "The educational mathematics experiment was successful in Guangzhou, which is the biggest promotion of research." ”
In September 2019, Zhang Jingzhong was awarded a bronze tire gold-plated medal "Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China". This commemorative medal is awarded to those who have received national commendations and awards and above and are still alive after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Recently, Nandu reporter interviewed Zhang Jingzhong in the computer laboratory building of Guangzhou University.
Dialogue Zhang Jingzhong
Nandu: What research have you been focusing on in recent years?
Zhang Jingzhong: Automatic human solutions to mathematical problems, research and practice of educational mathematics, and subject education information technology. Nowadays, the effectiveness of educational mathematics is emerging, and the effect of basic mathematics education is being greatly improved.
Nandu: How to evaluate the effectiveness of research and practice in the field of educational mathematics?
Zhang Jingzhong: The main assessment is to enter the classroom to see if it is easier for students to learn, whether they have learned, more happy and more excited. It is manifested in their emotions, in their studies, and in the final test scores. It is also necessary to track whether the students are better at understanding than other students after graduation to high school and college.
Guangzhou Haizhu Foreign Chinese Experimental Middle School is the first middle school in China to open the "Academician Education Mathematics Innovation Experimental Class".
Nandu: The humanoid automatic solution sounds interesting.
Zhang Jingzhong: Human-like problem solving is similar to human methods to solve mathematical problems, or various problems. Some mathematical problems can be solved by computers, but the answers given are very complicated, so that the teacher cannot change the paper. Human-like answers give answers, just as students do, like the kind that is usually required by education, which can be easily understood and tested by people. The study, from the 1950s to the 1970s, is still struggling to get forward. If there is a breakthrough in this regard, computers and artificial intelligence will be of great help to humans, and even help scientists to think.
Nandu: As an academician who grew up with the Republic, in what directions will you invest your energy in the future?
Zhang Jingzhong: Learning mathematics well is conducive to national innovation. I hope to see the results of the "Mathematics for Education" experiment in my lifetime. The experiment at the junior high school level, I believe, must have been successful. Based on this successful experience, we can raise the standards of our curriculum and set an example for mathematics education around the world. In the future, I believe that our experience will bring benefits and new visions to mathematics education around the world.
Written by: Nandu reporter Su Helen