Text|Xing Yanyan.
There is no bell for class, no unified time for class and school, and there is no unified recess exercise for the whole school, which replaces the curriculum of different lengths, which is a change after some primary and secondary schools try out the long and short class model.
In these schools, a lesson is no longer the usual "40 minutes for elementary school, 45 minutes for middle school", but 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or even 90 minutes, or a variety of different lengths. Among them, the short class hours are mostly used for micro-class meetings, calligraphy, English and other courses that require high-frequency "input". Long class hours are mostly used for courses that need to carry out independent, cooperative, and first-class learning Xi, such as physical education classes that require sufficient warm-up, art classes that require thinking and creation, and science classes that require group discussions, etc., which can be extended to ensure students' sense of experience and participation.
The work printed by the first-year freshman on the 3D printer in the school's Artificial Intelligence Pavilion**. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xing Tuo.
Teaching students according to their aptitude is no longer just adjusted according to individual students, but also from a more fundamental adjustment of the curriculum system itself, which can be said to be a very positive change in school curriculum management. Respecting children's learning Xi rules is to see the differences between different disciplines and flexibly adjust them to match a more scientific and reasonable teaching structure.
Previously, the competent departments of education in many places issued guidance on the construction of compulsory education school curriculum, making it clear that schools should give full play to the autonomy of curriculum setting and management, handle the relationship between standardized implementation and personality development, and make full use of the national plan and provincial implementation measures to leave schools with class scheduling space under the condition of ensuring that the total duration of the weekly curriculum remains unchanged, independently determine the number of weekly class hours of each subject, independently determine the specific duration of each class, and flexibly open long and short courses, large and small classes.
The curriculum practice made by some primary and secondary schools is precisely based on the characteristics of different curricula to explore a Xi that is more in line with the development needs of students and more suitable for the teaching rules of various subjects. The so-called "15 minutes should have 15 minutes of wonderful, 90 minutes should have 90 minutes of meaning", the flexible and independent curriculum arrangement and Xi rhythm of learning are obviously adapting to the needs of the current curriculum structure and the change of knowledge Xi mode with a more rational and concrete logic.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Ying.
In some of the more superficial intervals, the advantages of long and short classes are also highlighted. It is understood that due to the different class times, problems such as safety accidents caused by student collisions and congestion caused by centralized toilets between classes have been easily solved. Students' outdoor time is also fully guaranteed due to the increased utilization of the playground.
However, curriculum reform is not so easy, and many practical problems still need to be addressed. For example, it is too difficult and complicated to arrange classes, it is not easy for teachers to break the traditional teaching model, and the current evaluation system has not been updated at the same time. To solve these problems, it is obvious that it cannot be achieved overnight, and it is necessary to conduct more research, encourage more qualified schools to make good use of their autonomy and try first, summarize a common scientific standard in the seemingly chaotic curriculum, and accumulate more experience.
The most intuitive feeling of a small change in the class schedule is from the teacher and the students. Therefore, it is important to listen to what they have to say: do teachers feel that long and short classes can create an excellent teaching environment, and what are the more specific challenges?Will students be able to adapt to the new curriculum more quickly, both physically and mentally?Is there a corresponding improvement in the effect of learning Xi?These question marks need to be straightened in practice.
Primary school students use recess time to play on the balance beam Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mu Yu.
The implementation of long and short classes is also a great test for the management of the school. How to plan the course process more scientifically to ensure that courses of different forms, scales and durations can run in parallel and in an orderly manner?How to make more scientific and reasonable training for teachers, so that they can break the inherent work inertia and adapt to the new curriculum planning?And how to better meet the personalized and diverse needs of students and avoid bringing them a greater burden are all difficult problems that need to be solved.
But just because you're having a hard time doesn't mean you won't do it. While encouraging schools to make good use of curriculum autonomy to explore innovative experiences, the supporting renewal of the education system also needs reasonable planning. For example, specific teaching guidelines for long and short courses, intelligent scheduling of complex schedules, and the turning of the evaluation "baton". These efforts are not only solving today's problems, but also storing energy for the education of the future.
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