"The distance between your child and the genius is only a set of potential development plans!"
"It only takes two days to gain'super-sensing power'."
"Let your children realize'blindfolded literacy','lightning reading' and'not forgetting'
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Reporters interviewed in many places in Shanxi and found that a kind of training courses under the banner of "whole brain development" have resumed operations before and after the summer vacation. The trainer claimed that its course is based on quantum mechanics theory, which allows children to "literate blindly and remember." Therefore, despite the tens of thousands of fees, such training courses are still sought after by many parents.
Is "whole brain development" really that amazing? Reporters conducted an investigation.
Charge 19 thousand, become "prodigy" in two days
Recently, the reporter went to an interview with a "whole brain development" training institution in Taiyuan. Under the instructions of "Daomeng Kaizhi Whole Brain Potential Development", the reporter climbed the dark and crowded stairs to a teaching site of the institution.
This training institution resumed offline training from June 4, and many parents came to consult during the summer vacation.
Publicity materials show that the institution was founded in 2010 and is one of the first domestic institutions for the development and training of young brain potential. It is the first to introduce Malaysia’s advanced ESP super-sensing whole-brain balance potential development system. Unforgettable, quantum wave speed reading, lightning scan, super memory, super brain speed calculation, etc. Among them, the core is the development of potential.
Ms. Hao, the person in charge of the organization, said that the development of potential is to develop the child's "super perception". "Children's super-sensing ability exists, and it can only be stimulated when the brain is extremely focused. After development, children can be blindfolded and can perceive colors and Chinese characters by touching with their hands, listening with their ears, and smelling their noses. Wait."
In order to dispel the doubts of parents, Ms. Hao invited a former student to "show up". This girl who is about to enter the 6th grade of elementary school put different suits of playing cards in a black sleeve. She closed her eyes and fumbled inside with her hands. After a while, she drew out a card and accurately Named the suit.
"This is not a lie. This is what we have achieved by stimulating the children's right brain through music, meditation, communication and guidance." Ms. Hao said, "Today you send a baby, and tomorrow we will return you a genius."
To achieve this "miracle", Ms. Hao said that it only takes two days of training, but the fee is as high as 19,800 yuan. "Our price has been reduced by 10,000 yuan compared to before the epidemic." Ms. Hao said that affected by the epidemic, they also opened online courses with a fee of 15,800 yuan for 30 lessons. "On the effect, face-to-face teaching is definitely good."
In response to students’ myopia problems, this institution also launched a “Return to Source of Vision” course, claiming that relying on the powerful self-healing potential of the brain, no injections, no medication, no acupuncture, no surgery, can improve myopia, and on the same day It can be effective.
Before the epidemic, reporters had visited this training institution many times for interviews. Although the reception staff are different, the rhetoric is basically the same, and each time there are students "show up to speak". Some trainees can “perceive” the ID information of visitors by touching them with their hands; some trainees said that after training, they seem to have opened their “eyes of the sky” and can “perceive” many things, “for example, in an exam , Can'perceive' the light of the correct answers to multiple-choice questions. This ability can help me achieve good results."
In a previous interview, the reporter saw that the staff would conduct brainwave tests on children who came to consult. "The chart shows that the child's brain energy is insufficient to support a day of study. In addition, her learning ability is low and her concentration is not enough. It will be more difficult to cope with the middle and high school courses." After a test on a child who came from another place , The staff told the child’s parents. Many children have been diagnosed with various problems such as "bad spleen and stomach", "inflammation of the respiratory tract", and "recent lack of sleep".
The reporter learned that the founder of the agency was a man known as "Teacher Fang". The teacher Fang said: "In the ten years since we opened our institution, we have trained thousands of children and have 53 franchise cooperative institutions across the country."
Another teacher of the agency said that children before the age of 12 can be guaranteed to pass one or two days of intensive training, and they will immediately have the super-sensing ability to "blindfold the color", otherwise a full refund, "but I cannot guarantee The specific effect of a training on learning. To improve performance, parents need long-term and patient training."
In recent years, "whole brain development" training institutions have expanded rapidly, from the southeast coast to the central and western provinces, and from large cities to small counties.
Reporters visited many places in Shanxi and found that such institutions are blooming everywhere. "Daomeng Kaizhi" alone has branch schools in Yuncheng, Linfen, Changzhi, Shanxi, and branches in Baoding, Hebei, Chengdu, Sichuan, and Haikou, Hainan.
Most of these institutions charge more than 10,000 yuan. Some only offer "whole brain development" courses, some add "whole brain development" content on the basis of cultural class training, and some use "whole brain development". "In the name of "memory and concentration training."
Another training institution in Taiyuan City called "Qineng Kaizhi" resumed training in April this year. The courses offered by this institution are similar to "Daomeng Kaizhi", some courses and even introductions are the same. It turned out that the founder of this organization was a parent, and her child had participated in the "Whole Brain Development" training in "Daomeng Kaizhi".
Parents have different attitudes and doubts about training qualifications
"What kind of extracurricular tutoring class do you still need to learn?" After joining a parent group of "whole brain development", the reporter found that some parents believed in this theory. They urged their children to check in and practice blindfolding every day. Videos such as color identification and recitation of ancient poems are posted to the group, and the staff of the training institution will respond and encourage.
Despite their doubts, more parents still registered their children.
