Thoughts brought by camp education to parents: What attitude should children take on the journey?

Camp education is a relatively new thing in China. It is difficult for us to find an authoritative explanation in this respect from common books and online. It takes some time to discuss this question clearly and put forward a relatively clear answer. I hope to provide some help to parents and children.

Generally speaking, the places where most children in China receive education and their significance are as follows:

1. School-more about learning and imparting knowledge;

2. Extracurricular training schools-mainly cramming knowledge;

3. School group outing-expanding knowledge;

4. Family travel-mainly for fun;

5. Regular summer camp-rich activities, with more children as the main body, but activities and play become the protagonists, and the connotation of education does not really reflect its value.

However, these well-known forms of education, after decades of development, gradually show their weakness and lack of core educational value.

In China, we gradually realized that in the existing education system:

Children's learning knowledge accounts for a large proportion;

Children are seriously "captured" by adults;

Children's independent thoughts are often limited;

The cultivation of children's personal qualities is not enough;

Children's self-reliance ability is far from enough;

Children's social practice ability is weakened;

Children seem to have no goals of their own;

Children need to inherit excellent traditions;

Children need to form correct values;

Children lack their own firm beliefs.

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So, how to solve these problems mentioned above?

Camp is a very good choice, even the only choice.

Before further discussing how to realize these educational values in the camp, we actually need to discuss a serious and basic question with parents:

What is the goal of education?

In my opinion, the ultimate goal of education is to cultivate a person whose parents are at ease, can integrate well into society, and at the same time be self-reliant, confident and "travel far" towards their own goals alone!

No matter how worried you are, you will welcome the day when your child will pack his bags on his back, wave goodbye to you later and go out for a long trip. The question is: what attitude do we want them to embark on the journey?

1. Live far from home.

Leave home and live alone.

Living alone is an inevitable obstacle in the future. Every child needs to spend it. The camp obviously provides a very good place, and the children can't go home during the camp. At the beginning, children are bound to miss home, lack of security and emotional sustenance. Overcoming the limitations of these psychological and emotional factors is the first step towards self-reliance and psychological maturity.

Step 2 settle down in a strange environment

Contact and blend in with strange environment.

The child is in a brand-new unfamiliar environment, lacking familiar interpersonal relationships and familiar scenes. They will naturally feel uncomfortable. Some children will be lost, rejected and even sad. But camps usually provide a very friendly, warm and positive atmosphere. Interpersonal relationships are naturally friendly and open, especially suitable for making new partners, learning new roles in different groups, adapting to their own roles, showing their own style and integrating into new interpersonal networks. The colorful activities in the camp also promoted the establishment and development of new interpersonal friendship.

Actually, let's all think about it. Isn't this kind of integration into a strange environment a common thing in our work and life when we grow up? There is no denying that this is a core competence!

From the beginning of camp life, it is necessary to cultivate children's ability.

3. Start personal growth

Learn to grow.

Even adults, it is difficult to know themselves, face themselves, adjust themselves and improve themselves. The sooner you discover your own characteristics, both advantages and disadvantages, you will win time and opportunities for your growth.

In the camp, all kinds of activities, exchanges and sharing after the activities, use the language and methods of children and adolescents to discover themselves and understand themselves. With the help of my mentor and friends, I constantly adjust myself to be positive, change and improve. This kind of self-growth is hard to do at school or at home.

4. Develop personal qualities

The Establishment and Cultivation of Personal Excellent Quality

Personal excellent qualities include but are not limited to: optimism, caring, sense of honor, mutual respect, friendliness, courage and persistence. ...

These excellent personal qualities are more easily reflected in real activities and developed in them. We all agree that only preaching is useless, and exercising, learning and growing in practice is a more effective way to grow up. In group activities, whether you laugh, cry, lose, be excited, be disappointed or hope, you are experiencing and growing. These are often impossible in traditional classrooms, and only in practice can they be truly displayed and exercised.

5. Improve practical ability

Improve various social practice abilities.

Social practice ability is obviously necessary for children, such as independent thinking ability, teamwork ability, communication ability, problem-solving ability and so on. These abilities are difficult to be exercised and improved in regular schools or ordinary activities. The camp provides children with a unique environment to "simulate" the future social life and many "scenes" of interpersonal communication, in which they can experience, learn, exercise, summarize and grow.

6. Find good models and set personal goals.

Look for life role models and set life goals.

Needless to say, the power of example is infinite. In addition to the words and deeds of parents at home, children will naturally find some "role models" to worship in the process of contacting society and making friends.

They worship these role models for a variety of reasons, some because of their personality characteristics, unique abilities or just like a place. As parents, we adults certainly hope to have more positive role models. They will give children the best demonstration and guidance, so that children can actively learn, improve and constantly improve themselves. These functions are still not available to children at home and school.

The camp is a concentrated place to provide such an "example". There are many legends in the excellent camp. Mentors and mentors, mentors and campers, campers and campers are all cultural and inheritance, which parents can't do.

7. Take reasonable risks

Take reasonable risks and explore.

In the camp, it is a culture to encourage experiments and take reasonable risks. And adventure is only achieved by some good activities, such as pirate ship, high-altitude cable landing and so on. Using these actually safe activities to cultivate children's spirit of exploration and adventure and cultivate their inner courage and confidence is an invaluable treasure brought to children by the camp!

Camp is a world for young people. Young people are full of passion, young people are power, young people can try, and young people have opportunities. Control the risk and try it reasonably, and there will be a broader world!

8. Build beliefs and values

Establish faith, construct value orientation and find your own spiritual home.

Do we have faith? Do we have values that we firmly believe in?

Faith and correct values can determine the direction of our life. Today's society is richer in materials and lacks the power of faith and values.

Only with faith can the direction of life be clear.

With faith, it is possible not to give up in the most difficult time.

Zhuoyueying not only teaches children ability, but also helps them to establish valuable beliefs: believe in family, love and the future.

An excellent camp is the spiritual home of children. Have their own temperament, culture and inheritance.