After 70 years of precipitation, with the hard work of generations of experimenters, the experiment moved forward steadily and climbed continuously, realizing a new leap forward development. In 2018, Shandong experimental middle school ushered in the 70th anniversary of its founding. Alumni returned and filled with friends. The circle of friends during the school celebration was almost filled with praise and affection for Shandong experimental middle school. By this year, President Han Xianghe had been working in the experiment for 34 years.

“In 1984, there were more than 1000 students and more than 100 teachers in the provincial experiment. This is the only teaching building, and other classrooms are bungalows.” Han Xianghe, then the principal of Shandong experimental middle school, still clearly remembers that 34 years ago, he entered the provincial experimental middle school to teach.

The hard core spirit handed down from generation to generation

From 1984 to 2018, the reform and opening up has passed through the 40th anniversary. With the rapid development of the times, Shandong experimental middle school is also committed to temperature experimental education, diversified education has achieved fruitful results, and the social influence of the school has been continuously improved. Now, the baton is in the hands of Han Xianghe.

At this year’s national education conference, “education is the great plan of the country and the great plan of the party”, an enlightening voice, put education in a key position. What kind of people to cultivate is the primary issue of education. In the 70 year school running history of the provincial experiment, Han Xianghe believes that “daring to be first” is one of the most prominent characteristics of the experimenter.

As early as the 1990s, the school opened elective courses and comprehensive practical activities such as sewing and typing. With the municipal government increasing its investment in education, the school also increased its strength in teaching research and took the lead in using new concept English in teaching, which is still in the forefront of the country.

“Reform is the fundamental driving force for the development of education”. Today’s Shandong Province is at a critical time for the transformation of old and new kinetic energy, and the power of reform is more urgent. Han Xianghe believes that “grasping the first opportunity is the secret of making progress in stability in provincial experiments.” Now, the provincial experiment stands at the intersection of history and the future. In order to meet the challenges brought by the new college entrance examination system in Shandong Province in 2020, the school has made an attempt to select courses and take classes in layers, so that each student has a timetable suitable for himself. At the same time, in order to eliminate students’ confusion and anxiety about college majors, backgrounds and filling in volunteers, the university has also actively connected with college resources, carried out the integration of general and high schools, and opened characteristic classes such as “innovation class of Shanda University” and “innovation class of China University of science and technology”.

“Since there are only a dozen classes, the provincial experimental education group has been established, with more than 9000 students and more than 700 teaching staff. The provincial experiment has the responsibility to play a leading role in radiation, so that as many students as possible can enjoy high-quality education.” Han Xianghe said.

No matter how the times change, there will always be some hard core spirit handed down from generation to generation that will not change, and there will always be some characteristics that will be carried forward by generations of experimenters. “During my years of experimental work in the province, what I feel most is the strong teaching and research atmosphere in the school.” When he first came to work in the school, as a young teacher, Han Xianghe realized the selflessness and selflessness of the old teacher. “I remember one time I was preparing for an open class. At that time, unlike now, social networking was not so developed and there was no mobile phone. I went to the old teacher’s house and practiced the simulation of the open class again and again. The old teacher from how to write on the blackboard to what feeling it can bring to the students to ask questions in different ways, repeated experiments and repeated practice.”

The exquisite teaching art of the old teachers and their unreserved help to the young teachers moved and shocked the young Han Xianghe. Perhaps it is the teachers’ investment in teaching and research that makes the experimental and exemplary characteristics of the school more remarkable. Every year, more than 1000 students win various awards in the national new concept composition competition, discipline Olympiad, invention patent and so on, making the school gradually become a well-known high school in the country.

Create unlimited space for every student to develop actively

“Create unlimited space for active development for every student” is a sentence mentioned by Han Xianghe many times. Different from the stereotype of “Xueba” in the secular concept, Han Xianghe focuses on creating a loose and atmospheric atmosphere in the school. He believes that students can’t “study hard” and education can’t be based on achievement. Quality education and sustainable development are the source of a student’s considerable progress.

The “five Festivals”, composed of Reading Festival, sports festival, art festival, science and technology festival and Film Festival, are the traditional festivals of the provincial experiment every year. In addition, the school has also set up independent enrollment elective courses, Sino US curriculum experimental classes, International Department, etc. as long as students have needs and interests, the school will do its best to provide platforms and opportunities. “We are willing to start from discovering students’ interests, respecting students’ choices and cultivating students’ specialties.” Han Xianghe believes that only through curriculum experience can middle school students find their interests and advantages, and then make rational choices for career planning and career education.

This not only improves the quality of education, but also internalizes the consistent school running concept of the school. It may be feasible to create development space for students, but creating unlimited space for active development for each student is more like a promise given to students by provincial experiment.

The reason why the age of seventeen or eighteen is beautiful and the memory of middle school is unforgettable is probably because at this time, everyone’s dream is infinitely possible and everyone’s life has just started.

Han Xianghe believes that this is a key period for the formation of students’ Outlook on life, values and world outlook, and the guidance of the school occupies an important position. In addition to laying a good foundation for the study of various disciplines, each student should be confident and self-improvement, have good psychological quality, be healthy, open-minded and calm, and cultivate all kinds of abilities needed for future life.

In his usual teaching practice, Han Xianghe found that students at this stage are more willing to follow the guidance of their peers than to listen to the teachings of their elders. Therefore, the “senior system” of the provincial experiment came into being, which is not only the practice of school leading education, but also the first moral education card in Jinan.

It is also the various attempts and achievements of the provincial experiment in educating people that have won the honor of “national civilized campus”, which has also become an unforgettable honor in Han Xianghe’s heart.

Three thousand peach and plum nurseries are sown in spring, and fruits are full of China in autumn

“Teaching is an easy and contented profession.”, Han Xianghe, who used to work in the front line of teaching