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Four Strategies for Children’s Contextualized Learning

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From what I personally experienced and saw from classes for over the half past century, I deeply realized whether children have happy and effective learning directly influences their future development, which is no exaggeration. When primary school students are overloaded with school work, their physical and psychological development is hampered.

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    A poem written by a Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran. Its general meaning is translated. I the morning, the poet is awakened by bird chirp outside his window, so he recalled the wind and rain of last night, and had pity for the fallen flower petals. This poem expresses the poet’s tender feelings for spring.

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    This is a poem written for small children by famous Chinese author and educator, Ye Shengtao. It is included in the Chinese textbook for first graders, published by People’s Education Publication. The poem is translated in general meaning: The new moon is like a little boat with two crescent bows. I sit in the little boat, and see only twinkling stars and the velvet blue sky.

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    Excerpt from Chinese textbook for the third grade, published by Suzhou Education Press.

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    Excerpt from Chinese textbook for the second semester of sixth grade, published by People’s Education Press. It is written by famous Russian writer Chekhov in 1886. It profoundly exposes the miserable life of child workers under the Tsar’s rule by describing the protagonist Vanka’s misfortunes.

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    Gao Wen, Learning Innovation and Teaching Reform [M] Guangzhou: Guangdong Education Publishing House, 2007: 355.

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Jilin, L. (2018). Four Strategies for Children’s Contextualized Learning. In: Constructing a Paradigm for Children’s Contextualized Learning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55612-2_18

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