Yang Huanliang (middle), principal of Yuxin School, creatively proposed that special schools should practice the concept of "asymmetry" education.
Teacher Yang Hongying, who has been teaching for more than 30 years and has adhered to specialized education for 18 years, won the honorary title of "Teacher of the Year" in Shenzhen in 2021. This is the first time that the field of "specialized education" has received this award.
This summer, the 2021 China Education Association Work-study Education (Special Education) Branch Special Education Form Exchange Seminar opened in Guangzhou, and more than 100 heads and experts from specialized schools across the country attended the meeting. As an important representative from the field of "special education" in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Yang Huanliang, principal of Shenzhen Yuxin School, attended the event and delivered a keynote speech on "Practicing the Concept of Asymmetric Education and Achieving Different Wonderful Teachers and Students".
This was not only a sincere and vivid speech, but also a report on the brief situation of the "Shenzhen Special Education" school. Shenzhen's "special education" has already had innovative concepts, vivid cases and pioneering legislative explorations, and has walked in the leading position of "pioneering demonstration". As a pioneer and excellent person in the special zone, the Greater Bay Area and even the whole country of "special education", Shenzhen Yuxin School has become a veritable school of "cultivating new students", forming a unique new model of education in the field of special education.
Yuxin students acquire the growth of skills, the transformation of ideas, and the transformation of life
As the only specialized school in shenzhen special economic zone, Yuxin School is keen on innovation and active advancement, and the "trinity" mode of special education, secondary vocational education and moral education base created by Yuxin School has had a wide impact throughout the country. As the helmsman of Shenzhen Yuxin School, Yang Huanliang has been exploring what changes Shenzhen's special education should make to keep pace with the times in the context of Shenzhen's "dual district" drive.
Yang Huanliang creatively put forward the concept of "asymmetry" education in specialized schools: integrating information thinking, applying the principle of "asymmetry", and constructing the idea of "asymmetry" on the modern governance of special schools and teaching and educating people, so as to guide teachers and students of special schools to explore the direction and method of "asymmetry" growth, realize the creation of different codes for special schools to run schools, and achieve different wonderful school-running pursuits for teachers and students in special schools.
"If ordinary schools walk in 'symmetrical' shoes, special schools must wear 'asymmetrical' shoes to fit their feet!" Yang Huanliang used the teaching concept of "asymmetry" to carry out wonderful and distinctive educational practices in Yuxin School - for example, according to the characteristics of the school and the characteristics of students, he carried out the development of military literacy courses, the development of professional etiquette courses, the creation of "Milk Pigeon Academy" and the Chinese Herbal Medicine Academy, strengthened the education of students' behavior habits, cultivated students' perseverance and character, stimulated students' interest in learning, and acquired skills for further education and employment. He also led the teachers and students of the school to become the masters of the school, let the students love their schools, and regain their self-confidence through special activities such as "Principal's Homework", "Principal's Forum", "Prize Meat And Gold System".
On September 3 this year, Chen Qiuming, director of the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau, and his party visited Shenzhen Yuxin School. Chen Qiuming said that since its establishment 28 years ago, Yuxin School has made great contributions to Shenzhen's specialized education, comprehensive practical education and vocational education, and has a great impact on the whole country. Under the leadership of President Yang Huanliang and successive principals, the school has done a lot of fruitful work in terms of party building leadership, student development, and concept innovation.
Under the guidance of the concept of "asymmetry", in the past two years, yuxin teachers and students have frequently won awards in national, provincial and municipal competitions, and the school has also been awarded the honorary titles of "National Defense Education Demonstration School", "Shenzhen 2020 Annual Education Reform and Innovation Leading School", "2020 Shenzhen Advanced Work Unit" and so on.
Today, Yuxin students shine on the stage of all walks of life. It is worth mentioning that in the Tokyo Olympic Games Women's All-Around Preliminary Round held on August 4, Song Yiling, a graduate of Shenzhen Yuxin School in 2019, showed the style of Chinese climbers with a tenacious and outstanding performance with a good result of ranking 12th overall and 3rd in speed competition. Many students benefit from the "asymmetrical" educational concept, and gain the growth of skills, the transformation of ideas, and the transformation of life in Yuxin School. The "New Education Model" has become a "pioneering demonstration" sample of the trend led by the special education industry.
