Recommend a few better books on education.... Thank you.

The first book, "I Give the Traditional Classroom a Zero": by Li Bingting

It must be stated at the outset that the "traditional classroom" refers to a classroom in which the purpose is to take the test, in which knowledge is the goal, in which indoctrination is the means, and in which there are no students in the eyes of the students.

The book has caused quite a stir in the education community. Many people on the book's controversy is not just in the title of the book, the reason for the phenomenon of chicken and duck, in the author's opinion, the reason is first of all, the traditional classroom is not enough to understand, and secondly, the new curriculum reform is not in place due to the understanding.

Some people call the book the "indictment" of the traditional classroom, the traditional classroom to do the harshest criticism, but also can be said to be abusive. As it is written in the book: "The traditional classroom ...... is the education of unscrupulous quick success, is to drink hemlock or kill the chicken to get eggs ...... disobedient to human nature, at the expense of the development." "Children sell out development, education sells out humanity, teachers sell out responsibility, the era sells out hope, the nation sells out competitiveness, mankind sells out tomorrow ......" Of course, these are nothing more than a kind of language he uses, the ultimate goal is still to hope that the majority of the people and the Educators can see the shortcomings of traditional education and push forward the further development of education reform in China. But to the defenders of the traditional classroom, the book is simply treasonous!

A reader commented on the book: First of all, no matter how the book is written and how others comment on it, from a personal point of view, I think there should be such a person in the society who writes such a book for the world to read, no matter whether they agree with its viewpoints or not, but this kind of person who dares to put forward his own ideas for the development of China's education is worthy of our admiration. Secondly, the shortcomings of the traditional classroom in the book are indeed the reality. Although it is said that China has a cultural history of five thousand years and a long history of education, especially the great thinkers and educators like Confucius, who not only influenced the development of education in China, but also influenced the culture of the world, China's education has always been in the process of continuous reform. Sooner or later, today's classroom model will have to become history and be replaced by a better way of education. It is just that we can't do it overnight in the process of reform, we have to keep our feet on the ground and take one step at a time to see what needs to be retained and what needs to be improved. With the implementation of the new curriculum reform carried out by the Ministry of Education in all parts of the country, people have realized that education is not only the role of training "candidates", but more should be to cultivate people to adapt to society, a development of human beings, in this point and efficient classroom is the same, because the ultimate goal of both are: to believe in the students, emancipation of students, use of students, development of students. The ultimate goal of both is to believe in students, liberate them, utilize them, and develop them. In short, in the current education situation, the traditional classroom has been unable to adapt to the needs of modern teaching, therefore, the efficient classroom will inevitably continue to develop and improve in practice, and become a model for schools to learn.

The second book "The Secret of Childhood": author Montessori

"The child is the father of the adult". Montessori's profound position in the study of children's education remains unchallenged even today.

Childhood is an important period in life. In addition to physical development, the psychological development of young children needs to be emphasized. Because it is through his own efforts that the young child develops his personality, in a sense, he becomes his own creator. If the adult forgets that he was once a child, then he will not be able to provide a suitable environment for the development of the child, and will not be able to overcome the conflict between himself and the child, and the child's psychology will be aberrant, and will be accompanied by his whole life.

Montessori, the author of the book "The Secrets of Childhood," is the greatest educator of the 20th century, and her creation of the Montessori education system has had a tremendous impact on the world, and today Montessori schools named after her are in more than 110 countries and regions around the world.

Born in Ancona, Italy, Montessori studied at the University of Rome, and was the first female doctor of medicine in Italian history, proficient in medicine, philosophy, pedagogy, experimental psychology, and anthropology. 1907, Montessori founded the first "Children's Home" in the slum area of Rome, enrolling children aged 3-6. In 1907, Montessori founded the first "Children's Home" in the slums of Rome, where children aged 3-6 years were enrolled, and she utilized her own original method of teaching, which produced amazing results. After a few years, these ordinary poor children underwent a great mental transformation, and were cultivated into intelligent, confident, educated and energetic young talents. Montessori's new teaching method with great educational appeal was a sensation throughout Europe, and reports of these marvelous children spread rapidly like wildfire, and many new "children's homes" were established following Montessori's model.

Today, when we advocate that teachers should "discover children," The Secrets of Childhood is an irreplaceable source of learning. Reading this book will help us recognize and understand children, and establish a correct view of education, teaching and students.

In the book, Montessori has a famous quote, she said, "I believe that one day the whole world will say that this is a noble cause!"

The third book, Educational Rambles: by Locke

What makes a book a true masterpiece? In the nearly 400 years since the publication of "Educational Rambles", it has not been obliterated by the years, and it has profoundly influenced generation after generation, and has been called the jewel of the world's educational thought. The central idea of the book is the education of gentlemen. The author, Locke, is known as the giant of Western thought in the 17th century. Locke believed that people who are virtuous, useful and capable have the four qualities of "Virtue, Wisdom, Manners and Learning".

The theoretical basis of the book is Locke's "tabula rasa," which emphasizes the dominant role of education and environment. Of course, this viewpoint can be read in contrast to Montessori's "father of manhood". For me, I'm probably more in favor of Montessori, and Locke's amplification of the role of education seems problematic today, but what really struck me about Locke was not only his slightly rambling concerns, but also his insightful exposition, which makes this a book that anyone can read.

