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本文为苏州外国语学校党委书记杜少梧专访。
Following is an exclusive interview withDu Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School.
校长名片
杜少梧
苏州外国语学校党委书记
学校介绍
苏州外国语学校创办于1994年，是由苏州光华教育集团投资管理的一所全日制高端民办K12学校。学校秉承“质量是根，文化是魂”的核心理念，以“立德树人”为教育根本，强调国民的自尊、民族的自信、教育的自主、文化的自立，着力打造最具国际对话力、国际理解力和国际竞争力的中国学校，培养阳光自信、富有朝气，善于表现与表达，具有国际视野、懂得国际理解、具备核心素养、通晓中华文化的中国公民。
苏州外国语学校发展至今，已经成为区域内培养多元化、创造性人才的摇篮和国际交流的重要桥梁和窗口，被誉为“苏州市民办教育的领头羊和全国外语特色学校排头兵”。近几年，学校中高考成绩不断攀登新高度，一大批学生走进清华、北大等全国一流高校。国际升学方面，每年都有众多学子被剑桥、牛津、康奈尔、斯坦福等世界顶级名校录取。
一、精进不休
深耕教育行业数十载
京领：请问您是如何与国际教育结缘的？又是如何选择了苏州外国语学校？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：我的职业只有一个，那就是老师。我在大学学习的专业是师范。毕业后，我比较幸运地进入了一所非常好的公办学校工作，获得了很多成长。后来，在改革开放的大环境下，我有机会进入民办学校、国际化学校，了解不同区域、不同国家的教育。所有的经历对我来说都是一笔财富，让我对教育这个行业能够有更多理解。
在我上学期间，我曾只将老师视为一个职业，但随着实习工作，我慢慢地喜欢上了教书育人。我认为教书育人是一件十分有意义的事，我在教书的过程中不断学习、不断探索。在改革开放的四十年中，基于时代大环境和个人经历，我的角色从受教育者变成教育者。我在教育领域的经历和积累也在逐渐沉淀：随着我对公办学校、民办学校、中部地区、东部地区、全国、全球教育的逐渐理解，我形成了自己的教育思想。
京领：能分享一下您对国际化教育的理解吗？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：我是教育领域的实践者。无论是从一线教学出发，还是从学校管理出发，我都是一个实践者，我提出的也是很实在的想法。我们苏外不做最洋气的国际服务，但一定要做最接地气的服务——这浓缩了我对国际化教育的理解。我是一线教学出身，我非常清楚在教学中，学生学习的痛点在哪里。我在实践中加入了很多自己的思考和探索，慢慢地形成了“做最接地气的服务”的思路。
我们做国际化教育，初心是希望更好地了解东西方教育，能够取长补短。教育是与时俱进的，国内外的教育各有优势和特点，我们将好的东西借鉴过来，将自身的优势发扬、传承。任何一种形式都很难用绝对的好或不好来判断，应该辩证地去看。
京领：您认为一位好的国际化学校校长应该具备哪些素质和能力？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：作为国际化学校的校长，首先要有清晰的定位，包括学校的定位和自我的定位。
其次，要有使命感、长远的目标和战略定力。我一直在和我的同事们分享，我们在做的是一件伟大的事情，我们所有的努力都是在为中国的教育生态贡献智慧。
从个人角度来讲，我认为国际化学校的校长要对东西方的教育有深刻的理解，要有思想的深度、实践的厚度、心胸的广度和务实的态度。
京领：在您看来，您作为校长，带领学校取得的最大成就是什么？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：任何一所学校、一个行业的发展，都是一大批智者前赴后继，累积形成的效果。作为个人，我希望能够在我力所能及的范围内，为苏外在发展的历史进程上贡献出一份智慧与力量。我也希望能够通过苏外的发展，来为中国的教育贡献一份经验和力量。
二、与时俱进
做顺势而为的领导者
京领：请您分享一些在学校管理建设方面的建议和经验。
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：我们在这个过程中做了很多探索，渐渐地沉淀了一些做法，这些做法渐渐形成了管理思想。
无论做什么事，坚持都很重要。坚持是自信的一种表现，而自信是需要底气的，底气源于专业。对教育的理解足够专业，才能有管理的底气。无论是面对国内老师还是外籍老师，与他们的对话都应该建立在平等的基础上，要足够专业才能说服他们并统一思想，按照统一管理的目标向前走。专业是基础，有专业才有底气不断探索，就会变得更加自信。
