Xinhua News Agency, Changsha, April 21st (Reporter Xie Ying) A selection of 8000 students who can only admit 60 students has attracted a group of excellent kindergarten "Niu Wa Resumes" who know about nuclear reactors and learn calculus. These prodigies, who have been teased as "surpassing Einstein", have been brushing their screens in the circle of friends in recent days.
Because parents are eager to accumulate advantages for their children’s smooth further education, "rushing to learn" and "advanced education" have become very common among preschool children. However, experts pointed out that "leading education" caused children to "lead" is only a temporary illusion. Imposing knowledge and skills that are ahead of children’s development process on children who are not fully prepared for their abilities may bring serious consequences of "pulling out the seedlings to encourage them" and staging a modern version of "hurting Zhongyong".
The frequent emergence of "Niu Wa" has triggered a collective "spit"
Recently, an article entitled "I’m afraid Niu Wa was not reincarnated as Einstein" has been widely circulated in the circle of friends. It is mentioned in the article that there are more than 8,000 applicants from a famous school. After three rounds of online selection, computer examination and interview, only 60 students were finally admitted, and the degree of competition is staggering. Under the aura of prestigious schools, many parents have carefully written "Niu Wa Resume", hoping to win a "admission ticket" for their children.
Some screenshots of "children’s resumes" published in the article show that these "self-introductions" written in a child’s tone have become "writing competitions" for parents.
"I inherited the language ability of Fudan master’s mother. After three and a half months, I began to speak and expressed my wishes skillfully at the age of one. During the trip, I will also take the initiative to talk to American tourists about Medusa and Curie & Hellep in English; …”
"With the powerful mathematical genes of Dr. Tsinghua’s father, I can perform mixed operations within 100% in the middle class, and I also know decimals, fractions and negative numbers … …”
"I learned time management when I was in shift, and I knew about nuclear reactors, base pairing and RNA transcription. I learned functions and limits by listening to calculus with my father. My favorite game is programming, and I can write codes in Swift language … …”
The frequent appearance of "highly educated" parents, advanced ability and even some proper academic terms in resumes has made many netizens call it "an eye-opener", which has even caused netizens to "spit": "Other people’s babies have never let me down" "It is against the law of human development to speak after three and a half months" "There will be so many kindergartens, so what primary schools are there to attend? Teachers don’t know as much as you do "… …
“‘ Resume of Niu Wa ’ We don’t know whether there is any suspicion of exaggeration, but it is not difficult to see that ‘ Niu Wa ’ Behind them are a group of anxious parents and a group of children who are afraid ‘ Lose at the starting line ’ Parents who want to "run". " Ding Jiayong, a professor at Hunan Normal University, said.
The phenomenon of "rushing to learn" and "advanced education" is common in kindergartens.
Zeng Lian is the parent of a child. Recently, her child is going to primary school, which makes her extremely anxious. "I took my children to visit my favorite school. I heard that 4,800 people robbed 120 enrollment places. If you want to pass the initial test, you must put out your child’s specialties, activities, certificates and rewards one by one ‘ Competition ’ 。”
"There are too few things taught in kindergartens. Small classes only let children learn to count from 1 to 5. How can they compete with others?" Ms. Jiang, a parent of a young child in Changsha, told the reporter that since the small class in kindergarten, she has reported various cram schools for her children, including English, piano, Go, and robots. Both parents with high academic qualifications also help their children with pinyin, mathematics, Tang poetry, and classical Chinese.
Some parents told reporters that a list of "Puwa", "Niu Wa" and "Super Niu Wa" circulated on the Internet has become a reference list for many parents to let their children learn. The reporter saw that Puwa "has a literacy of 700, recites 100-word stories, can add and subtract within 20 minutes, and can read English simply", while "Super Niu Wa" needs "a literacy of 1,500, recites 300-word stories, is proficient in pinyin, can multiply and divide, and can communicate skillfully in English". The knowledge that kindergarten children have to master has gone far beyond the "outline", and some children have actually learned the contents of senior primary schools and middle schools.
Many parents are worried that their children will "lose at the starting line" and cannot enter "prestigious schools", so they send their children to training classes to "catch up". Xinhua News Agency issued Jiang Yuexin’s work
"Everyone else is learning, so we can’t fall behind." Ms. Jiang told reporters: "In addition, we must create some different specialties for our children. The father of the child is engaged in scientific research in colleges and universities. We often take the child to the laboratory to let him know the principle of the experiment and cultivate his scientific research ability. "
"We also know that children are too young and under too much pressure, but for the sake of their children’s future, parents can only follow the rules and create a good learning environment for their children." Zeng Lian said.
"Many primary schools do exist now ‘ Don’t learn after class in class ’ The strange circle. Many knowledgeable children have learned it. They have no interest in the classroom, but they get high marks in the exam. Parents are still proud of it and continue to send their children to training classes after class ‘ Advanced education ’ 。” A primary school teacher in Changsha told reporters.
"The outstanding achievements of children before attending primary school are all from extracurricular training, which requires parents to spend a lot of time and money to support them. If parents don’t have a solid knowledge ability and a solid economic foundation, there is no stepping stone in such cruel competition. " A parent said quite helplessly.
Is it "leading education" or "pulling out seedlings to encourage"?
"Many parents like to use advanced education to make their children look ‘ Smarter than other children ’ The state of. " Ding Jiayong said, "Being instilled with all kinds of utilitarian knowledge at an age that should be carefree, this kind of ‘ Pull out the seedlings and encourage them ’ The type of advanced education is not suitable and does not conform to the law of children’s development. "
Ding Jiayong pointed out that scientists have demonstrated through experiments that parents "rush to run" to let their children master more skills earlier than their peers, but in fact, the "leading" advantage of early education will not last forever. After these children enter the fourth grade of primary school, they will gradually lose this advantage, and children who receive gradual education from their parents usually catch up.
Many interviewed experts pointed out that with the growth of children, their learning interest and attitude gradually began to dominate their learning effect. The IQ advantage of children who are advanced in education in their early years is not the embodiment of their true ability, but based on their learning more knowledge than other children.
Chu Zhaohui pointed out that the Ministry of Education has banned the teaching of Pinyin in kindergartens and resolutely prevented and corrected the tendency of "primary school" because it is easy for children to learn a lot of knowledge when they grow up to a certain age, and if they deliberately study ahead, they will waste precious time on rigid mechanical memory, thus missing the opportunity of personality development and quality cultivation.
"Children are young, and their understanding and concentration are limited. If they are overloaded with study plans, they will have rebellious and repulsive psychology. Not only will they not learn well, but they will also feel tired of learning, and the result will be counterproductive." Chu Zhaohui said that even if it seems that children have learned it, it is easy to cause some knowledge to be superficial and not very understanding. Such study habits are not conducive to children’s future development.
"Every child has his own characteristics. Parents should not be too eager for quick success and instant benefit. They should consider their children’s hobbies and give them time to do what they like and play what they like. These are not necessarily useful for the exam, but they will definitely be useful for his future development." Chu Zhaohui said.
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