Recently, there have been some chaos in the name of teaching for profit: there is a so-called "6 days and 5 nights volunteer teaching project" that charges 8,000 yuan, and half of the arrangements are tourism and local cultural experiences that have nothing to do with volunteer teaching. At the end of the program, participants will receive a "Volunteer Service Certificate"; Some young people who are anxious to apply for overseas prestigious schools and find jobs also regard volunteer teaching as a "fast gold-plated" channel, and some intermediary companies see market opportunities and provide related short-term "utilitarian teaching" services; There are also "Internet celebrities" who claim to be "returnees supporting female masters", who were found by the civil affairs department to raise funds from the public without obtaining public fundraising qualifications......
Teaching is a good deed to serve the society, which can enrich the teaching force of relatively backward areas, and also provide a new channel for young people who are interested in taking root at the grassroots level and devoting themselves to the education of the motherland to improve themselves and better serve the society. A well-known host once said when talking about the problem of volunteer teaching: "You must do middle and long-distance running, and there should be at least a stable period of two to three years to really live up to the children's expectant eyes." ”
These acts of profit-making in the name of teaching are actually "fake teaching" and "fake public welfare". What is reflected behind it is the imperfection of the current teaching work from personnel selection to management and supervision.
To better standardize the teaching work, it is necessary for the department, the school and the society to form a joint force. **Relevant departments should promote the establishment of volunteer platforms, strive to better eliminate the "information gap", help strengthen the communication between volunteers and the supported areas, and promote the effective use of educational resources. At the same time, it is necessary to give support and care to volunteer teaching volunteers, strengthen the supervision of volunteer teaching behavior, and prevent those with bad motives from polluting the volunteer teaching team.
Universities and institutions that are the exporters of volunteer teaching should formulate practical selection criteria. For example, the dual mechanism of combining student evaluation and teacher evaluation is used to evaluate the character of applicants for volunteer teaching activities, rather than relying solely on the subjective judgment of the reviewers.
In addition, volunteer organizers and other relevant organizations should put care and resources into those places that are really needed, and avoid the "formalism of volunteer teaching" like "a school is repeatedly sent to the door". For the volunteers themselves, they should correct their motivation for teaching and truly "do not forget their original intentions and dedicate themselves to education".
*: Xinhua Daily Telegraph.