Speech by the principal
Mingdao Primary School Education Group, Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province
Mingdao Rongtong: Cultural cultivation of school charm
Culture is transformed by people, and people are educated. The beauty of the school lies in its cultural accumulation; the taste of the school lies in its spiritual connotation. As the soul of a school, school culture demonstrates the school's comprehensive competitiveness and contains the source of sustainable development. Mingdao Primary School in Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province, relies on its rich cultural heritage, has accumulated a lot in the land of Central Jiangsu, and is innovative. It is energetic, charming, dynamic and potential, with ancient charm and youthful beauty. It writes a moving chapter of Mingdao education in the new era.
Spiritual culture is the root. Mingdao Primary School was founded in the 40th year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1775), and has a history of 247 years. The school's mission is to "enlighten people to understand the way, to understand the way to seek well-being", and to "make the way clear" as its school motto. Through diligent practice and continuous singing, it has gradually condensed into the school spirit of "investigating things to gain knowledge and understanding the way to integrate", the teaching style of "integrating teaching and research and training, and educating people" and the study style of "integrating learning, thinking and doing, and understanding the way to become a person". Our vision is to "live a healthy, moral and wise life" and our education goal is to "be able to be independent, good at thinking, willing to practice, and able to create". A song "Song of Mingdao Primary School" sings the love and pride of generations of Mingdao people for the school. In line with the concept of serving students and achieving students' success, the school actively explores the school-based implementation strategy of "cultivating people with moral integrity" and has formed a distinctive educational path of "Mingsheng, Mingde and Minghui". Like warm sunshine and fresh air, rich spiritual culture permeates Mingdao campus all the time, nourishing everything on campus and leading the school to move forward steadily.
object type culture is the pulse. Educator Bryson once said: "The environment of any school is silently speaking to the children. The children will pay attention to it and accept the influence and influence unknowingly." The consistent theme of "Mingdao" allows every wall on the campus to speak and every scenic spot on the campus to educate people. Smart and eager to learn, a gentleman is virtuous. A humble gentleman, this is a white as jade Confucius statue, which inspires children to know the order and ethics; simple, thick, and slender in meaning, this is a natural Mingdao school motto stone, which tells the long history of the school; simple and unpretentious, with a long rhyme, this is a unique school history museum , which tells the youthful years of the school's evolution. The " Hundred Family Surnames ", "Three Character Classic" and "The Analects of Confucius" hanging on the rooftop and in the corridor are like drums at dusk and bells in the morning, beating the heart; in the classrooms and corridors, the warnings of ancient sages, such as Huang Zhongdalu, are thought-provoking... Wherever you look and where you step, you can breathe the rich fragrance of culture and receive strong cultural influence.
Behavioral culture is weather. A drop of water hides a sea, and when you walk around the campus, you will see a smile at any time and hear a greeting; you will know the smallest details and adhere to the principle of " and five educations, and integrated education". What you will always realize is the implementation of multi-level and all-round three-dimensional education for students. With the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, the " five education " is integrated into education, teaching and various activities. Based on the benchmark of "cultivation rooted in the soul, self-awareness without reminders, freedom with restraint, and kindness for the sake of others", two types of models are selected through education strategies such as "Mingdao Show", "Mingdao Classroom" and "Mingdao Bank" - "Beautiful Mingdao People" and "Top Ten Mingdao Youth". Regularly display their touching stories so that truth, goodness and beauty can be influenced and conveyed to each other. The power of role models can educate, inspire, and achieve people, making them "good teachers with four qualities" and socialist builders and successors with ideals, skills, and responsibilities.
cultural school is established, allowing teachers and students of Mingdao to be immersed in the cultural charm that exudes a strong sense of truth, beauty, emotion and thought, cultivate cohesion, centripetal force and growth force, effectively promote the connotation development of the school, and provide a strong guarantee for comprehensively improving the quality of education.
Written by: Zhong Jianfeng, principal of Mingdao Primary School Education Group, Haian City, Jiangsu Province
Source: Mingdao Primary School, Haian City, Jiangsu Province
Editor: Wang Wei
