Educational thinking caused by the fable of "pony crossing the river"

? Put your daughter to bed at night and tell her the story of a pony crossing the river. This story triggered some thoughts about education! This is a famous fable. Here's the story. One day, a little horse helped his mother deliver something. He ran and ran, and a small river blocked the way. The pony was in a dilemma and thought, can I go over? He looked around and saw an old cow grazing by the river. The pony ran over and asked, "Uncle Niu, can I cross this river?" The old cow said, "The water is very shallow. You will be all right. " But a squirrel jumped down from the tree and stopped him, shouting, "pony!" " The river is particularly deep! "The pony was embarrassed. He decided to go home and ask his mother. Her mother said kindly to the pony, "You can't stop thinking. The river is deep or shallow. You will understand if you try. " The pony got off the river and waded carefully. It turns out that this river is neither so shallow as the old cow said, nor so deep as the squirrel said.

? "Line is the beginning of knowledge, and knowledge is line. Mohist debate puts forward three kinds of knowledge, one is self-knowledge; The second is to know; The third is knowledge. Familiarity comes from personal experience, that is, from "doing" Knowledge is acquired from others, or taught by teachers and friends, or conveyed by books, which can be classified into this category. Say that knowledge is inferred knowledge. " This is an educational theory put forward by Tao Xingzhi, a famous educator. When the pony encountered the problem of crossing the river, he only heard others say that the water was deep. Finally, he didn't know whether the white water was deep or shallow. As a teacher, we should not just think from our own perspective like Uncle Niu and Squirrel, but encourage our children to think more and practice more when they encounter problems, and get real knowledge from practice, like Mama Pony. Because practice is the necessary way to acquire cognition, only practice can produce true knowledge. Pony "knows" the depth of the river, but in the end he can't understand the depth of the river. His mother's encouragement "knows" finally made him understand whether the water is deep or shallow.