Recently, the "Mingyuan Education Award" award ceremony and the 75th anniversary of Gu Mingyuan's teaching academic seminar were held at Beijing Normal University. The event was hosted by Beijing Normal University and organized by the Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University, the Gu Mingyuan Education Development Fund of Beijing Normal University Education Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the "Mingyuan Education Fund"), the Institute of International and Comparative Education of Beijing Normal University, and the Zhongguancun Internet Education Innovation Center. Professor Kang Zhen, Vice President of Beijing Normal University, Gu Mingyuan, Senior Professor of Beijing Normal University and Lifetime Honorary Chairman of Mingyuan Education Fund, and more than 200 well-known experts, scholars and front-line educators attended the event.
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Opening ceremony
Yang Dan, director of Zhongguancun Internet Education Innovation Center, attended the meeting and delivered a speech as a representative of the organizer. She pointed out that Mr. Gu Mingyuan cares about the integrated development of science and education, cares about the role and impact of new technologies such as the Internet, the metaverse, and generative artificial intelligence on education, and constantly provides high-level guidance for the standardized and healthy growth of the education technology industry. Over the years, under the guidance of Mr. Gu Mingyuan's educational philosophy, Zhongguancun Internet Education Innovation Center has focused on the fields of education technology, science education, adolescent mental health, and teachers' information literacy, and has deeply collaborated with all parties in government, industry, academia and research to build a platform for exchange and cooperation between education theory and practice, and effectively promote the dissemination of advanced educational concepts and the implementation of educational innovation achievements. In the future, the center will continue to give full play to its advantages in resource integration and project transformation, create more practical scenarios for the integration of science and education, and incubate more excellent original innovative education technology projects in order to support the modernization of education in mainland China.
Yang Dan, Director of Zhongguancun Internet Education Innovation Center
Professor Kang Zhen, Vice President of Beijing Normal University, said in his speech that the "Mingyuan Education Fund" has always adhered to the spirit of openness, professionalism and innovation, and has been committed to promoting innovation in the field of educational scientific research and educational practice in mainland China, promoting international exchanges in the field of education, and establishing a banner of educational public welfare in China through funding, awarding and providing educational services. Professor Dong Qi, Chairman of the Mingyuan Education Foundation and Director of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Xi of Beijing Normal University, and Shi Kecan, Secretary of the Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University, delivered speeches respectively. Professor Zhu Xudong, Secretary-General of Mingyuan Education Fund and Director of the Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University, presided over the opening ceremony.
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Awards ceremony
In the award ceremony, the winners of the research and practical categories expressed their gratitude to the Mingyuan Education Fund of Beijing Normal University, praised the important role of the Mingyuan Education Fund in promoting the development of education, and expressed their sincere respect for Mr. Gu's outstanding contributions to China's education in the past 75 years.
Awards ceremony
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Professor Shen Suping, Deputy Dean of the School of Education of Chinese Minmin University, said that he would take the recognition and encouragement of the "Mingyuan Education Award" as a starting point, take Mr. Gu and all teachers as an example, step by step, without arrogance or rashness, devote himself to China's education research, and contribute to the development of China's education. Professor Chen Shuangye, Deputy Director of the Faculty of Education of East China Normal University, said that the Mingyuan Education Award is a great encouragement and recognition for young and middle-aged scholars who explore the independent knowledge system of Chinese education, and strengthens the choice and confidence of young and middle-aged scholars.
Teacher Si Miaoer, a teacher and researcher of the Teaching and Research Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, said that the honor of the "Mingyuan Education Award" belongs to the whole team, and the team will still stick to the road of growth of students and teachers in the future, insist on taking every class and teaching every student well. Mr. Zhang Jurong, Director of the Education Science Research Office of Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Tsering Lham, Principal of Nagqu Special Education School of Tibet Autonomous Region, and Lu Huiwen, Principal of Shanghai Union Education Center, also said that the recognition of the Mingyuan Education Award Jury is a great encouragement and spur, and they will continue to stick to their original intentions and inherit the torch in the future, and carry forward the spirit of educators represented by Mr. Gu in the new era.
Professor Vinayagum Chinapah, winner of the "Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Education and Research" in the overseas category, received the award and delivered an acceptance speech. He reflected on the strong friendship he had forged with Mr. Gu and his fellow educators in China over the past few decades. He believes that China's educational achievements in the past 40 years are extraordinary, and China's experience has many inspirations for other countries in the world, and he will continue to study Chinese education in depth and share China's experience with the world in the future. At the same time, Professor Vinayagum Chinapah called for the hope of the future of international and comparative education, which will inevitably become more diverse, international and inclusive. Professor Keith Lewin from the School of Education at the University of Sussex, Professor Lee Wing On from the University of Singapore Social Sciences, and Professor Li Jun from the University of Western Ontario recorded a video to express their gratitude to the Mingyuan Education Award.
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In the speech session of the guest representatives, Professor Yuan Zhenguo, Director of the Faculty of Education of East China Normal University, said that the "Mingyuan Education Award" is a symbol, symbolizing that ordinary educators and educational researchers have the world in mind and use their enthusiasm, enthusiasm, wisdom and influence to promote the development of educational science; The "Mingyuan Education Award" focuses on young scholars, attaches importance to the professional innovation of educational practitioners, and includes overseas scholars who have made outstanding contributions to Chinese education research, which not only has the value of promoting academic research and educational reform, but also represents a kind of institutional innovation.