我们的外教来自世界各地，人数每年都保持在60人左右。我们的中国老师来自全国各地，也有人来自海外背景。所有老师聚集在一所学校里，朝着一个发展目标共同努力。
我们在学校里提出四个“自信”：机制自信、课程自信、管理自信、文化自信。
首先，机制自信：
我们是一所民办学校，机制相对灵活。在这里，我们有更多实现教育梦想的可能性。这种灵活的机制也为孩子们的成长提供了更多多元化的可能。
其次，课程自信：
我们国家的课程体系是经过多年沉淀，形成的有效、科学的课程体系。在这个基础上，我们深入研究西方课程，把西方课程中的优势和想法融入我们的课程体系。这样的做法让我们的校本课程与国家课程有机结合，我也一直要求我们的老师对不同的课程进行深度调研和学习。
第三，管理自信：
管理自信源于自我的自信和我们在学校发展过程中积淀的自信。
最后，文化自信：
管理自信带动的是文化自信。每所学校都拥有校园文化。质量是根，文化是魂，因为一所学校如果没有教学质量，就走不远；如果没有文化，就走不成。文化自信是所有自信的落脚点。
京领：作为一位有着丰富教学经验的校长，在老师队伍建设方面，您比较看中老师的哪些素质？有哪些具体措施来提高老师队伍的水平，提高教学教研质量？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：在老师的评价和任用上，我有这样几方面的考虑：
第一，态度。是否有好奇心？心胸格局怎么样？对教育的理解和职业定力怎么样？态度决定一切。
第二，能力。光有态度还不够，还要有能力，包括专业能力、学习能力、沟通能力。沟通能力对老师这个职业来说很重要；专业能力正如刚才所说，要足够专业，才能有底气、有自信。学习能力其实是最重要的，所以我对老师提出的要求是，希望他们每一个人都能成为快速学习者和深度学习者。在日新月异的发展态势下，如果没有学习能力，就可能掉队。并且，正是因为我们要求老师们不断努力、不断进步，老师们才会带动学生们的学习和努力，让家长看到苏外是一所不一样的学校。
老师的成长离不开团队的进步。无论是教研组的平台、学校的平台还是社会资源的平台，个人的成长一定是建立在平台上的。如何搭建平台和如何开展教研活动都是形式上的问题，最终的落脚点在于如何内化为老师的学习动力。
很多老师都会参加公开课、领航课、示范课、国内外培训等活动，但我认为，真正的原动力在于自己，真正的落脚点是内化为自己的成长体系，因为培训依靠的是别人的思想，能够借鉴多少、能够内化多少取决于接收了多少信息。先有自己的积累，在此基础上，从别人的思想或者做法上获得灵感，才能打开思路。
京领：您认为未来国际化学校想要发展好，需要具备怎样的竞争力？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：每所学校都在想方设法提升竞争力。竞争力强弱的最显性标志是学校的社会认可度，而且，这种认可度不体现在获得了多少奖项或者被多少领导表扬。苏外的竞争力在于，苏州的老百姓一提到孩子上学，就想到苏外是名校，是最好的学校。
更深入地讲，在学校管理的角度上，我认为学校的竞争力源自于实力，而实力意味着学校要有自己的目标。苏外的目标是示范江苏、领先全国、对话世界。达成这样的目标，顺势而为的智慧、探索创新的勇气、科学务实的态度都是必需的。在顺势而为的智慧中，学校的政治站位、培养定位、发展方向都是基础点。
京领：在科研、领导力、语言的培养方面，学校具体有哪些措施？在将来有什么计划？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：我们的发展目标非常清晰，那就是作为一所民办学校，成为百年名校。我们围绕这一目标，提出了三大战略：高质量的发展战略、数字化的发展战略、多语种的发展战略。
高质量的发展战略
我们是一所K12学校。机制的灵活性意味着我们在创新人才培养上具有天然的优势。孩子们的能力水平、思维能力、逻辑考量能达到什么层次，我们就提供什么层次的支持。我们通过建立这样的机制，可以很好地为一些超常发展的孩子提供助力。
同时，高质量发展不仅仅针对拔尖的学生，我们对于整体的教育教学水平都有很高的质量要求。
数字化的发展战略
邓小平同志曾提出三个“面向”：面向现代化、面向世界、面向未来。对一个资深的教育工作者来说，这三个“面向”永远不会过时。比如，面向现代化意味着与时俱进，在教育教学中引进最先进的教育科技成果。面向世界、面向未来意味着我们要培养面向世界和未来的孩子。
多语种的发展战略
我们从去年开始推行一种机制，让孩子们从一年级开始就可以选择第二外语，一共有四门外语供他们选择：德语、法语、西班牙语、日语。这样的教学机智在全国内都是为数极少的。随着国家一带一路的不断开拓，国家对多语种人才的需求越来越高。在苏外，孩子们有机会从一年级开始学习，经过六年小学、三年初中、三年高中，总计12年的多语种学习，我们将会为国家培养出一大批语言功底深厚的多语言人才。
京领：学校如何平衡学科教育和学生综合素质的发展？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：我们的思路是以素质能力的提升来促进学术能力的提升。
