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the children of the Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology are very worried!
The Suez Canal is blocked again!
What does this transportation route connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and to Asia
have to do with these children?
It turns out that they are carrying out project-based learning activities at Xiamen Yuanhai Terminal
Let’s get to know this school today
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The Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology is a high-end private school, which is directly under the Xiamen Municipal Education Bureau, including a kindergarten. , primary school, junior high school, ordinary high school and ordinary high school (international direction), which have been opened for 5 years.
Let’s take a look at why the children in this school have to worry about
The Suez Canal in the distance -
"Slow" education
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Why are children so sensitive to the blockage of the Suez Canal and have such strong research interest and drive? The answer to this must be found in the "calm education" promoted by the Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology.
"Calm education" was first proposed and researched by Zhao Jirong, principal of the Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology, when he was the principal of Xiamen Foreign Languages School. Zhao Jirong used to be the principal of Xiamen Foreign Languages School. She stayed at Xiamen Foreign Language School for 18 years, including 10 years as the principal. During her tenure, the reputation of Xiamen Foreign Language School reached new heights. In 2017, Huang Liangsheng, a special-grade Chinese language teacher from Xiamen Foreign Languages School, also joined the School Affiliated to the College of Engineering as the general vice-principal.
When Zhao Jirong was a principal outside Xiamen, she was called "Long Smile" by students because she smiled all day long. She always had an educational ideal in her heart: hoped that high-quality education would be available to most students; she also hoped that education would be " "Slow" - believes that everyone has his own natural advantages and willingness to grow consciously, pay attention to him without forcing him, accompany him with clear self-understanding, steady action and pleasant emotions, and let him follow his instructions. Growing up in his own unique way.
Zhao Jirong said: As teachers, we must be firm in our hearts - believes that every child has hope for the future.
This is Zhao Jirong's "calm education". In 2016, she brought the idea of “calm education” to the School Affiliated to the College of Engineering.
In short, "calm education" is like this:
"Conformity" means being good at following, knowing how to respect the development laws of man and nature, being able to draw nutrients and explore advantages from the origin of traditional culture, so that one can have roots and Be confident;
"Rong" means toleration, accommodation and permission.
Principal Zhou of the junior high school of the Affiliated School of Engineering College said that in vernacular, "calm" means confident, calm and generous; "calm education" is the pursuit of returning to the true nature of education, which focuses on children's spiritual growth and future competition. Strength development, education based on children's age and gender, making students more confident and more calm when facing challenges!
"Live" course
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However, "calmly" does not mean slowness! Zhao Jirong said that in the lower grades of primary schools, we do not require children to do a lot of questions or difficult questions. We believe that primary schools focus on protecting children’s nature and characteristics, while junior high schools extend and consolidate these characteristics. Therefore, we It is required to be consolidated over and over again. Our "slowness" in is to be more stable - to allow children to accumulate the greatest confidence to face the uncertainty of the future and to cope with every transformation.
In the view of the School of Engineering, a person's ability to be "calm" shows that he has accumulated "capital". In other words, people often have capital so that they will not be anxious.
Speaking of the accumulation of "capital", the interdisciplinary integrated courses of the School of Engineering are indispensable. The courses at the school affiliated with the Engineering College are divided into three categories:
. The first is the basic course, which is the national curriculum . The courses taken are the same as those in other schools.
The second is the expanded curriculum, an extension of the national curriculum, divided into eight categories: children's play, science, art, sports, reading, foreign languages, intellectual creativity, and life. More than 50 interest clubs have been established around the eight categories.
The third is an inquiry course, once a week, integrating multiple disciplines for inquiry.
In a sense,
project-based learning of is a "living" course.
What are its benefits?
Principal Zhou said that is actually about cultivating problem-solving abilities and improving students' learning ability - Traditional education is mainly based on "input", but in fact, "output" is a better learning method. That is, the ability to use knowledge to complete projects (tasks) after understanding it.
To be honest, others have done exploratory "project-based learning". However, President Zhou believes that Xiamen Institute of Technology Affiliated School has entered the "2.0" version, that is, it is not just a single-subject or multi-disciplinary project-based learning. learning, but interdisciplinary integration.
gives an example that is not very appropriate but may be popular: for example, the project-based learning of crows drinking water. The tasks given by the teacher to complete are not only Chinese subjects, but also involve humanities, science, natural environment and other subjects.