"I heard from the teacher of the training institution that the effect is not good if the child is over 12 years old. At that time, the child was approaching, and I wanted to quickly develop it for her, so as not to regret it in the future." Two years ago, Ms. Liu, a citizen of Taiyuan, gave her daughter 29,800 yuan. Potential development course. She told reporters that when her daughter first started training, it was still effective, and sometimes she was able to find the color accurately, but then it didn't work.
"It feels hot to touch the red card, the blue one is cooler, and the green one feels fresh." Ms. Liu's 12-year-old daughter could not clearly describe how the teacher taught, but said that she liked the lesson, "I find it fun , It’s more fun than usual extracurricular tutoring classes."
When asked if it would help study, Ms. Liu's daughter replied "I can't say it too."
The reporter learned that some children came to Taiyuan from other places to study. Many children's families are not rich. Their parents save money and hope to develop their potential to make their children better in learning.
There were also parents who expressed doubts after the audition, “I wanted to learn about the course and consider whether to register for my children during the summer vacation.” Ms. Li, who teaches at a university in Taiyuan, said, “But the staff’s publicity is too exaggerated and there is no guarantee. Can improve academic performance, I am not planning to sign up now."
According to the survey, the reason why "whole brain development" training institutions can expand rapidly is that they have a lot of benefits and the threshold for holding them is relatively low.
There are also many training institutions that parents participated in the establishment of after experiencing the "magic" effect. These institutions generally have the problem of incomplete licenses, and the qualification certificates held by the founders and trainers are even more diverse.
The "Daomeng Kaizhi" training teacher showed reporters the certificate issued by the "China Whole Brain Development Education Research Institute". The reporter did not find relevant registration information on the public service platform of the Chinese social organization of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Tianyan Check system.
The founder also presented a certificate issued by the "National Technical Talents Training Engineering Pre-school Education Work Committee" to prove that the holder has the qualification of a senior whole-brain potential developer. The reporter also failed to inquire about the valid registration information of the issuing agency.
A feast of science or a carnival of liars
Through the development of potential, children can read and recognize colors blindfolded. Is there a scientific basis behind this?
Teacher Fang of the "Daomeng Kaizhi" training institution said that the human brain has 14 to 20 billion neurons, of which the information storage capacity, operation speed, and deep memory capacity of the right brain are 1 million times that of the left brain. "But ordinary The use rate of the human right brain is 3% to 5%, so every child has the potential to become a genius."
"As long as it is an object, it emits waves, which is energy. Based on this theory, children can receive the energy emitted by the object through the training of'super-sensing ability', so that they can easily achieve'blindfolded' Literacy'." said a head of a "whole brain development" training organization.
Physicists and medical experts do not agree with this view.
Professor Zhang Yunbo from the Institute of Theoretical Physics of Shanxi University said that the microcosm needs a new set of theories to describe, and this is the quantum mechanics developed in the early twentieth century. The wave function is a function that describes the state of a microscopic system in quantum mechanics. The wave and energy here are not directly related.
"Current natural science research shows that you cannot see things with body parts other than the eyes." Zhang Ce, a professor of science at Shanxi Medical University, told reporters.
"Modern molecular neuroscience and brain function research has made great progress, but it has not developed a revolutionary educational approach, let alone the ability to create a child prodigy," Kang Lijun, a professor at the Neuroscience Research Center of Zhejiang University, told reporters that some The "super-sensing power" claimed by the organization is not supported by corresponding scientific theories at home and abroad, nor does it conform to the principle of human perception, and there is no definite experimental evidence to prove it.
Regulatory blind spots need to be filled, and the "child prodigy complex" needs to be discarded
Relevant experts said that in recent years, some cutting-edge technologies have been frequently used by unscrupulous merchants to become money-making tools, such as "quantum necklace", "quantum mask" and "gravitational wave insoles", which have all been sold online.
"For these cutting-edge technologies, the public's understanding is only on the surface, and there are even misunderstandings. This gives unscrupulous businesses a chance to engage in pseudo-science under the banner of science." Zhang Yunbo said, which also shows that relevant departments The science popularization work is not yet in place, and the public’s scientific literacy needs to be improved urgently.
In this regard, Zhang Yunbo and others suggested that an influential science popularization platform should be established at the national level to introduce relevant scientific theories to the public in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition, the enthusiasm of professionals should be mobilized to use holidays to hold a series of special lectures in public places such as libraries and science museums, so that there is no place for pseudoscience in society to hide.
Although the authenticity of the training content is difficult to distinguish, the supervision of such institutions has always been difficult due to the unclear regulatory authorities.
The Private Education Promotion Law stipulates that the education administrative department is responsible for approving private schools engaged in cultural education. However, grassroots staff in the education department have different views on whether "whole brain development" training should be supervised by themselves. For example, in Yingze District, Taiyuan City, where "Daomeng Kaizhi" is located, the local education bureau believes that the organization is not engaged in cultural training and should not be supervised by the education department.
The staff of the market supervision department also said that for training institutions with business licenses, if the business they are engaged in is within their business scope, they can only supervise whether there is false propaganda, and it is difficult to appraise the scientificity of the training content.
In addition, some experts said that the reason why "whole brain development" can blossom everywhere is essentially due to the "child prodigy complex" of parents. “Training institutions stimulate parents’ anxiety and promote training miracles, so that parents can’t help but pay for their children’s registration.” Xiong Bingqi, deputy dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said that to make such training extinct, parents need basic common sense. Come out of education anxiety.