现在，社会上一个普遍的现象是急功近利，功利和焦虑非常严重。家长希望孩子能考进清华、北大，都希望孩子能在班里考到第一名，但事实上，这个逻辑是不成立的。有目标是好事，但如果只盯着目标，就很难做成事。有些事情是欲速则不达的，比如，孩子要想考进北大，就要进行高考，就要参加竞赛，但如果从一年级就开始参加竞赛和做高考题目，这个逻辑显然是不成立的。我们经常谈，科学、务实。教育是有规律的，要脚踏实地。百年树人是一个长期的过程，不能急功近利。
在学生培养方面，苏外所做的不是仅盯分数，而是更加关注学生素质能力的提升。这从实践中就可以看出来：苏外开展很多活动，孩子们的学习时间被占据很多，但我们的成绩在苏州仍然首屈一指。这个结果也证明了我们思路的正确性。
教育不是学校的单一行为。家庭的教育对学生来说非常重要。我们在招生时，围绕家校，有一句话叫“理念相同、文化认同、家校协同”，只有家校协同才能形成教育的最大合力。
现在，中国教育中的一个问题就是家庭教育，因为很多年轻的父母没有教育孩子的经验，这意味着学校除了需要引导学生，还需要引导家长。学校的老师们需要基于专业来引导家长，因为如果不专业，老师就会在和家长的沟通中遇到很多问题和冲突。而且，苏外的学生家长大多拥有深厚的教育背景，他们是社会精英和各个领域的管理者，他们的学历甚至可以碾压我们的老师。所以，越是实践，我们就越是发现和家长的交流与沟通重要，我们就越是要求老师们要拥有更高的专业度。
教育是有规律的，人的成长是有规律的。个人的成功不代表着教育的规律，因此，很多高知背景的家庭对于教育的理解反而是不够深入的。为了引导家长，苏外开设有家庭教育沙龙、家委会等家长交流渠道，让家长知道学校在做什么，也让家长知道他们自己应该做什么、他们的孩子应该做什么，让家长对于把孩子送到苏外感到心安。
三、鼓励创新
培养开拓引领性的时代新人
京领：在创新方面，学校是如何创造创新氛围的？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校常务副校长：关于创新的讨论有很多，每个人对于创新的理解都是不一样的。我的理解很简单：创新就是把平时的工作做好，并且做得更好。这就是在探索创新。
在做每一件事的过程中，我都提出了做事的三部曲：事前反复推演，事中反馈协调，事后反思总结。将每一件事都按照这三部曲去做，就会有进步，有更多的探索和创新。
京领：学校如何培养学生的创新力？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：学生的创新能力培养是我们的落脚点。无论是学校管理的创新探索，还是老师的创新成长，最终的落脚点都是如何培养学生的创新能力。对学生创新能力的培养贯穿在所有的教育细节之中。创新的出现基于学生的安全感，学生有出奇的思路、创新的想法，他不会被责备、不会被打压。这种安全感是创新的土壤。
关于师生关系，有一个经典说法，我认为十分正确：学生是主体，教师是主导，要以学生为中心。这样一来，学生是教育的真正受益者，老师起到的作用是鼓励、激发学生的好奇心和探索欲。好奇心和探索欲其实是与生俱来的，所以对老师来说，保护学生们的好奇心很重要，要给学生环境，给他们土壤，给他们鼓励和安全。在教授知识的过程中，老师可以鼓励学生更多地思考，对世界进行更多了解、产生更多看法。
京领：进入一个人工智能快速发展的时代，您认为人工智能会对教育或者对学生产生什么影响？您和您的团队计划如何应对？
杜少梧，苏州外国语学校党委书记：人工智能是时代发展趋势所致。我一直提到，教育要与时俱进。教育的主要功能是培养人，而“培养什么人”、“培养具备什么能力的人”其实是人工智能对教育者的挑战。在生产要素中，人之所以是最积极、最活跃的因素，是因为人有思想，有思考的能力，能有思维上的突破和创新。
我们讨论的话题不应该是“机器是否能代替人”，而应该是“人的优势到底是什么”。我一直认为，如果因为机器在知识储备上超越了人类，所以人类就选择躺平和放弃学习，这是不正确的方向。机器的进步是可以被创造的，而机器是否可以超越人类、能够超越什么样的人、机器会在什么时段里对人类的生活产生什么影响，这些都是要交给时间去论证的话题。
总之，作为一个教育工作者，我认为培养学生的创新能力、思辨能力是一个永恒的话题。
结语
任何事物的发展，其背后都离不开无数智者前赴后继的努力。杜少梧校长正如无数兢兢业业的教育工作者一般，目光长远、脚踏实地，以个人的微小付出滋育学校的整体发展。他们看到的不仅仅是无数个学生的未来，还有整个中国教育的未来。相信在他们的努力下，国内的学校将迎来更美好的发展，中国教育也将走向更加辉煌的未来。
I. Keep Improving，
Decades of Deep Development in the Educational Industry
