This case gives me the following enlightenment and thinking:
First, reverse thinking.
Reverse thinking, also known as divergent thinking, is a way of thinking about common things or opinions that seem to have become conclusive. In this case, the head teacher dared to "do the opposite" and chose "class star" instead of evaluating excellent students, which not only made students feel very novel, but also achieved the effect of managing the class and forming a competitive class atmosphere. Although it is simple to follow the law of thinking and solve problems in the traditional way, it is easy to make thinking rigid and rigid, and you can't get rid of the shackles of habits, and you often get some common answers. A class with poor "class style and study style" can be revived through the idea of "class cultural activities", and the appearance of the class has been greatly improved, which has been greatly appreciated by teachers and school leaders. It can be seen that when everyone is thinking in a fixed direction, but you are thinking in the opposite direction alone, this is the "wisdom" of the class teacher.
Second, do what you want to do.
"If you don't understand students, you can't educate them well, and laying the foundation for their lifelong development becomes an empty talk." This is a sentence repeatedly emphasized by Ran, one of the top ten outstanding teachers in China. The reason why the class teacher in the case can "throw a brick to attract jade" is because he has grasped the "idolization" psychology of primary and secondary school students and met the students' life and psychological needs. Stars are "glamorous" in children's minds, and naturally no one wants to be a "bad star". This special selection method stimulates children's self-esteem and self-motivation, thus correcting public opinion, forming centripetal force and promoting the formation of good class spirit.
Third, Konikin's law.
This example of "choosing difference" is reminiscent of Konikin's law: the height of a bucket is determined by the shortest board. The overall level of an overall class is also measured by the level of students with poor foundation. To change this situation, we must find ways to motivate and change the poor parts. So "after a few weeks, the discipline in the class has already been changed", and the change of the class in the case proves once again that starting from changing the "short-term workers" in the class is one of the more effective ways to change the backward appearance of a class in a short time.
Theme expansion
Class culture
Concept: it mainly refers to the sum of ideas and behavior norms with certain characteristics formed in a class, which is a concentrated expression of the internal quality and external image of a class.
Content: including class environment, class spirit, class emotion, class goal, class system, team consciousness, class cultural activities, etc. The core of class culture is class spirit.
Function: Excellent class culture has powerful educational function, stimulating function and restricting function, which can cultivate students' minds and play a subtle role.
Practical exploration
In fact, I haven't been a head teacher for a long time, only five years, but some colleagues are puzzled why your class always comes first in class performance, routines and activities, regardless of high school or junior high school, and is rated as an advanced class collective in Changsha every year. What is your trick? In fact, a truly excellent class should be a class with a leading class culture. To make a class have high recognition and cohesion, it is necessary to have a distinct class culture.
So, how to build class culture? Let me take Class 0907 of Cai Bo Experimental Middle School affiliated to Hunan Normal University as an example to talk about it.
First, carefully design the "three firsts"
As the saying goes, "A good beginning is half the battle". It is a good opportunity for class culture construction for freshmen to enter school and set up classes.
1. First appearance
Classroom is the carrier of a class, and classroom environment is one of the symbols of class image. Educator Suhomlinski said, "Whether we plant flowers and trees, hang picture slogans or use wall newspapers, we will make in-depth planning from an aesthetic height in order to tap its subtle educational function, and eventually even the school walls will speak." The first appearance of the classroom will give all students a very positive psychological hint. Therefore, I carefully arranged the classroom. Put some green plants in the front and back of the classroom to make the classroom full of green and youthful atmosphere. On the front blackboard, there is a seating chart according to the height of students, and on the back blackboard, it says "Welcome to 0907' s warm home!" ",and made a heart-shaped pattern with pink balloons. Stick four famous sayings in white on the left and right walls of the classroom to create a bookish atmosphere in the class, such as: "Habit determines character, character determines fate", "Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is lazy". At the front and back doors, some balloons and ribbons are properly decorated. Students will feel the warmth of home when they walk into the classroom and see their classes are particularly beautiful. When students see their names neatly written on the blackboard by the teacher and sit down accordingly, they will immediately have a sense of belonging accepted by this class; When students carefully read the famous sayings around the wall, their confidence in becoming excellent will be greatly enhanced.
The head teacher is the pioneer of a class, the founder of class culture and the centripetal force of a class. Therefore, children often like the head teacher first, accept this class and integrate into it. Therefore, the first appearance of the class teacher is particularly important. The head teacher should impress the students at the first time, be innovative when introducing himself, have cultural connotation, and win the students' love with his personality charm. I am a Chinese teacher, so when introducing myself, I used a Tibetan poem I wrote, "Walking in Huang Yun, Beautiful and Beautiful. Only when I stand at the peak, my feelings are all over the mountains. " My name is hidden in the poem, as well as the name of "Cai Bo" school, which contains my blessing to them. The students feel very novel and admire it.
