7 things to discuss with your EdTech program reviewer

1. Educational technology

NM Iacôplep (1975), with the monograph Methods and techniques of teaching in general schools, the author emphasized:“The meaning of teaching is how to make children learn, that is, to carry out the technological process of perception, processing, consolidation and practical application of skills and knowledge”.

According to this approach, “the main actor of the learning process is the student, it is the student who directly carries out the technological process of his own development and improvement”.

Also according to NM Iacôplep, “in teaching there are two overlapping technological processes: the “teacher’s” process and the “student’s” process. Both of these processes take place simultaneously, so combining them together harmoniously is a difficult task.”

Student-centered teaching, every day at school is a happy day, is the content of educational technology, always valuable, needs to be applied and continue to develop to new heights in the context of current educational innovation.

A carefully designed teaching process, if presented in textbooks, is essential for grade 1 and the following grades. To assert that for the upper grades (after grade 1) is inappropriate and ineffective - a subjective, imposed, and unscientific statement.

It is even more imposing to say that in TV1 - CNGD there are "extreme" things, extreme or resolutely groundbreaking?

2. For grade 1, “vacuum of meaning” – why not?

Kindergarten and first grade children, when communicating with family and acquaintances, sometimes speak very maturely, without fully understanding what they are saying.

There are things that are simple but the children have never heard so they are confused when answering.

My nephew entered first grade, the teacher asked: "Are you Mr. Chuong's nephew?"My nephew replied no.

Knowing the story, I asked him why, he innocently replied that it was only... Uncle Chuong.

Many preschoolers, early first graders, just look at pictures and can read fluently, even difficult words. What’s wrong with this? Reading - understanding - emotion - personality development, in many cases, starts from a “vacuum of meaning”.

3. Everyday language with first graders

“The vacuum of meaning” and the need for first graders to learn everyday language have a dialectical relationship. The “rough” language of everyday life, leading first graders to where is a whole process.

Don't use adults' worries and assumptions to stereotype and use children to... scare them, that's not a scientific way of doing things.

4. Discuss real objects and substitutes

In the field of mechanics, moving objects - real objects such as: cars, trains, airplanes, ..., in Mechanics grade 10, when solving problems of the motion of those objects, people use a substitute object which is a point. Point material helps the survey problem become simpler but from there helps to study the motion of solid objects later on to be complete and accurate.

In the field of language, although the author is an outsider, but with the argument of Associate Professor Bui Manh Hung, using the concept of real object and substitute object seems to complicate the problem when applied to language teaching, that is an incomplete assessment.

5. Grade 1, need love

In the song"She and Mom", there is a saying:“She and Mom are two teachers, Mom and She are two gentle mothers”This love helps first graders to be confident and bold in participating in activities in class and at home - an important foundation of educational technology.

The first gift of life for children is love, other good things, children must seek for themselves. Trust in adults begins with love for children and is established through the process of active learning, years of reflection, and growth.

It seems that there is this mistake, a mistake that is not accidental!? I think that the passion of Professor Ho Ngoc Dai shown in TV1 - CNGD is the origin, the love for children.

6. Many generations of adults started in first grade with reading and spelling.

Read a textReading, listen to others read and write downSpelling, has existed for a long time, and was given special attention by the old school. Perhaps that is why, for those who have gone through the old school, even if only through grade 1 or 2, it is very difficult for them to become blind again - this is a practical basis.Reading, SpellingGood reading skills from grade 1 help students read, understand and express in higher grades and can speak, children are less likely to become blind again.

7. Need to understand correctly the issue of setting an example in education

Standing in the educational reference system, educational technology is both a goal and a measure (an element of the educational reference system) to correctly understand the issue of setting an example. It seems that Associate Professor Bui Manh Hung has a mistake or a mismatch, separating the language of "education does not need to set an example", that is not setting an example in science. Without mutual respect, it is difficult to have enthusiasm, without mutual respect, it is difficult to refuse high positions and positions to contribute and create the work TV1 - Educational Technology. Normally, when exchanging in an emotional space, affection, with high resonance between the speaker and the listener, expressing closely, sincerely, frankly cannot be said to be disrespectful.

(The article quotes documents from the book: Vietnamese Educational Science from Renovation to Present by two authors Phan Van Kha and Nguyen Loc)

Dr. Nguyen Hoang Chuong