KingLead: How did you become involved in international education? What made you choose Suzhou Foreign Language School?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：My only profession is as a teacher. I studied teacher-training at university. After graduating, I was relatively lucky to work in a very good public school and gained a lot of growth. Later, under the environment of reform and opening-up, I had the opportunity to enter private schools and international schools and learn about education in different regions and countries. All of these experiences have been a treasure for me and have enabled me to gain a greater understanding of the industry of education.
I used to regard teaching as a profession only, but with my internship work, I slowly fell in love with teaching and educating people. I think teaching is a very meaningful thing and I am constantly learning and exploring the process of teaching. During the forty years of reform and opening-up, based on the general environment of the era and my personal experience, my role has changed from an educated person to an educator. My experience and accumulation in the field of education are also gradually settling down: as I gradually understand public schools, private schools, the central region, the eastern region, the whole country, and global education, I have formed my educational thinking.
KingLead: Can you share your understanding of international education?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：I am a practitioner in the field of education. Whether starting from front-line teaching or school management, I’m a practitioner and I come up with very real ideas. We don’t do the most foreign international service at Suzhou Foreign Language School, but we must do the most down-to-earth service, which condenses my understanding of international education. I used to be a front-line teacher and I know very well where the pain points of student learning are in teaching. I have added a lot of my thinking and exploration to my practice, and I have slowly developed the idea of “making the most down-to-earth service”.
