As a controversial figure in the field of education, Professor Ho Ngoc Dai is always surrounded by two schools of thought: either very fond of him or very opposed.
As a controversial figure in the field of education, surrounding Professor Ho Ngoc Dai There are always two schools of thought: either very fond of it or very opposed.
In his newly released book Modern Education, he has sparked a new controversy with his argument: modern children give birth to themselves.
Also in this book, he asserts: modern education is only truly itself when the teacher... no longer lectures.
New but not new
The foundation of these arguments is based on philosophical principles presented sequentially by historical and philosophical approaches, introducing in turn pairs of opposing categories: New/Old, Purpose/Means, Direct/Indirect, Inheritance/Development, Instinct/Experience...
He leads the reader step by step to an important concept: the philosophy of the times, and from the philosophy of the times to the educational philosophy of the times.
Realize that man is a spiritual being, and therefore, human body is the spiritual container, from which he concluded: Each tree is its own tree/ Each child is its own child/ Each person is its own person. This perception is the direct premise for the argument: Children give birth to themselves. Children are the subject. To become themselves, children must eat and learn by themselves.
"To grow up, you must feed yourself; To develop, you must learn by yourself" - he wrote.
This is probably not too new. We have talked about promoting children's self-learning and self-advocacy skills in recent years. But the point is Professor Ho Ngoc Dai has been pursuing this philosophy and creating methods to implement it for the past 45 years.
Experimental School The first class (school year 1978 - 1979) only had first grade, for students born in 1972. The opening ceremony was simple. Teachers, students and guests all stood on a small piece of land, on both sides were two vertical banners: "Going to school is happiness!" and "Every day going to school is a happy day!".
Explaining the concept of technologizing the educational process, he said: "Reading Marx, I know that the great leap of history is from small-scale agricultural production, based on the experience of old farmers, to the production technology of large-scale industrial production with two stages: design and construction of the material process to make a product.
Thanks to that, history has overcome the way of doing business based on experience (of old farmers, of master craftsmen) to follow science and technology, from design to construction. The first great leap of history is from experience to science, from spontaneity to self-awareness.
The calls education reform In our country, from the past to the present, without exception, all come from experience, handled by experience with the traditional formula left by Confucius: the teacher explains - the student remembers, the teacher is the subject - the student is the object. The subject - the teacher "innovates" to make the lecture easier to understand, the object - the student remembers longer and is used for exams.
From teaching to not teaching
The formula of teacher explaining - student memorizing is a companion of the way of doing business based on experience: The buffalo goes first / The plowman follows. Education reforms up to now, without exception, still follow the "tradition" of using that formula so that the teacher can explain easily - the student can remember easier and longer. The best way to do this is to be a test-prep teacher.
Modern education is designed and constructed to enable each student to become himself, a unique individual, one of a kind on this planet.
Fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education is innovation in the philosophical principles of pedagogy. What will happen if teachers do not teach? From "teaching" to "not teaching" is fundamental and comprehensive innovation!
What is new when we get rid of the old formula: teacher explains - students memorize? That is the new way of doing things: teacher designs - students construct; it is "children themselves creating educational products for themselves, for themselves, to become themselves".
The basic principle of modern pedagogy is not to give children ready-made products, which they must accept (memorize). Modern teachers give children work to do. Children do it themselves, following the order of educational technology, only once, and only spending the amount of time allocated for that work.
Each child creates his own educational product, using new energy to develop himself; do not give ready-made products to children, forcing them to accept them.
Modern Education is a newly released book by Professor Ho Ngoc Dai, jointly published by Anbooks and Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House in early September 2023. This book also marks the return of Anbooks to the book market after three years of "absence".
Education from a philosophical perspective
A book about education but interpreted from a philosophical perspective, Modern Education is the remaining piece of the puzzle for everything that Professor Ho Ngoc Dai has said and done in the past 45 years. Many people love him very much but honestly admit that they "do not fully understand what he does".
Many people oppose him simply because they do not fully understand: Why educational technology? Why educational technology is the solution for comprehensive, radical innovation in modern education? Why can a person persistently pursue one thing for his entire life?...
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