In other words, the project-based learning at the School of Engineering is an interdisciplinary learning that brings together several disciplines. By completing a project, you learn Chinese, mathematics, science, art, etc.
The blockage of the Suez Canal has also become a learning content
Some of these "project-based learning" projects are preset, and some are "generated" in real time. For example, the study of the Suez Canal mentioned earlier.
At the end of March, a giant container ship owned by Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp. ran aground in the Suez Canal. After the incident, the channel was blocked in both directions, making it impossible for ships to move. The primary school students of Xiamen University of Technology happened to be carrying out project-based learning activities at Xiamen Ocean Terminal, and this cargo ship became the topic they wanted to study: how to get this ship out of trouble.
Students raised many questions, involving multiple subjects -
Some of them were geographical, such as: What is the geographical significance of the Suez Canal? What are the ocean currents that affect the Suez Canal?
There are biological ones. For example: Why is the Suez Canal often blocked? Is it related to the ecological environment?
There are economics categories, such as: What impact will the blockage of the Suez Canal have on the world economy?
Children can ask such questions casually, which is jaw-dropping.
Principal Zhou said that the starting point of project-based learning is to be able to ask questions, ask good questions, and try to solve them. Under the guidance of project-based learning, students can think broadly, draw inferences from one example, and gain a comprehensive understanding. These are not things that can be cultivated simply by solving questions.
The advantages of "smallness"
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The "slow education, living courses" implemented by the Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology and the continuous opening of project-based learning courses require an important prerequisite. is small scale, small classes and boarding system!
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This is the cost-effectiveness of this high-end private school.
The boarding system actually has the benefits of boarding. The Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology said that our boarding system pursues "the warmth of home", and a dormitory is like a small home. .
Principal Zhao said that the life teacher eats and lives together with the younger children, and the teacher is meticulous about the students. The parents were surprised that our teacher knew many little secrets of the students, including who gave whom a hamster.
As for small class sizes, you won’t ask what are the benefits of small class sizes anymore, right?
A parent of the School Affiliated to the Institute of Technology said that one day her daughter’s head teacher called her and reported that she noticed that her child had to take away some food after dinner every day. She was worried that the child would not have enough to eat, but , the child denied it, and asked her why, but she didn’t say anything. The teacher was confused: What problem did the child encounter? I hope parents can ask their children sideways.
The child's mother later learned the reason: there were several stray cats in the community, and the child served food from the dining room to feed these kittens. The teacher was relieved.
Principal Zhou said that if there are more than 50 people in a class, many times the teacher will not be able to take care of such trivial matters.
He said that the benefit of small class sizes is not just attention, but that this attention will ultimately make children develop more happily. Moreover, small class teaching is also more conducive to group project-based learning.
The Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology said that "small" is actually not "small". It is the positioning of the school's educational quality and the positioning of the Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology as an "exquisite school".
The Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology has gone through five years.
Principal Zhou introduced the development vision for the next five years:
Create a quality and leisurely education with heart
Create a valuable and refined school with all your heart
Where is the Affiliated School of Xiamen Institute of Technology?
This is a fifteen-year consistent school located adjacent to Xiamen Institute of Technology. Xiamen Institute of Technology is a private undergraduate university founded by Dewen Education Group. This is also the origin of the name "School Affiliated to Xiamen Institute of Technology".
Currently, Dewen Education has 15 schools in Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou with more than 30,000 teachers and students.
School address
No. 1251, Sunban South Road, Jimei District, Xiamen City
Navigation
Gate 3 of Xiamen Institute of Technology
Public transportation
There is a "Xiamen Institute of Technology" bus stop at the school gate, covering Routes 909, 929, 954, and 900 , 935 and other bus lines. BRT stations and subways effectively connect the inside and outside of the island. BRT Express 1 and Express 6 go to "Dongzhai" station, and Metro Line 1 goes to "Jimei Avenue" station (you can take bus 909 or 929 from the escalator on the subway station and go to the school in 2 stops). door).
enrollment information is here
There will be the first open day on April 10, 2021 (this Saturday),
contact number
0592-3100266, 3019639, 3019633
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