"Double reduction". How do children spend their spare time
2022-03-08
At the beginning of school in spring, the students of Jiang'an primary school in Wuhua District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province played many "new" games during recess: "the gate of the city is several feet high", "weaving flower baskets" and "turning flower ropes"... The school turned these childhood games of the Post-70s and post-80s into wall paintings and introduced them to the students to enrich their after-school life. Since the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, students have less burden and more spare time. Primary and secondary school students who used to be trapped in the sea of questions and "rush to the scene" in the training class have had fun time again. However, the new problem is in front of parents: how to plan when there is more time? If children are allowed to play, will their academic performance decline? The deputies and members have their own views on how to treat children's spare time reasonably. 1. Respect students' initiative and cultivate internal drive for growth The golden autumn semester in 2021 is a little different from that in the past. Kang Keyi's mother, a sixth grader of primary school, carefully observed that there are significantly more children running in the community in the evening. Parents don't have to spend a long time watching the "bear children" to do their homework, and they don't have to report to the counseling class for their children. But she admitted that while clapping her hands and cheering, she still had some worries in her heart: "what if the children can't keep up with their grades without tutorial classes?" "If you don't do your homework at home, can the classroom learning effect be consolidated?" "Some parents' concerns are difficult to completely eliminate in the short term, but with the virtuous cycle of educational ecology, the anxiety of social groups coerced by tutorial institutions in the past will be greatly improved." Representative Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing xijiawan school, said. "In the face of the change of students' more spare time, more play and less homework, parents' confusion and worry actually reflect the misunderstanding of understanding. Many parents and even some educators believe that good learning results must come from time accumulation and repeated problem brushing, which is not the case." Representative Liu Xiya said, for example, Xiejiawan school has carried out more than 10 years of exploration on curriculum reform of reducing burden and improving quality: in the morning, there are subject courses, in the afternoon, there are community and special activities, and there is no bell for classes all day; From primary school to junior middle school, students should ensure 10 hours of sleep, a physical education class and nearly 2 hours of outdoor sports activities every day; During lunch buffet, students can communicate freely and watch the news. "A large number of practices have proved that the adequacy of exercise, the openness of communication, the adequacy of sleep and positive emotional experience are highly positively correlated with academic performance and education quality. Children show the group characteristics of sunshine, self-confidence and excellent performance." Deputy Liu Xiya said. "Many parents hope to see their children grow through the improvement of their performance in the short term, but the child is a person of development and must respect the law of his growth. Any practice of 'encouraging the young' will not have a positive effect." Wang Huan, Secretary of the Party committee and President of Beijing Shijia education group, supported clarifying the roles and responsibilities of parents and schools. She said: "the cultivation of children's moral quality and behavior habits are the top priority of family education; school education focuses more on the overall improvement of students' morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor. The score is only a temporary gain, and a healthy and mature personality is the most important." Whether it's after-school services or the time after returning home, teachers and parents should respect students' initiative. Through joint discussion and sharing of views, students should finally fall in love with learning, sports and reading. In the view of member Wang Huan, this internal drive can affect a child's life. 2. Students exercise more, read more, think more, parents learn more, communicate more and accompany more In the past, after school and on weekends, Ms. Zhang, a cake baker, sent her children to various training classes. Mother and daughter had little communication every day, and even quarreled from time to time. After the "double reduction", Ms. Zhang realized that it was inappropriate to blindly pressurize her children. After discussing with her children, she enrolled in interest classes such as painting and chess, and the rest of the time was arranged by her daughter. "Children are more self disciplined now and have more and more smiles on their faces. Our family also has more time to go outdoors together. It feels very good!" Ms. Zhang said. Cui Jianmei, Secretary of the Party committee of the education group and President of the general school of Bengbu No. 1 Experimental School in Anhui Province, also found that in the past six months since the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, students, teachers and parents have never adapted to adapt, from skepticism to approval. Last fall, Bengbu No. 1 Experimental School introduced football, chess, LEGO robot and other associations in its after-school service. "However, some parents said they would not participate and only asked their children to attend homework counseling classes." Representative Cui Jianmei said that this semester, there were more kinds of school associations, including fencing, traditional Chinese painting and Chinese dance. The registration of associations became very popular. Many associations ran out of places in a second, while the number of children participating in homework counseling classes decreased significantly. "The enrichment of after-school life makes students more fond of classroom learning, because they can apply classroom knowledge to the development of after-school interests." Deputy Cui Jianmei said, "the whole society should make concerted efforts and participate together. While strengthening publicity and helping parents change their understanding, we should also use social professional forces to improve the diversity and effectiveness of extracurricular activities." "The 'double reduction' reduces the students' excessive learning burden and parents' excessive educational burden, rather than reducing students' learning responsibility and parents' educational responsibility. The 'double reduction' guides parents and students how to make more scientific use of their spare time to make their children grow healthily, individually and in an all-round way." In the view of deputy Liu Xiya, the law of the people's Republic of China on the promotion of family education and the newly revised law of the people's Republic of China on the protection of minors have given clear guidance on how to carry out family education more scientifically. The era of "bringing children in accordance with the law" has come, and parents should take the initiative to learn and strengthen learning. Deputy Liu Xiya suggested that students should do "three more" -- exercise more, read more and think more, that is, strengthen exercise in their spare time, read more after class, and feel and think more in practice. Parents should also achieve "three more", that is, more learning, more communication and more company. Make up classes are reduced. Parents can plan their after-school life with their children, encourage, trust and accompany their children, and let their children grow up healthily. (outlook new era)
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