2. The first theme class meeting
"Let the class become a warm home for students' lifelong nostalgia" is the guiding ideology of my class construction. Classes with love and temperature will have popularity, vitality and potential.
In the first three days of entrance education, I carefully organized a class meeting with the theme of "Show yourself wonderfully". Fully mobilize the enthusiasm of students, let everyone show themselves confidently, and ask each student to leave his signature on the blackboard after the performance. The class meeting will be wonderful. Students like Class 0907 when they show themselves and appreciate others. Especially when all the students in the class are writing their names in the black class, I use red chalk to frame all the names in two hearts and write my name in the middle of my soul mate. All the students applauded excitedly and felt warm and happy.
3. The first group activity
Taking collective activities as the carrier, we can accumulate the core of class culture: class spirit. Activities can stimulate students' unprecedented enthusiasm, promote the class to form an atmosphere of unity and enterprising, and unite people closely. Once you have this class spirit, a group will have the hope and motivation to move forward. As a class teacher, we must seize every opportunity of a class's collective appearance and make the success of collective activities an excellent catalyst for the class. The first activity in the first grade of our school is the "queue competition", which was planned at the beginning of school. I arranged and participated in their physical education class practice in advance, and timely coached some students who were in the wrong position to win the first place. Because, a new collective needs honor to inspire. Sure enough, through the efforts of the whole class, Class 0907 won the first prize. The students tasted the sweetness of success and loved this class more and more. The class also welcomed the good reputation of grade teachers and classmates. "Success is the mother of success", and the class will become excellent under the impetus of every success.
Second, create a class spiritual and cultural atmosphere
1. "Classic Quotations" by the head teacher
As the guide of class culture, the head teacher should always say some refined, targeted and inspiring words. For example, "Be the first but not the second", "Everyone is the business card of Class 7" and "One step ahead, one step ahead!" "If you pay attention to the process, the result will not be bad." "You are not fighting alone" and so on. These frequently appearing words are called "quotations from Mr. Huang" by students, and many students even regard them as "mottos". Finally, I set the head teacher's message as: "People who often study better will make progress in their moral career, while those who are often in poor circumstances will be self-satisfied." , and put it on the door of the classroom.
2. Collect class cultural symbols
After the class was established, I collected cultural symbols belonging to Class 0907 for the whole class. After several rounds of screening, we have determined such a class goal: "Let civilization become a habit; Let learning become a belief; Let dedication become a normal state! " ; Class training is "never abandon, never give up"; The class number is "0907, unite as one; 0907, invincible. " Every day after school, the monitor will lead the whole class to shout out the class number to boost morale. The class flag is a hand-painted dragon wrapped in "Qi", symbolizing striving to be king and never giving up. The class song is a word written by the students themselves, using the song "One Thousand Years Later"; Many students participated in the production of the class emblem, because they all know that all the materials printed by Class 0907 will be printed with the class emblem, which is of great significance. Finally, the whole class voted for the class emblem. In these solicitation activities, students have a sense of accomplishment as class owners to participate in class construction.
3. Create a cultural atmosphere through multiple channels
Set up bulletin boards, honor lists, heart wishes, reading stations, calligraphy and painting worlds and other columns in the classroom, regularly update the theme blackboard newspaper, and strive to create a bookish classroom cultural atmosphere. And use the class website, class QQ group and other means to provide a stage to show students' various talents and enhance students' cultural heritage.
Third, establish a class system culture.
All cultures are produced and formed in people's practice. To be widely and deeply accepted by people, we should not only instill it through external education, but also need a certain rigid system to regulate and restrict it. Makarenko believes: "Discipline is the best way to achieve collective goals, and discipline can beautify the collective." Class system culture is an important part of class culture. It is not only a symbol of class culture, but also an effective guarantee of class culture. Accordingly, the backbone members of the class, headed by the head teacher, must formulate more humane class rules according to the principle of "people-oriented" in the new curriculum reform and under the guidance of the specific school management system.
The class rules of class 0907 were formulated after discussion by the class cadres, and were implemented after being submitted to the whole class for voting, and were constantly improved in practice. Our class rules include study, activities, hygiene, safety, gfd, lunch break and so on, and the scores are quantified. "The class style is positive and the style of study is strong", and the class rules are the constraint and correction of students' bad behavior. We have set up many reward mechanisms in routine quantification to minimize punishment, because forcing students to follow the usual coercive means is often counterproductive. In the quantitative assessment of classes, one routine star is selected every week and ten "routine pacesetters" are selected every half semester in the form of more points and less points. By the end of the term, every student can exchange routine points for prizes, which can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of students. I remember that in the first semester, when exchanging prizes, one of the most naughty male students in our class got only two points in regular grades, and at least three points could be exchanged for prizes. He came to me and said, "Miss Huang, can you lend me a cent?" I said, "Okay, but this is usury." He said, "I'm still ten points next semester." After that, he really made great progress in discipline.