Our initial aim in international education is to better understand Eastern and Western education so that we can complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Education is evolving with the times, and both domestic education and international education have their strengths and characteristics, so we learn from what is good and exert and inherit our strengths. It is difficult to judge any education form in terms of whether it is absolutely good or bad, but we should look at it in a dialectical way.
KingLead: What qualities and abilities do you think a good international school headmaster should have?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：As a headmaster of an international school, you must first have a clear orientation, including the orientation of the school and the orientation of yourself.
Secondly, one must have a sense of mission, long-term goals and strategic determination. I have been sharing with my colleagues that what we are doing is a great thing and that all our efforts are contributing wisdom to China’s education ecology.
From a personal point of view, I believe that the headmaster of an international school should have a deep understanding of education in both East and West. And the headmaster should have a depth of thought, a thickness of practice, a breadth of mind and a pragmatic attitude.
KingLead: In your opinion, what is your greatest achievement leading the school as a headmaster?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：The development of any school or industry is the cumulative result of a large number of wise men. As an individual, all I can say about my place in history is that I hope to contribute my wisdom and strength to the development of Suzhou Foreign Language School as far as possible. I also hope to be able to contribute to the development of education in China through the development of Suzhou Foreign Language School.
II. Keep Pace with the Times
Be the Leader who Seize the Momentum
KingLead: Can you share some of your suggestions and experiences in school management？
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：We have done a lot of exploring in the process and have gradually precipitated some practices which have gradually developed into management ideas.
Whatever you do, persistence is important. Persistence is a manifestation of self-confidence, and self-confidence needs self-assurance, which comes from professionalism. If you have a professional understanding of education, you can have the confidence to manage the school. Whether you are dealing with domestic or foreign teachers, your dialogue with them should base on equality, and you need to be professional enough to convince them and unify their minds and make them move forward with the goal of unified management. Professionalism is the foundation, and only with professionalism will we have the confidence to keep exploring and become more confident.
Our foreign teachers come from all over the world and the number remains at around 60 every year. Our Chinese teachers come from all over the country, and some of them have overseas backgrounds. All of our teachers come together in one school and work together towards one development goal.
We have four “confidence” in the school: mechanism confidence, curriculum confidence, management confidence and culture confidence.
Firstly, mechanism confidence:
We are a private school with a relatively flexible mechanism. Here, we have more possibilities to realize our educational dreams. This flexible mechanism also provides more diversified possibilities for the children’s growth.
Secondly, curriculum confidence:
Our national curriculum system is very effective and scientific and it has been developed for many years. On this basis, We delve into the Western curriculum and put the strengths and ideas of the Western curriculum into our curriculum. This approach has allowed us to organically integrate our school-based curriculum with the national curriculum, and I have always asked our teachers to conduct in-depth research and study for different curricula.
Thirdly, management confidence:
Management confidence stems from self-confidence and the confidence we have accumulated during the development of the school.
Finally, cultural confidence:
Management confidence drives cultural confidence. Every school has a campus culture. Quality is the root and culture is the soul because a school without quality teaching and learning will not go far; without culture, it will not go far. Cultural confidence is the foothold of all confidence.
KingLead: As a headmaster with extensive teaching experience, what qualities do you value in teacher team building? What specific measures have you taken to improve teachers’ abilities and the quality of teaching and research?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：In terms of teacher evaluation and appointment, I have several considerations:
Firstly, attitude.Is he curious? What is his ambition and mindset? How is his understanding of education and professional determination? Attitude determines everything.
Second, ability.Attitude alone is not enough, but also ability, including professional ability, learning ability and communication ability. Communication skills are very important to teachers; professional skills bring confidence. Learning ability is the most important, so what I ask teachers is that I want each of them to be fast learners and deep learners. In the ever-changing development landscape, without the ability to learn, you could fall behind. And, when we ask our teachers to keep working hard and improving, they will drive their students to learn and work hard so that parents can see that Suzhou Foreign Language School is a different kind of school.