Mr. Cheng Shangrong, the research institute of Jiangsu Provincial Institute of Educational Sciences and the former national superintendent, believes that the Mingyuan Education Award Ceremony is an exhibition, exchange meeting and seminar to promote the spirit of educators. Mr. Cheng praised Mr. Gu Mingyuan's educational dedication and personality charm by quoting the three classic sentences of "respecting virtue and learning from Taoism", "reaching the vast and subtle" and "being extremely wise and modest" in "The Mean", and pointed out that educators should learn Xi and carry forward the spirit of educators represented by Mr. Gu and be a teacher with the spirit of educators.
Professor Pei Diana of Beijing Normal University said that the winners of the Mingyuan Education Award in the practical category represent the highest level of China's current education reform, and they have made valuable explorations and achieved remarkable results in different fields such as minority education and rural education research, curriculum reform and school development research, subject education reform, teaching practice paradigm reform, and internationalization exploration.
Professor Chu Hongqi of Beijing Normal University believes that the educational practice exploration of the winners of the Mingyuan Education Award is practical, scientific, innovative and leading, and it is necessary to think about the question of "where is China's education road" put forward by Mr. Gu on the basis of the achievements made, and to reflect on the current phenomenon of quick success and quick profit in the field of education. Professor Chu Hongqi mentioned that in the future, school education should make children love school Xi, focus on the cultivation of children's innovation ability, and care more about children's mental health.
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Roundtable Discussion
The research roundtable forum was chaired by Professor Liu Baocun, Dean of the Institute of International and Comparative Education of Beijing Normal University. Professor Meng Fanhua, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Capital Normal University, Professor Shi Zhongying, Dean of the Institute of Education of Tsinghua University, Professor Bei Dunrong, Dean of the Institute of Education of Xiamen University, and Professor Du Yuhong, Director of the Institute of Educational Economics of Beijing Normal University, discussed the topic of "The Construction of China's Educational Independent Knowledge System and the Mission of Educational Theory Researchers".
The four guests expressed their wonderful views on how to deal with the relationship between local and foreign, how to deal with the relationship between pedagogical knowledge system and other disciplines, and how to deal with the relationship between tradition and modernity in the construction of China's independent knowledge system of education.
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The practical roundtable forum was chaired by Ms. Sha Peining, former editor-in-chief of the magazine "Primary and Secondary School Management". Li Xigui, Principal of Beijing No. 1 Experimental School, Ma Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Chongqing Bashu Primary School, Yang Peiming, Principal of Nanjing Senior High School in Jiangsu Province, Yu Zhengqiang, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the Primary School Affiliated to Jinhua Normal School in Zhejiang Province, Li Jianhua, Principal of Accuride International School in Zhengzhou High-tech Zone, and Xia Qingfeng, Principal of Beijing Middle School, discussed the topic of "Innovation in China's Educational Practice and the Mission of Educational Practitioners".
When talking about the problems that educational practitioners should do and can do, Secretary Ma Hong summarized them as "goodness" and "responsibility"; Principal Yang Peiming proposed that the details of education should be directed to the growth of students, and aesthetic education should be used to reconstruct the aesthetic middle school life; Secretary Yu Zhengqiang said that it should be done, which is the mission of every educator, and education is contained in all details; Principal Li Jianhua believes that the principal should make the school, Principal Xia Qingfeng proposed that principals should be good at discovering and solving problems, and that the space that can be done is the distance between goals and problems; Principal Li Xigui believes that principals can only withstand all inquiries if they are for the sake of students, and the principal's criterion for running a school should be to do his best to help teachers, promote school reform through teachers, and serve students. When talking about the school's own teaching reform practice, the principals conducted in-depth discussions from different perspectives such as "aesthetic education", "labor education", "teaching evaluation", "student centeredness" and "goodness", shared their experience in education management, and regarded "cooperation", "perfection", "persistence", "sincerity" and "first establishment and then breaking" as valuable intangible assets of educators.
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Mr. Gu Mingyuan made a concluding speech at the end of the event. Mr. Gu said that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and build a strong country in education, science and technology, and talents. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, talent is the key, and education is the foundation. At present, we are facing various challenges in education, and in the complex situation, it is even more important to grasp the mission of education. Although information technology is changing the ecology and mode of education, the essence of education will not change, and the most fundamental task is to do a good job in school education. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) put forward that we should run an education that satisfies the people, run every school well, and teach every class and every student well, which is the most fundamental thing.
Mr. Gu said humbly: "My 75 years of teaching are 75 years of learning Xi, 75 years of admitting mistakes, and 75 years of reflection. "Teachers should train students to take on the responsibility of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and teachers should encourage and lead themselves with the spirit of educators and temper themselves into excellent teachers. Finally, Mr. Gu congratulated the winners of the 5th and 6th Mingyuan Education Awards and hoped that they would work together to make further contributions to the practice of basic education and the field of basic education research.
Source丨Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University
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