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2020-07-20 04:00
Last update date: 2020-07-20 12:10Stress can be motivation, but it is also enough to make people breathless. In the process of growing up, Hong Kong schoolchildren face pressure from all directions such as school, family and peers, and their physical and mental health is equally important. Extraordinary elementary school teacher Ye Bijun broke the traditional teaching framework, prioritized the emotional health of students, borrowed foreign education methods, implemented "positive education" in schools, and used innovative methods to improve their resilience and interpersonal relationships. They were personally written Your own happiness formula. Inheriting the happiness equation is more precious and more difficult than the vocation of teachers to pass on knowledge.
Stepping into the Li Jin Primary School of the Shunde Friendship Association, there was a sound of singing and laughter in the classroom. It was Teacher Ye Bijun and the two students who played a synopsis and sang together, thinking that they were in the concert hall. One of the school's "positive education". "You don’t have to go to class for the last three classes every day. Instead, you can do your homework and play together. Students can choose to play basketball machines, jump planes, and have a board game room with different handicrafts and music classes. In the textbook, why not be happy?" From the smiles on the faces of Teacher Ye and the students, I can feel the truth and worry-free.
During the suspension of the epidemic, Mr. Ye worked with an illustrator to design an anti-epidemic cartoon, and even the protagonist was made into a display in the school to release positive energy against the epidemic.
Jockey Club Innovation Project Inspires Positive Education
"Positive education" is different from the "happy school" in the market. It is not based on play, but emphasizes students' emotions. "There are fewer emotional courses in Hong Kong schools, so students are not easily aware of their own emotional problems, and even hurt themselves or others when expressing them." Emotions affect learning and may even affect life. Teacher Ye believes that changes are needed. In 2017, she participated in the first "Jockey Club Teacher Social Work Innovation Power" program, got to know "Positive Education" and encountered opportunities for change.
The Jockey Club Charitable Trust Fund has so far allocated 200 million Hong Kong dollars to cooperate with Education Ranxin, Oxford University Said Business School, The DO School in Berlin, Germany and the Hong Kong Social Workers Association to implement the "Jockey Club Teacher Social Work Innovation Power" project to Hong Kong's education and social welfare sectors cultivate creative talents. In the 10-week program, in addition to participating in different local training courses, Mr. Ye also went to schools in the Netherlands, Finland, and Spain to exchange for two weeks.
"Foreign students are really happy to return to school. The local teachers focus on everyone's emotional state and set up extracurricular activities every afternoon. Students can choose to play football, swimming, drama, etc., and they will integrate their learning into life." Later, Mrs. Ye decided to implement "positive education" in the school, but at first he was questioned by teachers and parents. "Some colleagues said that Hong Kong is still not a foreign country. Is it really feasible? Many parents have only one expectation for their students, and they pay the most attention. It is always academic achievement.” Yelaoshr firmly believes that education is to enable students to find meaning in life, and happiness is the source of everything.
"Happy Talking Wall" allows everyone to write positive and encouraging words.
She has set up "emotional probes" in each classroom, allowing students to mark their emotional state daily, so that teachers can deepen their understanding. There are also "Happy Lecture Walls" in different corners of the school, and even the glass windows in the classrooms have become "drawing boards." , Let everyone write positive messages at will. In terms of learning, part of the exam is replaced by continuous assessment to reduce exam pressure. Teacher Ye said happily: "I have seen students become more empathetic and tolerant. Not only has behavior problems reduced, the relationship between students has also improved."
Mood improvement performance jump
With the implementation of "Positive Education", the worries of colleagues and parents have gradually become clear. Student performance has maintained a consistent level, and general studies and mathematics have improved. "In fact, positive education is not separated from the existing curriculum. It is to integrate the existing growth and moral education curriculum in Hong Kong with new elements to implement it better."
During the period of the novel coronavirus epidemic, society is filled with depression, and "positive education" is more important to students. "In addition to self-study at home, they also sew masks by hand to help those in need. Our students are very optimistic and have not been greatly affected." Teacher Ye also continued the innovative ideas of the "Jockey Club Teacher Social Work Innovation Force" project , And with the donation of the Jockey Club’s "New Coronary Pneumonia Emergency Assistance Fund", partnered with illustrators to create four-frame comics and animation textbooks on the anti-epidemic theme, so that students can deepen their understanding of the epidemic in a vivid way.
The "Jockey Club Teacher Social Work Innovation Force" project aims to cultivate creative talents in education and social welfare. After participating in the project, Mrs. Ye was inspired to implement "positive education" in the school.
Three years of experience in implementing positive education, students learn to embrace emotions, teachers are more dedicated to teaching, and parents have more parent-child time. This happiness is not one-way, but everyone benefits. "Being grateful, caring less, loving the people around me, I am also very happy." Teacher Ye told us that the happiness equation is not profound. She can do it, and elementary school students can do it. You and I can do it too.
*Information provided: "Junbu Life"
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