At present, in some primary and secondary schools, problems such as "captivity between classes", "disappearing in ten minutes between classes" and even turning students into "otaku" and "otaku" are extremely prominent, which is not conducive to the healthy physical and mental development of students.
What can be done to improve the situation? At the upcoming National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, Chen Weizhi, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of Shanghai New Era Education Group, will submit the "Proposal on Standardizing School Running and Returning Ten Minutes Between Classes to Students", calling on relevant parties to take multiple measures to standardize school running and return "ten minutes between classes" to students.
The proposal pointed out that following the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Physical Health Management of Primary and Secondary School Students" issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Education in April 2021, it was proposed to "fully implement the system of physical activities between classes......Students should be arranged to go out of the classroom for appropriate activities and relaxation during each class period", the "Provisions on the Protection of Minors in Schools", which came into effect on September 1, 2021, further emphasized that "schools shall not set up management measures that infringe on students' personal freedom, and shall not set unnecessary restrictions on students' freedom of speech and deeds such as proper communication, games, and classroom activities during recess and other non-teaching hours." ”
However, this is not the case. Many parents reported that their children were not allowed to go to the playground during recess, to go up and down the stairs, to leave the aisles on their floors, and even to leave the classroom ......This not only affects the physical health of students, is not conducive to cultivating the best interest, but also affects the learning efficiency and mood of students, and undoubtedly increases the academic burden and anxiety of students. Member Chen Weizhi said in the proposal that the investigation found that the causes of "disappearing in 10 minutes between classes" are complex, and there are mainly three major practical conflicts:
The first is the conflict between the heavy task of classroom teaching and the tension of class time. In recent years, the number of classroom tasks has increased, and the teaching of various subjects in primary and secondary schools has become more difficult, and some subject teachers have no choice but to grab class time by dragging the classroom, squeezing students' recess time for additional classes, resulting in ten minutes between regular classes, 30 minutes between large classes, and even lunch breaks are often "occupied" by teachers for subject teaching.
The second is the conflict between students' free activities and excessive accountability for safety. In reality, schools are often regarded as the subject of unlimited liability, and after the occurrence of student safety accidents, there is a general tendency of "excessive accountability" in relevant parties, especially students' parents. Between allowing students to move freely between recess and preventing students from having safety accidents, more schools and teachers prefer the latter to avoid safety risks, which is also the key crux of students' "grounding" between classes.
The third is the conflict between the school's insistence on the law of education and the excessive involvement of parents in school affairs. At present, due to the lack of "safety barriers", even if there is a slight physical conflict between students and classmates in school, some parents will come to the school to "ask the teacher". This has caused serious disruption to the normal educational activities of the school. In order to prevent complaints and reports from parents, some schools and teachers choose to "lie flat" and cancel some routine activities that are likely to cause disputes or safety risks.
How do I return the 10 minutes between classes to the students and bring back the "10 minutes that disappeared between classes"? The proposal makes specific recommendations in four areas:
First, carry out special teaching supervision. Led by the Education Supervision Office, in conjunction with the Youth League, the All-China Women's Federation, the State General Administration of Sports and other departments and units, special supervision and inspection of the 10-minute recess of students in schools around the country will be carried out in a timely manner, and the areas and schools that have failed to implement the relevant systems will be held accountable. It is necessary to promote schools to make the guarantee of students' 10 minutes between classes a basic school-running system, and include it in the assessment content of school teaching and management activities, and earnestly correct the bad habit of some teachers of "procrastination in teaching".
Second, allocate subject time appropriately. In view of the increase in the class time of physical education, aesthetic education, labor education and other courses in recent years, it is necessary to establish a scientific allocation and adjustment mechanism to avoid the teaching of various disciplines "rushing for class time" and affecting the implementation of the overall curriculum teaching plan. For the tasks of "entering the classroom" outside the national curriculum plan that are added by each locality, the relevant parties should establish a strict demonstration and review system, so as to prevent the local government from "supercharging" itself and increasing the burden of students' homework.
Third, we need to reasonably define safety responsibilities. As early as 2019, the Ministry of Education and other five departments issued a document clarifying that schools "shall not restrict or cancel normal recess activities, sports activities and other social practice activities in order to prevent safety accidents". In this regard, it is necessary to improve the mechanism for determining and compensating for student safety accidents, and establish an exemption system for schools and teachers who have fulfilled their responsibilities for safety education and safety management; At the same time, it is necessary to improve the compensation mechanism for school safety accidents, through the purchase of liability insurance by the school, the purchase of personal insurance by students (parents), and the establishment of safety compensation preparations by the local government, so as to reduce the compensation pressure of the school and effectively resolve various disputes.
Fourth, improve the home-school co-education mechanism. The key is to give full play to the function and role of the parents' committee. At present, most of the primary and secondary schools in China have set up parents' committees, but the functions of parents' committees have been alienated, and some have been reduced to decorations. To this end, in accordance with the requirements of building a modern school system, we should further build a harmonious and orderly home-school relationship, urge all primary and secondary schools to set up parent committees in accordance with regulations, clarify the scope of responsibilities and procedures of parent committees, and effectively give full play to the role of parent committees in participating in management and supervision, so as to better form a consensus and joint force on home-school co-education.
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