Yu Yongzheng: How to teach students who are very different according to their aptitudes?

#1

Those who have a high IQ, but they are the most angry students who do not know how to work hard and refuse to work hard. I taught a girl surnamed Zhai who was notoriously a procrastinator. Individual conversations, harsh criticism in public, did not help.

One afternoon, I asked the students to go home and write about the road at the entrance of the school in imitation of the way "A Small Town by the Sea" described the section of the small town street. I was afraid that she would not write, and I specifically asked her if she had any difficulties. She nodded and said, "No difficulty. Looking at her head nodding so solidly, I didn't say anything more.

"Are you done?" The next morning, I asked her.

"Nothing." She looked at me, her eyes clear as water, her eyes frank and honest.

I didn't say a word for half a day.

Is she stupid? Not stupid. Have difficulties? No. Do you have a lot of chores? Not much. She was an only child, and her parents asked her to do almost no housework.

In class, I carefully observed her homework and found that she was extremely inattentive, and any movement, such as the ringing of someone's stationery box, could make her writing hand stop working. When she saw it clearly and understood it, she slowly "resumed work". That action is slower than slow motion on TV.

"Do you like watching TV?" I asked her.

"Loved it."

"Do dad and mom like it too?"

"I like it too, and I watch it every day."

"Doesn't it affect your studies?"

"No problem, I'm in my room."

I understand. At this time, I couldn't help but think of an article I read in an educational journal called "Let students be postmen." The teacher who wrote this article often wrote letters to parents in order to educate a bright but not learning student. Most of the letters are written in front of the students, even if the students are not in front of them, they are not sealed. The reply letter written by the parent is also transmitted by the child. This method was very effective, and it made a big difference to this student. I decided to give this method a try.

That afternoon, I wrote a letter to Xiao Zhai's parents, which I wrote in front of her. To the effect: your child is smart and comprehensible, but distracted when writing homework. Please create a quiet environment for your children.

The wording is euphemistic and reasonable.

Effective! For several days in a row, Xiao Zhai did not drag his homework.

So I wrote another letter. To the effect: Thank you for your cooperation. Your child's homework is done well. Please note: If your child has not completed her homework within 1 hour every night, stop her immediately. That means that the teacher has assigned more homework.

"Not much!" The next day Xiao Zhai said, "Last night I finished my homework in 50 minutes, and my mother showed me the watch. ”

As soon as I checked, not only was it done, but the handwriting was neat. Her already bright eyes were clearer and more radiant.

In fact, this letter is not so much written to parents as it is written to Xiao Zhai.

Education is not omnipotent, but after all, it is a minority that completely fails. With your brain, you can always find a solution to most problems. Not enough brains of their own and others. The ancients said: The stone of his mountain can attack jade.

#2

A key opens a lock.

Someone lifted the bar: the conductor's key was all-powerful. He deliberately did not mention the fact that all the locks on the train were the same.

If all students were one and the same, like a lock on a train, then education would be a no-brainer.

Here's the problem: Students vary widely.

The same is a very perceptive but not fond of learning Xiaodong, I asked him to be a postman with no repercussions, like a horse bee stinging a stone. Later I met his dad. Mouth full of wine, incoherent. get! Drunk like this all day long, let alone the letter written by the teacher, is the holy will of the emperor, he will not take it seriously.

On the eve of May Day, he did not complete the homework I assigned to write a diary.

"From now on, you should not write any compositions I have assigned!" I was furious. He was scared. The other students were also stunned, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe.

Since then, I have not assigned him any homework on writing, that is, he is not allowed to write any composition.

One day, returning from the orchard, I asked everyone to write a diary. He pleaded with me, "Teacher Yu, let me write!" Trust me and give me a chance. ”

He looked at me pitifully, and the two eyebrows that had been raised were now "eight" characters.

"Don't write." I said coldly, "I just believe you don't want to write." ”

The next day, a classmate secretly told me: "Xiaodong wrote it, but he didn't dare to hand it over to you." "I have no indication. In the class, I very emotionally praised the people who wrote well in this diary, especially the people who were not as good as Xiaodong but now have made great progress. ——The teacher said whose composition is good, is not a matter of words? Xiao Dong's face was not a tasteful look.

It was a few more days before I was relieved — agreeing to him writing. I think the fire has arrived. He was happy. I looked at his excited face and suddenly remembered makarenko's education of a child who loved to steal. When the child admitted his mistake to Makarenko bitterly and expressed his remorse, Makarenko shook his head and said, "You, if you can't change it, you have to steal, and there will be a second or third time." Later, the student did indeed relapse from the old disease. Makarenko said, "How?" There will be a third time. "However, there has never been a third time.

Thinking of this, I said to Xiaodong, "I promised you to write because your request was urgent. Seriously, I don't fully believe what you say. I'm sure you'll be dragging your feet in the future. ”

"Never again!"

I laughed and disagreed: "Yes, and more than once." ”

Having said that, I still hope that he will repent from now on and never do it again. I carefully counted: one day, two days, three days... Every passing day, the worry is reduced by one point, and the rest assured is increased by a little.

Or Makarenko was predictive. When I counted to the fourth week, one of his essays (which I remember very well was one for reading notes) didn't finish on time.

"Why didn't I finish writing?" Is there a special reason? "He was speechless." What do you think? Am I right? ”

He hung his head and said nothing. His honesty is not said.

"You haven't procrastinated for a month, and it's unprecedented for you." But you are a person without perseverance. I don't think this time dragging homework will be your last. ”

He bowed his head and walked away, not swearing to me as he had done the previous time. But procrastination never happened until I graduated from elementary school.

"He mountain stone", naturally includes foreign ones.

The lock, as long as it's not rusty, will always find the key to open it.

#3

I was lecturing when a classmate raised his hand and said, "Teacher Yu, Li Fengming peeked at the extracurricular books." ”

Li Fengming is a male classmate transferred from a foreign school, and his composition results are mediocre. I wrote "Please read extracurricular books" on his compositions several times, but he just wouldn't listen. His parents said he came home knowing only naughty and had a hard time sitting still. I think, how did he go from not loving to reading books to being fascinated? I walked up to him, without any reproach, and said, "Can I see what books you read?" I'm glad you know to read extracurricular books, which is exactly what I want from you. A famous person once said that people who peek at extracurricular books in class often have a chance to show up. ”

He smiled and handed the book over. It turned out to be a thick version of Agni Kong.

"It must have been lent to you by a relative of yours."

"Yes."

It turned out that not long ago, one of his relatives who was a teacher saw me, and I told him that Feng Ming did not like to read. He said, "It's wrapped up in me. Do you know how I made students love to read? I show them books with tense and twisty storylines, and over time, they will be fascinated. ”

Li Fengming really couldn't release the scrolls, and they were all tomes. His writing level has also improved significantly.

Another shiny "he mountain stone"! Since then, when I encounter students who do not like to read, I have used this method - mobilizing parents to buy books with storylines and interesting books for him, not only to read fairy tale books, but also to let students nibble on long novels in the upper grades, no matter how much he understands.

"The Stone of His Mountain" abounds.

Since it can "attack jade", why don't we use it?

Source: Yuanchuang Book "Teaching the Sea" (Special Commemorative Edition), written by Yu Yongzheng, published by Shanghai Education Publishing House in June 2021

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