The Beauty of Harmony
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Summary
Junior high school students are in a sensitive period of emotional fluctuation and confusion, and they long even more for understanding and support from parents, teachers, and peers. This book describes stories of right and wrong, grievances and gratitude in class after class, and actively helps students experience, perceive, discover, and create the beauty of life's harmony in early youth within the collective.
Editor's review
In terms of content, the book is clearly structured and logically progressive. It opens with harmony within the individual, exploring emotional management, self-awareness, and the path to inner peace; it then expands to interpersonal relationships, analyzing the art of conflict resolution and synergistic coexistence in family, workplace, and community; finally, it rises to a broader level, discussing how sustainable harmonious relationships can be built between humanity and nature, and among different cultures and civilizations. This framework—from the inside out, from the small to the large—allows readers to follow the author's thinking and gradually construct a multi-layered, three-dimensional understanding of "harmony."
The book's value lies in its strong practical concern and speculative depth. It does not offer a simplistic "formula for harmony" but instead guides readers to reflect: in a modern society full of differences, competition, and even conflict, what does true harmony mean? Is it compromise? Is it uniformity? Or is it some more creative dynamic balance? The book cites numerous cases, from everyday matters to international issues, making abstract philosophical discussion vivid and tangible. For readers seeking inner peace, hoping to improve interpersonal relationships, or interested in social governance and cross-cultural exchange, this book provides abundant intellectual nourishment and practical thinking tools. Its tone is calm and sincere, combining rational depth with human warmth—a sincere work that leaves readers settled and reflective about themselves and the world around them.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers seeking inner peace and hoping to enhance self-awareness and emotional management skills
- Researchers and practitioners interested in interpersonal relationships, the art of communication, and mechanisms of social collaboration
- Thinkers concerned with cross-cultural comparison, social philosophy, and sustainable development
- Professionals in education, management, psychological counseling, or community work who need guidance on the concept of harmony
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting quick-success techniques or instant how-to manuals
- Readers who prefer strongly plotted stories or purely academic theoretical works and have little interest in speculative social science writing
Reading tips
- Reading in chapter order is recommended, following the author's inside-out logic; there is no need to rush
- Reflect on your own experiences while reading; many questions in the book have no standard answers—the point is to spark personal insight
- For sections involving philosophical or sociological concepts, if they feel difficult, pause and consult relevant materials to aid understanding and better appreciate their depth
About the publisher
World Joint Publishing House Pte. Ltd. is a publishing institution registered in Singapore. Its publishing scope covers social novels, wuxia novels, time-travel and alternate-history fiction, folk literature, social sciences and medicine, and extends to books, pamphlets, sheet music and periodicals. Titles in its catalogue, such as Dù Bǎi (Ferrying), Tianbao Escort Agency, Talking Foxes and Love in Liaozhai, Dementia Care Services and Management, and The Formulary of Jin Feng, a Renowned Veteran Chinese Medicine Doctor in Central Jiangsu, reflect a list that balances literary creation with practical medicine. Its authors include Dan Yuanjun, Liu Shengnan, Hong Xia, Jin Hu, Jin Feng, Yang Jing, Li Bingyang and Ziyi Piaopiao. Public information is limited, and its publishing character is best seen in this diverse mix of popular reading and professional practical titles.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 作者简介
- 序言 生命美育万象新 杏坛吹开百花艳
- 自序 追随教师职业的幸福——读《苏霍姆林斯基》有感
- 上篇 研究与探索
- 第一章 导论
- 第一节 新时代初中学生人际关系现状与特征
- 第二节 初中学生社交特征及类型的文献研究
- 第三节 初中班级和谐思想的价值分析
- 第二章 生命美与生命美育
- 第一节 自然生命的美的表现与认知
- 第二节 审美化及审美化教育
- 第三节 生命美育的内容与形式
- 第四节 生命美育的实践和评价
- 第三章 班级美与班级审美
- 第一节 集体审美场与个体心理场
- 第二节 班级团队意识与行为养成
- 第三节 审美化实践与班级文化建设
- 第四章 和谐美与人际关系
- 第一节 集体情感的形成与功能
- 第二节 教师情爱与人格的示范效应
- 第三节 初中生情感教育路径与策略
- 第五章 社会化与社会实践
- 第一节 人以群分：学生小团体的探询、干预与重塑
- 第二节 由近及远：学生从家庭走向班级和社会
- 第三节 综合实践：家、校、社合作促进社会情感能力的形成
- 下篇 实践与案例
- 第一单元 娓娓道来的班级故事
- 用心点亮生命之光
- 以彼之“责”，为我之“任”
- 爱顶撞老师的孩子
- 隔着屏幕倾听你
- 孩子，我们等你报喜
- “学渣”变“学酥”转型记
- 静待花开
- 一场温柔的坚持
- 用心浇灌 花开有期
- 害羞女孩的蜕变：从角落到舞台
- 第二单元 面对困惑的理性力量
- 一次临时客串
- 用爱推动一朵云
- 不能说的秘密：初中生“早恋”问题的分析与策略研究
- 让人欢喜让人忧的你
- 我会“坐”好 我能做好
- 温柔是一道光
- 让每一个孩子成为更“美”的自己
- 用情琢 石成器
- 改变，从心开始
- 以班级文化为抓手，建立“生态班集体”
- 投其所好，攻其弱点之三个“锦囊妙计”
- 以教学相长为目标的英语特色班级构建
- “高冷”小丞的逆袭之路
- 第三单元 凸显文化的设计智慧
- 一个班级的自主管理之路
- 挫而不折，百炼成钢——“逆商”教育主题班会设计
- 枇杷树下筑梦想 一颗童心跟党走
- 珍爱少先队，向往共青团——十四岁生日仪式“接力章”争章指导课设计
- 教室内外墙壁文化建设：规格与意图
- 友善少年“行”
- 构建生态课程，致力实践育人——“双新”背景下学校综合实践课程设计的思考
- “云游美丽中国”班会课活动设计
- 《金山乡情》班会课教学设计
- 篇后语 师生情感交流中的暗示效应
- 后记
- 参考文献
- 作品简介
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Shen Shumin: public information about this author is limited, and at present it is known only that she is the author of the social novel The Beauty of Harmony. According to the available records, the work is classified as a social novel, suggesting that her writing draws on real social life and attends to the relationships and order between individuals and between people and society, developing around the central idea of "harmony." Because no clear record has been found of the author's life, nationality, education, or writing career, it is difficult to give a fuller account of the person and her work, or to determine where this book stands in her career as a writer. On the available evidence, readers may focus on the work itself: it belongs to the tradition of the social novel, its subject matter stays close to real life, and its style tends to present, through everyday people and events, the coordination and balance within social relationships. With the material at hand, any assessment of her style and influence can go no further; more information awaits fuller public records.
