Preface
In recent years, with the continuous development and progress of society, people's requirements for education are getting higher and higher, and it is hoped that more outstanding talents can be cultivated through education to contribute to the construction and development of the country. Many parents hope that their children can make breakthroughs in their studies, accumulate knowledge in advance by learning some difficult subjects, and lay a solid foundation for future development.
In this context, advanced learning has gradually become an educational craze, and many parents have let their children learn some subjects in advance that will only be exposed to in senior grades or even universities, hoping to cultivate children's learning interest and learning ability in this way. As a very important subject, mathematics has naturally become an advanced learning object respected by many parents, and many children have even begun to come into contact with some advanced mathematical knowledge, such as calculus and probability theory, in primary school.
Academician Yuan Yaxiang criticized it as a monster of exam-oriented education
In recent years, many parents have begun to realize that mathematics has a unique role in cultivating children's logical thinking and ability to analyze problems, so they have let their children learn mathematics in advance, hoping to cultivate their children's mathematical talents in this way. The rise of some subject competitions, such as the Mathematics Olympiad, has further boosted parents' confidence in learning ahead, believing that only by studying in advance can they stand out in the fierce competition and achieve better results.
She believes that the current education system pursues exam-taking results excessively and ignores the laws of children's physical and mental development, and that advanced learning will only allow children to be exposed to some knowledge that they do not have the foundation for learning in advance, which will have a negative impact on their growth.
Academician Yuan Yaxiang's remarks undoubtedly sounded the alarm for many parents, she believes that children should be happy in the process of learning, and advanced learning will only make children bear the pressure of learning in advance, depriving them of the joy of learning, so it is not recommended that parents blindly follow the trend in advanced learning, but should give children enough space to grow, so that they can thrive in a healthy educational environment.
The Olympiad fever is flooding, and children have become brushing machines
In addition to advanced learning, Olympiad fever is also a topic of concern in the current education field, many parents send their children to participate in various mathematics competitions, hoping to cultivate children's mathematical interest and mathematical ability in this way. As the Olympiad fever continues to heat up, more and more children are involved in the crazy study of brushing problems, in order to achieve good results in the competition, they have to spend a lot of time doing all kinds of math problems every day, and they don't even have time to play.
Such a boring way of learning has undoubtedly greatly affected children's interest in learning, and they begin to feel that learning mathematics is a very painful thing, simply pursuing scores and competition results, while ignoring the beauty and fun behind mathematics. Academician Yuan Yaxiang also put forward some criticisms of the current status quo of education, she believes that the existence of exam-oriented education makes children's learning very utilitarian, and only by achieving good results can it be recognized by the society, and this kind of education will undoubtedly make children's personality and creativity be suppressed to a certain extent, and become an examination machine with mechanical brushing questions.
Return to the essence of education and create a happy learning environment
She believes that the essence of education is to light up the light of children's thoughts, rather than simply instilling knowledge, and should give children enough freedom and space, so that they can grow in exploration and be inspired by making mistakes.
For mathematics education, Academician Yuan Yaxiang believes that learning mathematics should be a kind of exploration and fun, rather than boring drifting in the sea of questions, and teachers should pay attention to inspiration and guidance in the process of teaching, cultivate children's independent conjecture ability, so that they can discover the existence of mathematics from all aspects of life, so as to stimulate their strong interest in mathematics.
In addition, she also called on parents to treat their children's learning correctly, and should not simply measure their children's strengths and weaknesses by scores, but should focus on their children's all-round development, give them enough encouragement and support, so that they can thrive in a happy learning environment, rather than being bound by utilitarian education.
epilogue
Education is a long-term and arduous cause, the need for the participation and efforts of all sectors of society, we should draw some inspiration from the remarks of Academician Yuan Yaxiang, the essence of education is to cultivate students' interest and creativity, not blindly pursue scores and test results, should give children enough care and understanding, to create a colorful learning environment, so that every child can thrive in happiness, and make their own contributions to the development of society.