Temporary closed classes Classes at elementary and junior high schools Filmed and shown in video for each grade Kashiwa Kashiwa April 16 14:21

While many schools are temporarily closed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture is trying to get elementary and junior high school students to study at home, but the video We have started an initiative to shoot and release.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, most public elementary and junior high schools in Chiba Prefecture were closed from the beginning of last month, and even in Kashiwa City, about 32,000 elementary and junior high school students are unable to attend school.

For this reason, the Kashiwa City Board of Education has started an initiative from this week to shoot a video of the scheduled classes for each grade and publish them on the video distribution site.

The subjects to be delivered are mainly mathematics for elementary school students, and mathematics and English for middle school students, which summarizes the contents learned in one lesson in a 15-minute video.

This Monday, a filming of a math class for the 3rd grade elementary school students was taken, and Yasuhiro Tamagawa, the superintendent of the Board of Education, gave a class of "revision of multiplication tables" while using Ohjiki and diagrams. , Was photographed by a guardian who runs a video production company who volunteered.

Mr. Tamagawa said, “It was difficult to do because the class was in the absence of children and no reaction, but I was conscious of talking through the screen instead of a one-sided lecture.”

The recorded video will be posted to the video distribution site from this week, and elementary and junior high school students will enter the password and watch it.

A 5th grade girl watching the posted video on her computer at home said, "It was difficult, but it was easy to understand because it explained properly."

The girl's mother said, "I'm worried about delays in learning, so it helps."

Toshihiko Sakaki, director of the Kashiwa City Board of Education, said, “If the school is closed for a long time, children's motivation and academic ability will decline, and it will be a crisis for education. It is important to start with what you can do” It was

Kashiwa City means that even if you don't have an internet environment at home, you can watch the video on your school computer while it is closed.

Junior high school teachers often correct homework assignments Katsuura Chiba

Katsuura Junior High School, located in Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture, is the only middle school in Katsuura City and has more than 300 students enrolled, but it has been temporarily closed since last month.

Against this backdrop, in order to support students' learning, junior high schools began weekly efforts to distribute and collect printouts of the assignments for students and then correct them.

The teacher visited each home and distributed a printout of the work to the students. At the time of the visit, the students were asked to come out of their homes to prevent the spread of infection, and the physical condition changed about 2 meters. I was asking if there was anything I didn't understand in my home study.

Initially, we planned to make weekly home visits at junior high school, but we determined that it is necessary to reduce contact as much as possible to prevent the spread of infection, and from next week we will exchange issues by mail and make corrections. It means that I decided to call and ask questions and livelihood advice.

A female student in the third grade of junior high school who had a home visit said, "I am worried that I cannot take classes. I want to go to school soon."

In addition, a boy student in the same class said, "I think it's good because I feel that I do not do it every time," and the grandmother of the boy student "I think that it may be nice for children to be sharp. I was talking. "

Ryosuke Takashina, senior graduate of Katsuura Junior High School, said, “As a teacher, I am thinking about what I can do for my children. I started thinking that it would be better for children to give frequent assignments. Seems to be studying well and I think it will be effective. "