The growth of teachers cannot be achieved without the progress of the team.Whether it is the platform of the teaching and research team, the school or the social resources, personal growth must be built on the platform. How to build a platform and how to carry out teaching and research activities are both formal issues that ultimately end up in how to internalise a teacher’s motivation to learn.
Many teachers participate in open classes, pilot classes, demonstration classes, and domestic and international pieces of training and other activities, but I believe that the real driving force lies in themselves, and the real foothold is to internalise it into their growth systems. Because the training relies on the ideas of others, how much can be learned and how much can be internalised depends on how much information is received. It is only when you have your accumulation first, and then based on that, you get inspiration from other people’s ideas or practices, finally you can open up your mind.
KingLead: What kind of competitiveness do you think international schools need to have to develop well in the future?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：Every school is looking for ways to improve its competitiveness. The most obvious sign of competitiveness is the school’s social recognition, and this is not reflected in the number of awards it has won or the number of commendations it has received from leaders. The competitiveness of Suzhou Foreign Language School is that when people in Suzhou mention their children’s schooling, they think of Suzhou Foreign Language School as a famous school and the best school.
More deeply, in terms of school management, I believe that a school’s competitiveness stems from its strengths, and strengths mean that a school has its own goals. The goal of Suzhou Foreign Language School is to set an example for Jiangsu, lead the country and talk to the world. To achieve this goal, the wisdom to follow the trend, the courage to explore and innovate, and the scientific and pragmatic attitude are all necessary. In the wisdom of following the trend, the school’s political position, training orientation and development direction are all fundamental points.
KingLead: What are the school’s specific measures in terms of research, leadership, and language development? What are your plans for the future?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：Our development goal is very clear: as a private school, we aim to become a renowned century-old institution. To achieve this goal, we have developed three major strategies: a high-quality development strategy, a digital development strategy, and a multilingual development strategy.
High-Quality Development Strategy
As a K-12 school, we have a natural advantage in innovative talent development due to the flexibility of our mechanisms. We provide support at the level of ability, thinking ability, and logical reasoning that our students demonstrate. By establishing such a mechanism, we can provide a great boost to students who demonstrate exceptional development.
Meanwhile, high-quality development is not only for the top students, we have high-quality requirements for the overall level of education and teaching.
Digital Development Strategy
Comrade Deng Xiaoping once proposed three “orientations”: orientation towards modernization, orientation towards the world, and orientation towards the future. For a senior educator, these three orientations will never become outdated. For instance, orientation towards modernization means keeping up with the times and introducing the latest educational technology achievements into education and teaching. Orientation towards the world and the future means that we need to cultivate children who are open to the world and the future.
Multilingual Development Strategy
Since last year, we have implemented a mechanism that allows children to choose a second foreign language from the first grade. There are four languages available for them to choose from: German, French, Spanish, and Japanese. Such a teaching mechanism is rare in this country. With the continuous development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the demand for multilingual talent in this country is increasing. At our school, students have the opportunity to learn multiple languages starting from the first grade, and after twelve years of multilingual learning from primary school to high school, we will cultivate a large number of linguistically skilled multilingual talents for our country.
KingLead: How does the school balance the development of the subject education and the comprehensive development of students?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：Our approach is to promote academic ability through the improvement of students’ competence.
Nowadays, a common phenomenon in society is the rush for success, and utilitarianism and anxiety are very serious. Parents are hoping their children can get into top universities like Tsinghua or Peking University, or achieve first place in their classes. However, this logic is flawed. Having goals is good, but if one only focuses on the goals, it is difficult to get things done. Haste makes waste. If a child wants to get into Peking University, s/he has to attend Gaokao and take part in competitions. But it is obviously not a feasible approach starting from the first grade. We often talk about being scientific and pragmatic. Education has its own rules and requires a practical approach. education is a long-term process that can’t seek quick success.
In terms of student development, our approach at Suzhou Foreign Language School is not solely focused on grades, but more on the improvement of students’ competence. This can be seen in our practice, as we organize many activities that occupy much of students’ time, yet our academic performance still ranks at the top in Suzhou. This result proves our approach.
