There will be new adjustments in primary and secondary educationRegions respond to this issue!
New changes in primary and secondary education?Have some regions reacted to these changes?
The future of the country rests on generations of children, who carry the hope of the nation. Education is constantly evolving, from the setting of the school year to the adjustment of teaching content. The essence of education lies in educating young people, because when young people are strong, the country is strong. Therefore, both the school and the parents attach great importance to the education of their children.
It is imperative to ensure that children grow up healthily, not only in rational thinking and moral judgment, but also in physical fitness. The purpose of weekends and winter and summer vacations is to free children from the stressful learning environment and promote their healthier growth. However, nowadays, under the pressure of exams, children seem to be in a constant state of intense studying, with less and less time to rest.
The news about the adjustment of the rest time for elementary and middle school students and the possible cancellation of the Saturday holiday has attracted widespread attention. Weekend breaks are very important for students to take a break from stressful studying. Although many students are now occupied by various cram schools on their weekends, they still want to get out of school and relax. This expectation is not only for children, but also for adults who are eager to enjoy a quiet weekend after a long week at work.
However, the school has adopted a ** teaching model, which means that the children learn at home and the learning class time is greatly reduced. In order to ensure that students can keep up with their studies, some schools recommend eliminating the Saturday break and using this day to catch up with the original lesson plan. Although Saturdays are no longer a holiday, schools can organise quality development training for students to ensure that they can keep up with their studies. The policy, which has been implemented in places such as Nantong and Beijing, allows schools to continue activities on Saturdays, but with a greater focus on developing students' global literacy than traditional classroom teaching.
Rumors about whether primary and secondary school students have a Saturday holiday are rampant, leaving many parents confused and unsure of how to arrange their children's weekend life. When the relevant units learned of the incident, they immediately reacted. At present, weekends for primary and secondary school students are still a normal rest time, and schools must not interfere with students' normal rest for any reason.
The official response from the Ministry of Education came as a relief to the students. Although it is now possible to take online classes at home, it is not easy to learn the content. If even the weekend is canceled, the happiness of the students will really disappear. Parents can schedule their students' weekends as originally planned, and teachers do not have to work overtime on weekends.
In response to the situation that Beijing and Nantong districts took the initiative to let students rest on Saturdays, the person in charge also replied: Beijing and Nantong are only individual cases, and not all districts will cancel students' weekend breaks. According to the person in charge, the purpose of implementing the double reduction policy is to reduce the burden and pressure on students, and it is normal to standardize off-campus training and reduce students' extracurricular burden.
As for the issue of Saturday classes, the official has not completely denied it. For example, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Sichuan, Zhengzhou and other places may cancel Saturday rest for primary and secondary school students.
For primary and secondary school students, does the shortened vacation help them learn?The move to cancel the Saturday holiday and schedule classes as a normal is to help students keep up with the pace of classes and prepare for the next school year in an orderly manner. In online classes, while children may be disciplined while homeschooling, it cannot be compared to the environment in which other students learn together at school. Parents must also be present when primary school students are attending classes at home, which results in a lack of self-directed learning ability.
Listening to their parents' nagging every day, elementary school students may become bored with school. Teachers are unable to detect changes in students early and cast doubt on the feasibility of the knowledge imparted. We look forward to the end of the pandemic and the return of students to school, and we will be able to provide targeted intensive training to students to adjust their learning status.
Secondary school students may have a more positive attitude towards online classes than primary school students, but their mental state will be somewhat slackened when they are away from in-school learning for a long time. The hasty cancellation of Saturday's classes made the break seem too tight. Middle school students face midterm exams and are stressful, and if they don't have a weekend break, it will be difficult for them to relax effectively, and the effect will be counterproductive.
Instead of depriving students of weekend breaks, reschedule the teaching schedule. We need to think about how to start from the actual situation and design a teaching plan that is more conducive to students' learning, so that learning and rest can be done at the same time. The knowledge points in the textbook have been determined, but the teaching mode and teaching methods can be flexibly adjusted. Knowledge is not rigid and unchanging, and lesson plans should not be static.
In short, Beijing and Nantong have designed other Saturday activities for students, a practice that can be replicated across the country. Therefore, both parents and students should be prepared to cope with it, not only to focus on learning, but also not to neglect to rest.