's 2004 French film "The Spring of the Cow Herding Class" was director Christopher Bharati's debut, but it was directly nominated for the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and won 779219 on Douban Movies. People’s evaluation reached a super-high score of 9.3. It can be seen that this work has deeply moved every audience. What is thought-provoking is the educational exploration of this group of "cow herding class" students. Every child has unlimited possibilities, and how the road to the future is paved is inseparable from educators and education.
The educators mentioned above are not only limited to teachers, but also include parents, classmates and even other people in contact with them. The process of education is a combination of family, teacher, and society. "The Spring of Cattle Class" discusses the future. Before adult children enter the society and lack of family relationships, teacher education explores the possibility of children's future. The story of
takes place in a boarding school for boys called "Bottom of the Pond", or it can be called a shelter for problem children. The children here are open-minded and constantly disciplined. Each child has different levels of growth problems. This congenital condition It is determined that parents are lacking in their children’s education. With the arrival of the superintendent Clement Matthew, children’s problems have gradually emerged. As a direct educator, how to find a suitable education method for them has become a matter of choice. The first thorny issue facing Teacher Xiu.
Children’s education is both a science and an art, and the primary core of education is to cultivate a healthy personality. The word personality is derived from the Greek word Persona. It first refers to the masks worn by actors during performances. The opposite of this external performance is the true inner self. Personality is the emotions that are naturally formed in the process of children’s socialization. The sum of thoughts and behavior patterns, personality cannot exist without the body, it determines the way a person lives in this world, and even to a certain extent can determine a person's fate. If
wants to influence the personality of these children, the first thing to do is to “integrate” with the children. The prerequisite is understanding and respect. Many parents will say "a child is a child and will never grow up". In fact, this is based on the thinking of the elderly. They believe that children cannot compare with adults in handling problems and thinking, but in fact children have their own advantages, such as divergence. Strong thinking, childlike, love life, etc., these advantages are often unmatched by parents, but parents with a "God perspective" psychologically have a condescending sense of overlooking, so it is difficult to respect their children, due to unequal status , So I can’t become a qualified listener, I can’t understand the children’s demands, so in many cases it is difficult to understand the children’s actions.
So what is respect? In fact, they are equal in personality. They can have unique ideas and express them freely. Finding out their points of interest and digging deeply is the focus of educators, so that it is possible to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Teacher Matthew is actually a typical equal listener. He did not blindly blame the children for all kinds of mischief. Even Teacher Ma Sang was injured because of the child. He also concealed it from the perpetrators, but he put forward a condition to let this A child took care of the injured teacher Ma Sang. This is actually understanding the child while respecting them.
After winning the trust of the children, Teacher Matthew started to cultivate the personality. The first step he took was to cultivate good habits for the children. This method is to divert children’s attention. One is to secure necessary entertainment and sports activities for children, such as playing football. Professor Mao Zhenming from the School of Physical Education, Beijing Normal University once put forward a point: children’s socialization is the most effective The way is sports. In sports, children will gradually understand the qualities of responsibility, cooperation and unity, compliance with rules, hard work and so on. Although the film is just a glimpse of the show, it contributes a lot to dissolving children's hostility.
is also the hobby of teacher Matthew: music. Not only did he always think from the perspective of children, he even swallowed his beloved music scores when they were teased by children. He also boldly carried out educational innovations and practical activities, formed a choir class, and assigned each child’s voice according to his voice. Every child can make the best use of their talents, which is also a respect and understanding of children.
The development of good habits is by no means a day’s work, so we saw that Teacher Matthew’s strict management, all children must not delay the chorus due to personal reasons, even if the principal strictly forbids choir classesWhile continuing to teach, Teacher Matthew did not stop. Is this just because of his hobby? Using his career to gamble on the future possibilities of the children, such a teacher will surely be truly loved by the children.
As the famous educator Montessori mentioned, "Human is a kind of intelligent animal, so the demand for mental food is almost greater than the demand for material food." While satisfying food and clothing, children should cultivate their spirit. Demand. Due to the lack of family environment, Mr. Matthew played a paternalistic character full of paternal love. According to a survey, a good father in the hearts of children is "90% smiling face and 10% stern". This 10% The strictness of the film is the strict discipline of teacher Matthew in the film. The role of strictness is as important as the daily harmony. The formation of the chorus habit of
is only an external constraint. More importantly, it is to cultivate children's real interest, whether they really like singing, this will be the most powerful driving force for their future career development. When Teacher Matthew thought the children were ready, he secretly sent a letter hoping to be reviewed by the leaders of relevant departments. His purpose was very simple, that is, to build confidence for the children.
Children need encouragement for the experience of success. This encouragement is multifaceted. When an authoritative teacher comes to inspect the children, they will have a strong sense of responsibility. On the one hand, they urge themselves to do better, on the other hand, they also have a strong sense of responsibility. I hope to be encouraged and praised, so the arrival of the leader is very important to the children’s confidence training. The famous child psychologist Adler once told his story: He was very poor in math when he was a child, until one day, he suddenly accident I made a problem that baffled the teacher. Since then, my confidence has greatly increased, and I have gone from the bottom of the grade to the top. Therefore, he believes that interest is the biggest factor in the development of mental function, and self-confidence and dreams can bring unlimited possibilities to children. In the film
, the troublemaker Pierre is the representative of poor students, but back to the reason why he didn’t love to learn, that is the lack of family education, the divorced parents, the mother lives alone, the various difficulties in life, mothers will never mention to their children. And, because of this, Pierre credulously believed in rumors and even passed this point of view to Teacher Matthew, and began to refuse to sing. This reflects the important role of family harmony, and also reveals from the change in Pierre’s mentality Infinite possibilities of education in a child.
Teacher Matthew did not abandon him because of his prejudice. On the contrary, he used the idea put forward by Song agent scholar Zhu Xi: "Confucius teaches according to his aptitude." This is the way of teaching in accordance with his aptitude. He said that he didn’t like singing, but because the obsession in his heart couldn’t let go of his prejudice. Only by letting him experience the joy of interest can he complete the transformation of his mind. So Teacher Matthew deliberately ignored him, but we were surprised. After discovering that Pierre was not allowed to sing, Pierre practiced secretly by himself, which is actually a sign of habit formation.
When the authoritative teacher came to inspect, Mr. Matthew initially excluded Pierre, but at the end he gave him the opportunity to sing solo. When the melodious and mellow singing voice gushes out and the reverberation is around the beam, it represents a kind of spirit. Sublimation, letting go of prejudice, and expressing sincere emotions, this is actually a way of liberating nature and the cradle of creativity. The reason why education is so important is to make every child realize the infinite possibilities of his own. What Ms. Matthew does is to find a way suitable for children’s physical and mental development, rather than blindly denying poor students. You know, the world There are no dumb students, only teachers who can't teach. The climax of the
film is a paper airplane that floats from the window when Teacher Matthew leaves school. It records the children’s affirmation and loyal blessings to the teacher’s education. What they learned is not just singing, but It is a tool to deal with future challenges and create infinite possibilities. The possibility of children's education has been the most perfect interpretation at this moment.
