第三,一个好的教师要注重学生的全面发展。许多教师在实践中是单向度的,只看学生是否在课堂上解决了问题,学生是否学到了知识点,考试成绩如何,或者文章写得好不好。我相信,除了这些,更重要的是关心学生的个性发展,他们的福祉和道德。除了向学生提供建议外,他们还应为学生树立榜样。我也相信知识的传授必须以智慧为基础。知识教学不是要记住知识点,而是要把知识内化到学生对生活和事业的追求中去。
Fourth, good teachers should encourage students to chase their dreams and future. A good teacher must always help students look into the future. Teachers should cultivate students the spirit to do their best to pursuit their dreams in the face of difficulties, encourage them do not give up, empower them with perseverance and resilience. Because, when we look into the beautiful things in the future, the sufferings and difficulties in front of our eyes no longer make us desperate. They become something that can be used to hone one’s will and pushes you to work harder!
第四,好的老师应该鼓励学生追求自己的梦想和未来。一位好老师必须总是帮助学生展望未来。教师应该培养学生在困难面前尽最大努力追求梦想的精神,鼓励他们不要放弃,赋予他们毅力和韧性。因为,当我们展望未来美好的事物时,眼前的痛苦和困难不再让我们绝望。他们成为可以用来磨练一个人的意志和推动你更努力工作的东西!
Fifth, a good teacher should also be an expert in family education. Teachers should be able to fully communicate with parents. Teachers can greatly facilitate a child’s growth in the right direction if they are on the same wavelengths with parents in a child’s education. I always believe that qualified parents raise qualified children. That is to say, in addition to the influence a teacher has on the child, it is necessary for them to have influence on the child’s family. The cooperation between the family and the school is essential for the good education of the children.
第五,好的教师也应该是家庭教育的专家。教师应该能够与家长充分沟通。教师可以极大地促进儿童在正确的方向上成长,如果他们在孩子的教育中与父母处于相同的波长上。我一直相信合格的父母会培养出合格的孩子。这就是说,除了教师对孩子的影响之外,他们还必须对孩子的家庭产生影响。家庭和学校之间的合作对于儿童的良好教育是必不可少的。
The above five points are a summary of my teaching experience through being a teacher at Peking University and New Oriental in more than 20 years. Now, I will talk about New Oriental.
以上五点是我20多年来在北京大学和新东方任教经验的总结。现在,我想谈谈新东方。
New Oriental started with a small English training class with only 13 students. After 26 years of hard work, New Oriental has become a comprehensive education system that covers the educational needs between the ages of 0 and 30. Our business includes kindergarten, primary and secondary after-school tutoring, overseas and domestic exam preparations, overseas study counselling, quality education, STEAM education, book publishing, online education and other businesses. We achieved in building such a system step by step. We also have a goal to connect all the business systems and create a platform for children to learn for life with New Oriental. We also aim to make New Oriental a content provider and platform for lifelong learning.
新东方从一个只有13名学生的小型英语培训班开始。经过26年的努力,新东方已成为一个涵盖0-30岁教育需求的综合性教育体系。我们的业务包括幼儿园、中小学课后辅导、国内外考试备考、留学辅导、素质教育、STEAM教育、图书出版、线上教育等等。我们在逐步建立这样一个综合性的体系。我们的目标是将所有的业务系统连接起来,为孩子们创造一个终身学习的平台。我们致力于使新东方成为终身学习的内容提供商和平台。
In the course of our development, New Oriental has experienced four stages in its missions. Our first mission is to be a bridge for students to study abroad and a rainbow for the returnees to start their businesses in China. New Oriental started with overseas test preparations which helped many Chinese students to study in the US, the UK, and so on. We help them to return to China to work after graduation. Of course, many Chinese students actually stayed in the United States after graduation, but more and more are returning to China. Later, New Oriental broadened its services in providing a full range of English language learning and we had a second mission in making New Oriental "the place where Chinese learn English". New Oriental continued its journey and entered training in many other disciplines, including Mathematics, Chinese, Physics, Chemistry, etc. New Oriental is no longer a place to learn English, and our mission becomes “Come to New Oriental for Your Dream”. Of course, it’s a bit vague and broad, so we have the fourth stage in our mission. We hope that through our efforts, we can cultivate a generation of Chinese that possess the ability and quality of “lifelong learning, global vision, independent personality, and social responsibility”. As you may see, we are actually gradually entering the core of education because we believe that education should be "whole-person education". The so-called "holistic education" is not only about knowledge, but make student a better human being that can better serve the society. I think the four aspects are quite important, that is “lifelong learning, global vision, independent personality, and social responsibility”. The mission is our responsibility to students and we have a long way to go.