What Is the Difference Between Traditional Education and Life Education? ······························ 1
Creative Education for Children ······················································································ 3
Creative Education ······································································································10
From the Education of the Poor to the Education of Poor Nations·········································· 19
From Lighting a Coal Stove to Reflecting on Education ······················································· 21
On Reading and Applying Books···················································································· 23
Children’s Science Education ·························································································27
One Lesson in Teaching My Sons by Doing ······································································· 35
Strength Must Come from Within — To Tao Xiaoguang ·······················································37
National Crisis and Education ······················································································· 39
Action Is the Beginning of Knowledge ··············································································41
From Knowing-Acting-Knowing to Acting-Knowing-Acting ················································· 44
The Youth Are to Be Feared; We Must Strive Harder! — To Pan Yichen ··································46
Living Education ········································································································ 48
The New Birth of Education ·························································································· 57
Education and the Scientific Method ··············································································· 61
The Opportunities and Responsibilities of Educators···························································66
Children of Science ····································································································· 73
A Democratic Children’s Day ························································································ 75
Do Not Underestimate Apprentices··················································································77
An Introduction to Popular Education ············································································· 78
The Path to Popularizing Modern Life Education ·······························································88
Shatter the Hell of Childhood and Create a Paradise for Children ·········································113
How Not to Become a Person Left Behind by the Times — A Letter in Response to a Young Teacher117
What Is the Most Fearsome Thing? ··············································································· 118
The Establishment and Development of Life Education ······················································ 120
The First Transformation of a Normal School Student: Becoming Sun Wukong ······················· 123
The Second Transformation of the Normal School Student: Becoming a Child ·························127
Practical Life: Our True Compass — A letter to All Students of the Experimental Rural Normal
School·····················································································································131
On Bookworms········································································································· 133
The Mother of Thought ·······························································································134
On the University of Society ·························································································135
Force-Feeding Education ···························································································· 138
The Cultural Network ································································································ 139
The Children’s Chickens — A Letter to Mr. Xu Junqizhou ··················································141
The Little Teacher and Popular Education ······································································ 143
Postscript to the Inaugural Issue of The Little World of Plants············································· 148
New Education ········································································································· 150
The New Education of New China ················································································· 160
The Spirit of Students·································································································163
The Essential Elements of Scholarship — A Letter in Reply to Mr. Cheng Zhongyi··················· 166
On Learning Foreign Languages···················································································167
On Learning to Be a Whole Person ················································································168
Opening the Gates of Learning ····················································································· 170
A Teacher and Parent’s Response: Freedom Where the Sapling Breaks Through ······················171
Twenty-Three Foundational Competencies For Talent Cultivation ········································ 173
The Ten-Character Formula for Talent Cultivation ··························································· 176
Unwavering Amid Hardship, Creating Forward — A Letter to Ma Lyuxian ···························· 179
Self-reliance ············································································································· 180
Panegyric from the Wastebasket ··················································································· 181
Creative Education for Children ······················································································ 3
Creative Education ······································································································10
From the Education of the Poor to the Education of Poor Nations·········································· 19
From Lighting a Coal Stove to Reflecting on Education ······················································· 21
On Reading and Applying Books···················································································· 23
Children’s Science Education ·························································································27
One Lesson in Teaching My Sons by Doing ······································································· 35
Strength Must Come from Within — To Tao Xiaoguang ·······················································37
National Crisis and Education ······················································································· 39
Action Is the Beginning of Knowledge ··············································································41
From Knowing-Acting-Knowing to Acting-Knowing-Acting ················································· 44
The Youth Are to Be Feared; We Must Strive Harder! — To Pan Yichen ··································46
Living Education ········································································································ 48
The New Birth of Education ·························································································· 57
Education and the Scientific Method ··············································································· 61
The Opportunities and Responsibilities of Educators···························································66
Children of Science ····································································································· 73
A Democratic Children’s Day ························································································ 75
Do Not Underestimate Apprentices··················································································77
An Introduction to Popular Education ············································································· 78
The Path to Popularizing Modern Life Education ·······························································88
Shatter the Hell of Childhood and Create a Paradise for Children ·········································113
How Not to Become a Person Left Behind by the Times — A Letter in Response to a Young Teacher117
What Is the Most Fearsome Thing? ··············································································· 118
The Establishment and Development of Life Education ······················································ 120
The First Transformation of a Normal School Student: Becoming Sun Wukong ······················· 123
The Second Transformation of the Normal School Student: Becoming a Child ·························127
Practical Life: Our True Compass — A letter to All Students of the Experimental Rural Normal
School·····················································································································131
On Bookworms········································································································· 133
The Mother of Thought ·······························································································134
On the University of Society ·························································································135
Force-Feeding Education ···························································································· 138
The Cultural Network ································································································ 139
The Children’s Chickens — A Letter to Mr. Xu Junqizhou ··················································141
The Little Teacher and Popular Education ······································································ 143
Postscript to the Inaugural Issue of The Little World of Plants············································· 148
New Education ········································································································· 150
The New Education of New China ················································································· 160
The Spirit of Students·································································································163
The Essential Elements of Scholarship — A Letter in Reply to Mr. Cheng Zhongyi··················· 166
On Learning Foreign Languages···················································································167
On Learning to Be a Whole Person ················································································168
Opening the Gates of Learning ····················································································· 170
A Teacher and Parent’s Response: Freedom Where the Sapling Breaks Through ······················171
Twenty-Three Foundational Competencies For Talent Cultivation ········································ 173
The Ten-Character Formula for Talent Cultivation ··························································· 176
Unwavering Amid Hardship, Creating Forward — A Letter to Ma Lyuxian ···························· 179
Self-reliance ············································································································· 180
Panegyric from the Wastebasket ··················································································· 181
Xinying Xiao, English Professor in the School of Foreign Languages at Jinggangshan University, holds a master’s degree in English Language and Literature from Shanghai Normal University and
specializes in Translation Studies and Applied Linguistics. Her works “Unity of Science and Art. in
Advertising Translation”, “On Ecological Constraints in Advertising Translation” and “Recontextualizing
the ‘San-Sheng San-Shi’ Principle: Ecological Approaches to English-Chinese Advertising Translation”
have appeared in Chinese Science & Technology Translators Journal, and the work “Towards the Three
Principles for Translation of English Advertising Texts” has been published in the Journal of Jiangxi
University of Finance and Economics. She has successfully concluded six provincial-level research
initiatives as the lead researcher. Her current research explores the analyses and translation of the
revolutionary linguistic landscape of Jinggangshan. She mainly teaches undergraduate courses in E-C/C-E
Written Translation and C-E Translation of Chinese Political Texts.