The book is divided into a first, a middle, and a second book, which deal with health, moral education, and intellectual education, respectively. Locke emphasizes ideas such as "a healthy mind in a healthy body" and "controlling your desires by reason," and offers concrete advice on how to go about it, much of which is worthwhile for modern parents to learn from. Most of these suggestions are worthwhile for modern parents to learn from. Perhaps because of their early medical research, many of these suggestions are still practical for today, both from the medical point of view and from the aspect of common sense in life. For example, Locke advocated that children should take cold baths and swim in cold water to maintain their health, but he also said that they should never go into the water after intense exercise or when their blood is in a state of excitement. Of course some of Locke's practices may be a little too harsh, such as the best breakfast for children is sliced bread, and if hungry it is still best to eat sliced bread. Drinks should only be light beer.

Locke looks at education from a perspective that is close to everyday life, citing a series of questions that are usually easy to ignore but fun to ask, such as why isn't the face afraid of the cold, but the buttocks are? Does the fingertips need to wear "socks" too? It's a fun read. Locke's other two books, A Treatise of Human Reason and A Treatise of the Contract of Government, are also worth reading.

The fourth book, The Dalton Plan of Education: by Helen

This book can be seen as a practical expansion of Montessori's educational ideas.

The Dalton School in the United States was founded in 1919 by Helen. It was founded in 1919 by Mrs. Helen Parkhurst as a 12-year private school. It has created a miracle that all of its graduates have been admitted to Harvard, Yale and other famous schools for 20 consecutive years, and its graduates have excellent qualities such as high creativity, imagination and willpower, which are highly praised by American parents and welcomed by American society.

The Dalton School was once the quintessential example of progressive education in the United States. The Dalton School adopted an attitude of "abandonment" towards traditional education, i.e., to make breakthroughs, to develop, and to retain. Therefore, in addition to fully reflecting the new educational trends of the time, the Dalton Plan was a specific "more robust, less adventurous" program of educational reform.

The secret of the Dalton School's fame lay in its unique methods of education and training. The basic philosophy that Dalton School follows is one of freedom and cooperation.

The Dalton School's training method consists of three distinctive pillars: the laboratory, the assignment, or targeted homework task, and the house.

Helen Parkhurst was a strong opponent of stereotypes. Parkhurst was strongly opposed to rigid, authoritarian, teacher-centered education. Her startling innovation was to replace the traditional classroom with what she called a "laboratory. In her proposed system, students were expected to accept and undertake longer-term learning tasks under the guidance of a teacher, primarily in the form of one month's study of each subject. She believes that once students know what to expect in a month, they will quickly learn to organize their time and learn according to their personal interests. Students don't have to listen to a bell and follow a class schedule; they can take a course at any time that suits their interests.

In a way, the Dalton program is based on the psychology of motivation. The authors believe that children are naturally curious and studious, and that they learn best when their natural curiosity is aroused. Their interest cannot and will not be led by the clock. When a student is learning whatever subject appeals to him, his mind is sharper, his thinking more active, and he is more capable of conquering any difficulties that may arise in the course of his studies. Under the new way, there will be no bells to pull him away reluctantly at the appointed time, imposing upon him another course and another teacher, according to the requirements of instruction. Under the Dalton plan the pupils were free to pursue their own hobbies in school, but at the end of the month the pupils were expected to complete the tasks assigned by the teacher in the study of no subject and to mark on cards the progress made at each stage in the course of completing the task. The authors believe that problems in learning should be put directly in front of the student and the standards that must be met should be indicated, allowing the student to solve the problem in their own way and at their own pace, as they see fit. Students' accountability for results will develop not only their latent intelligence, but also their judgment and character.

The Dalton program emphasizes the development of the whole child, the development of initiative, and the development of liveliness. Dalton schools not only enable students with excellent qualifications to develop fully, but also enable students with average qualifications to overachieve and even become gifted students. The secret lies in the fact that they focus on tapping a child's potential and fostering his or her self-confidence to become a unique, irreplaceable and creative person. Dalton education plan is a kind of cultivation of high-quality talent effective way of teaching organization, under this plan, students can freely soar in the sea of knowledge, can fully explore their own potential, can have a certain spirit of cooperation.

This book is perfectly suited to give us a reference for today's school reform, and it also uses the Dalton Schools to corroborate the idea that there is no need for doubt about the concepts of our new school reform.

The fifth book, The Faith of Seeds, by Thoreau

It is a wonderful and marvelous work of nature, a marvelous book of admiration for nature and reverence for life, and is considered by American critics to be the culmination of Thoreau's lifelong study of the significance of nature and natural law to mankind. The author tries to show the thousands of complicated lives in the forest and explore the fullness and purity of nature with the compassionate concern of humanism and the rigor and thoroughness of scientific truth-seeking. He rejects the secular civilization that "life is consumed by trivialities" and pursues the simple life of "simpler and simpler" throughout his life, advocating that the transient life is perfected by the abundance of thoughts. The book is full of maxims and aphorisms. "I don't believe that a plant can germinate without a seed, I have faith in the seed in my heart"; "Let me believe that you have a seed, I am waiting for a miracle"; "The smallest things in nature are the most exceptional "......

The most famous has to be this passage, quoted countless times before by me to summarize what makes a good school - "If you dig a pond in the ground, it will soon be filled with waterfowl, amphibians, and fish of all kinds, as well as common aquatic plants such as lilies and so on. Once you've dug the pond, it's natural to fill it with stuff."

Thoreau, the author, is a 19th-century American culture, a man of the world, is close to nature, advocating "simple life" of the generation of masters, his beautiful language, far-reaching, clear and elegant, representative of the "Lake Walden", "Seed of Faith".