Education is not only the responsibility of schools, family education is also crucial for students.When recruiting students, we have a saying around family and school: “Same philosophy, Same culture, Cooperation between home and school”. We believe that only with this cooperation can we achieve the greatest educational synergy.
One issue in Chinese education today is family education. Many young parents have no experience in education, which means that schools not only need to guide students but also need to guide parents. Teachers need to guide parents based on their expertise, as a lack of expertise can lead to many problems and conflicts in their communication with parents. Additionally, many parents at Suzhou Foreign Language School have a strong educational background, being social elites and managers in various fields, and their education level can even surpass that of our teachers. Therefore, the more we practice, the more we realize the importance of communication and dialogue with parents, and the higher the level of professionalism required of our teachers.
There are rules to education and there are rules to human growth. Personal success does not mean the rules of education. Therefore, many highly educated families may not have a deep understanding of education. To guide parents, we have set up various communication channels, such as Family Education Salons and Parent Forum, so that parents know what the school is doing and what they should do, as well as making parents feel reassured about sending their children to our school.
III. Encourage Innovation
Cultivate New Generation Who Have Pioneering Spirit
KingLead: How does the school create an innovative atmosphere for students?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：There are many discussions about innovation, and everyone’s understanding of innovation is different. My understanding is simple: innovation is doing what you normally do well, and doing it better. This is exploring innovation.
I have put forward a trilogy of doing things in the process of doing everything:rehearsing beforehand, feedback coordination during the process, reflecting, and summarizing afterward. Doing everything according to this trilogy will lead to progress, more exploration, and innovation.
KingLead: How does the school develop students’ capacity for innovation?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：The cultivation of students’ innovation ability is our ultimate goal. Whether it is the innovative exploration of school management or the innovative growth of teachers, the ultimate goal is to cultivate students’ innovation abilities. The cultivation of students’ innovation ability is embedded in all aspects of education. Innovation emerges when students feel safe and won’t be blamed or suppressed for having surprising ideas or innovative thoughts. This sense of security is the soil for innovation.
Regarding the relationship between teachers and students, there is a classic statement that I agree with: students are the main body, and teachers are the backup, the student should be the center of attention. In this way, students are the true beneficiaries of education, and the role of teachers is to encourage and stimulate their curiosity and desire for exploration. Curiosity and the desire for exploration are innate, so it is important for teachers to protect students’ curiosity and provide them with an environment, soil, encouragement, and safety. In the process of teaching, teachers can encourage students to think more, understand the world more, and generate more ideas.
KingLead: Entering an era of rapid development of artificial intelligence, what impact do you think it will have on education or students? How do you and your team plan to respond?
Du Shaowu, Party Secretary General of Suzhou Foreign Language School：Artificial intelligence is a result of the trend of the times. I have always emphasized that education should keep pace with the times. The main function of education is to cultivate people, and the challenge posed by artificial intelligence to educators is to cultivate what kind of people, and what kind of abilities they should possess. Among the factors of production, humans are the most active and dynamic because they have thoughts, the ability to think, and the ability to make breakthroughs and innovations in their thinking.
The topic of our discussion should not be “whether machines can replace humans”, but rather “what are the advantages of humans?”.I have always believed that it is not the correct direction for humans to choose to give up learning just because machines surpass humans in knowledge databases. The progress of machines can be created, whether machines can surpass humans, what kind of people they can surpass, and what impact they will have on human life at what stage, are topics that need to be proven over time.
In conclusion, as an educator, I believe that cultivating students’ innovative and critical thinking abilities is an eternal topic.
The development of anything cannot be separated from the efforts of countless smart people. Principal Du Shaowu, like countless dedicated educators, has a long-term vision and a down-to-earth attitude. He nurtures the overall development of the school with his personal contribution. These educators not only see the future of countless students but also the future of China’s education. It is believed that with their efforts, schools in China will embrace a better development, and China’s education will move towards a more brilliant future.
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