Actively drumming and shouting, "specialized education" legislation into the fast lane
In May this year, the "Motion on Formulating the Regulations on Special Education in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" was filed through the first session of the Municipal People's Congress, pressing the fast-forward button for Shenzhen's special education legislation. Experts said that making full use of the local legislative power of the Shenzhen Special Administrative Region to formulate laws and regulations on special education will make up for the legal gap in special education in Shenzhen.
Yang Huanliang, principal of Shenzhen Yuxin School, has repeatedly advocated and called for the "legislation" of shenzhen special education, and he has said on many occasions that making full use of the local legislative power of the Shenzhen Special Administrative Region and exploring special education legislation is an important embodiment of social fairness and justice; it is also an important part of the construction of urban civilization and comprehensive social governance; it is also an important measure to implement the requirements and spirit of the new "Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency" and the Party's 14th Five-Year Plan on "improving the special education guarantee mechanism" and promoting the high-quality development of special education. Yang Huanliang said, "According to the requirements of 'improving the special education guarantee mechanism' in the 14th Five-Year Plan of the Party, specialized schools need special curricula, special environments, special teaching methods, especially special teachers. He hopes to fully consider the particularity of the work of special teachers and identify them in the evaluation of teachers at all levels; the "special education allowance" can be set up with reference to the "special education allowance" of special education, and included in the retirement treatment, so as to attract more outstanding teachers to adhere to the special education post.
Yang Huanliang believes that through legislation, it is expected to clarify the legislative basis for special education, the nature and positioning of special education, the governance system of special education and the responsibilities of various departments, clarify the composition, responsibilities and operating mechanism of the special education steering committee, clarify the planning, approval and construction standards and procedures of special schools, clarify the standards, rules and requirements for enrollment, curriculum, teaching, safety, teachers, and funds of special schools, and clarify the legal responsibility of special education.
Through Yang Huanliang's appeal, the relevant departments and all sectors of society have a deeper understanding and understanding of special education, and said that they will jointly promote the improvement of the special education guarantee mechanism. From education to running schools to calling for legislation, this is not only the embodiment of Yang Huanliang's mission feelings, but also the need of the era of professional development of "special education".
The honor of "Teacher of the Year" is spent in the field of specialized education, which is of epoch-making and far-reaching significance
In August this year, Shenzhen Yuxin School spread good news again. Teacher Yang Hongying, who has been teaching for more than 30 years and adhering to special education for 18 years, stood out from 11 candidate teachers (district-level annual teachers) after fierce competition, and became one of the 5 contestants who won the honorary title of "Teacher of the Year" in Shenzhen in 2021. This is the first time that the field of "specialized education" has received this award.
"There are nearly 100 specialized education schools in the country, and Yuxin School is the only one with teachers of the year... Paying attention to special education can also be said to be the embodiment of respect and return to the essence of life education after civilization has reached a certain height, and the essence of respect for people. An educator who has been specializing in education for many years said. Shenzhen Yuxin School is currently the only specialized school in Shenzhen that provides specialized education. The honor of "Teacher of the Year" was spent in the field of special education, which is not only an affirmation of Teacher Yang Hongying's work achievements, but also an encouragement and recognition for workers in the field of special education.
According to Liu Yuanhua, who is now the head of a high-tech enterprise in Shenzhen, when he first entered school, his mathematical scores often scored 20 or 30 points, but later he scored 126 in the college entrance examination and successfully enrolled in his favorite university. In those three years, it was Yang Hongying's original "123 Yang Jie Mathematics" that helped him achieve overtaking in curves.
He always remembers that that year, Yang Hongying condensed the knowledge of the high school stage into a quintessential teaching plan, and successfully brought up more than 60% of the students with poor math scores in the whole grade. Liu Yuanhua knows that the "counterattack" of his mathematical achievements, and even the changes in his life, are very much related to the efforts of Teacher Yang Hongying.
In order to make mathematics education more interesting, Yang Hongying also developed some special courses: "Ten Thousand Miles Away, Every Step Counts", "Magical Möbius Belt", "Let the Secret Fly First" and so on. Some students said that she put the math class creative and poetic.
Teacher Yang Hongying took off the "Shenzhen Teacher of the Year", and Yang Huanliang, the principal of Yuxin School, felt a lot. He said that on the one hand, this is due to Teacher Yang's strength and persistence, on the other hand, it also reflects the recognition and expectations of all sectors of society for special education and new schools. It is of far-reaching significance to name outstanding teachers engaged in specialized education as "Teachers of the Year".
Co-ordinator/Text: Zhou Zhengyang
Plate making: Li Bin, Zou Hongxiang, Liu Chang