Angelababy, the headmaster of Caoqiao Experimental Primary School in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, pointed out in What is the School Motto: We should rely on the school motto to implement the requirements of moral education and strengthen the corresponding "moral education purpose", instead of narrowing education to blindly pursuing scores.
President Yang has four viewpoints: school motto is a moral goal, not a subject; School motto is not only a slogan, but also needs practice; The school motto belongs to both students and teachers. The school motto is both traditional and modern.
From his article, I learned that Caoqiao Experimental Primary School is Ye Shengtao's alma mater. Under the guidance of the eight-character school motto of "preaching Taoism (propagating etiquette), respecting morality (advocating morality), enlightening (enlightening wisdom) and pursuing ambition (correcting ambition)", as the first public primary school in Suzhou, it has opened courses such as history, geography and natural history since its establishment, which is the first in Suzhou. At that time, it was in this primary school that historian Gu Jiegang felt that "he really stepped into a new world". Like Ye Shengtao, his favorite thing to do at school is "study and travel".
How to make the rich school motto produce greater educational effect? President Yang believes that "integration into the curriculum is the ultimate destination of school motto reflecting educational value."
After reading this article, I can't help thinking of our school motto: learn to be a man, learn to do things, learn to learn, and learn to cooperate.
To some extent, the "Four Societies" are aimed at students. Teachers are the guides for students to grow up. They teach students the truth of being a man and doing things, teach students knowledge, and guide them to learn to learn and cooperate.
The connotation of "Four Meetings" is very rich, but if you ask students, I'm afraid few students can remember it. The fundamental reason for this situation is that students don't know the meaning of the school motto, and the school doesn't publicize and interpret the school motto.
Learn to be a man and become what kind of person? Contact the school spirit: be civilized and disciplined, unite and forge ahead, and probably be a civilized person first.
Learn to do things, for primary school students, study, exercise, fitness, labor ... form good habits, dare to take responsibility, different grades, different requirements and standards for doing things! If, while starting the national curriculum, we can set up school-based courses around the school motto and understand and guide it in practice, our school motto is just a slogan hanging on the wall!