Fourth, create cultural activities with class characteristics.
By organizing various activities with a wide range of contents and various forms, students' ideological quality can be improved, students' emotional intelligence can be cultivated, mutual respect, understanding and cooperation among students can be promoted, mutual friendship can be enhanced, and then it can be sublimated into collective feelings.
1. Create a class culture publication
Lu Feng, the magazine of Class 0907, was born in autumn. Its name comes from the talented women in this class, which means "young as a maple leaf and brainstorming as dew". It has set up columns such as Walking with Seven, Green Maple and White Dew, Station Agent and Understanding in the Book, which include the representative works of every student in the class.
2. Implement the "class log" system.
Since entering the school, everyone has written a "class diary" and * * * has written a "seven stories" to record the growth of the class.
3. Set up a learning support group.
In order to make the seventh grade grow up in competition and mutual assistance, I set up ten "learning mutual assistance groups" in my class. As designated by the team leader, each team will draw up individual team names, such as "Walking Alone in the World", "Searching for Empty Wan Li", "Evergreen Tree", "Youlong with Moon" and "Super Team". And put up posters to form their own characteristics.
The leader of the sixth group, "Fei Sheng", described the characteristics of this group as follows:
The rings are all formed.
Among them, six people in the south learn to think especially, and those who sigh for no reason are also surging.
There are six people in the group, or those who are excited by the smell of poetry, Kun Bi also.
The lights flashed back into the shadows, and there were people talking and laughing in the group, and so was Zhou Lin.
Who is the beam organizer? Operator Xiao Zou. Who's the name? The captain encouraged himself.
Songs from all corners of the country will come here, wishing to soar in the sky and overlook the clouds and smoke in Wan Li, hence the name soaring.
The meaning of ups and downs is not divided, but also between success and failure. The sense of honor and disgrace is divided into two parts.
4. Carry out hand-written newspaper activities in class.
Carry out class handwritten newspaper activities according to different themes. In view of the characteristics of the only child who is selfish and can't praise others, I decided to write a handwritten newspaper with the theme of "classmate, you are great" and ask for praise from every classmate in the class. Guide students to see the bright spots of others, and enhance classmates' friendship and class emotion.
5. Edit "Growth Footprint"
Students are required to edit a "growth footprint" every winter and summer vacation to record the growth process of themselves and their classes.
6. Hold a theme class meeting
In view of the specific problems existing and exposed by students and classes, a theme class meeting was held, which was put forward by teachers or students and presided over by teachers or students respectively, and analyzed and summarized. In order to achieve the purpose of timely adjustment and faster progress, let students distinguish right from wrong, promote good and restrain evil, and form a good class spirit.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) integrates parents' cultural resources.
The construction of a class is inseparable from the support and cooperation of parents. A parents' committee was set up in the class. When there are large-scale activities in the class, some parents can be invited to participate, so that they can better understand their children's campus life and contribute to the construction of class culture. Every parent-teacher conference, I will attach great importance to editing a parent-teacher conference handbook, with the titles as the theme of this parent-teacher conference, such as "* * * Building a warm home in 0907", "The children set sail, and you and I * * * help with navigation" and "Class 7 is better because of you". When doing "project research" in the class, parents were invited to give lectures, which received good results. When Lu Feng magazine was founded, some manuscripts were collected from parents. The following article "Exclusive Pride, Class Seven" is written by a talented mother.
Exclusive pride, class seven
Laughter lit up the wind in all directions. sunlight
It is you. Ban Qi
It's the fragrance of flowers from tree to tree in front of the window.
Fairy face, smart, is the carnival of spring.
Xiling has crossed the autumn snow and gone away.
The coast stretches for thousands of years. dream
It is you. Ban Qi
Stepping on the beach, unbridled
Drill into the deep blue sail.
Green, a series of parallel dusk.
Shine into stars in the street
Hide in memory
This story is full of lattice houses in the galaxy.
A few years later, on a full moon night,
Wandering around, you have him
Still, knowing hope
This wonderful time flashed before my eyes.
A few years later, I sailed to Wu Dong.
Roll up thousands of waves, not moving.
With the spring of class seven.
This one is so sad—
This invincible pride is unique to Class Seven.
To sum up, the construction of class culture is a dynamic and developing systematic project, which represents the personality and image of the class, embodies the life of the class, is the wealth created by all the teachers and students in the class, and is the crystallization of all the teachers and students' labor. Every student on duty is full of heart, passion, vigor and vitality. It is no longer just a few "dazzling stars following the moon", but a situation of "stars twinkling". Our excellent class culture has begun to take shape!