The first summer vacation will come to an end under the "double reduction" policy. How do students, teachers, and parents feel?

  There are different opinions among students outside of school "with or without meals"

  Out of the "inward scrolling" cycle, teachers praised one after another

  Planning/Coordinating Chen Xiaoxuan/He Ning

  The summer vacation of 2021 will come to an end.

There has never been a summer vacation in which education policies are introduced so frequently, the time interval from introduction to implementation is so short, and the implementation effort is so strong.

  From the inclusive promotion of summer hosting to the high-level release of the "double reduction" policy, students, teachers, parents, schools, education and training institutions...every role in the education network can feel it in a short time Major changes.

  Now, the "double reduction" policy has been officially implemented for more than a month. As a pilot city for the "double reduction" work, what have students, teachers, and parents experienced during the summer window of the "trial policy" in Guangzhou?

Under the "double reduction" policy, what changes have they ushered in?

The new semester is approaching, how will they deal with it?

  student

  Someone clap your hands and cheer

  Someone frankly said that burden reduction depends on the "two ends"

  On July 24, the "double reduction" policy was officially released.

The policy requires that the total amount and duration of homework for primary and secondary school students should be fully reduced, and off-campus training institutions must not occupy national statutory holidays, rest days, and winter and summer vacations to organize subject training.

  As the protagonist of education-the majority of elementary and middle school students-have their own perceptions of the "double reduction" policy.

  Xiaoyi, who had just "brought out of the siege" from a young age, told reporters that the "double reduction" gave her a sigh of relief.

Xiaoyi said that she has participated in various extracurricular development and training programs since the first grade.

For six years in elementary school, her weekends were filled with training classes for various subjects and quality classes. It was commonplace to eat and sleep in the mother's car.

At the beginning of this year, Xiaoyi was admitted to Guangzhou Foreign Language School, but this summer she was still fully arranged by the training classes reported by her mother.

Xiaoyi gave a big praise to the stipulation that subject training cannot be conducted on weekends, holidays, winter and summer vacations under the "double reduction" policy.

"I love to read science fiction novels the most. I finally have time to read during the holidays."

  Grade 5 students have average grades in Primary Six. My mother applied for her off-campus training courses in Chinese, Mathematics, and English since the third grade. However, Primary Six had to complete the homework very hard, so she didn’t have the energy to complete the homework of the off-campus training class. .

"Every weekend, I go to class like everyone else, but I basically forgot what I learned." Regarding the "double reduction" policy, P6 said frankly: "The homework is assigned by the teacher, and the extracurricular class is reported by the mother. Only when they reduce the weight can we really reduce the burden."

  Xiao Lin, a high school student of Huafu High School who has been a “student” since he was a child, said: “You only know if your shoes fit or not.” Xiao Lin told reporters that “extra meals” outside of school are based on his own learning status and hobbies, so he feels like himself. The burden of learning is not too heavy.

"If an absolute average must be pursued, then I am worried that students who have the ability to learn will not have enough to eat."

  Parent

  Like "Official Bring Baby"

  Expect more diverse student evaluation mechanisms

  On July 9th, the Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Summer Custody Services for Primary School Students", stating that the pilot work of on-campus custody services will be started during this summer.

The eleven districts of the city have successively released detailed implementation rules for summer trusteeship.

On July 19, Guangzhou "Official Bringing Baby" was officially opened.

  Many dual-employee families applaud the “official baby-bringing” during the summer vacation.

The parent, Ms. Li, is very busy at work. The child is about to enter the sixth grade of elementary school. Faced with the pressure of the junior high school, she has already enrolled the child for the off-campus training courses of Chinese, mathematics and English more than a month before the summer vacation.

"The entire summer vacation is very tight. In order to let the children relax, we also arranged an outing at the beginning of the summer vacation. If we notify the summer school custody early, we may try to let the children complete their summer homework at school."

  Ms. Wang is a college teacher in Guangzhou and the mother of two children.

After the summer vacation, the daughter will be promoted to the fifth grade, and the son will start the first grade of elementary school in September.

For more than a month after the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, she has been paying attention to relevant reports and policy interpretation articles.

  Ms. Wang said: "I think'double reduction' is indeed a relief for most families. Now the'introduction' of education is too powerful. Take my daughter as an example, when she was in the third grade, our family was very anxious. Because I heard many people talk about the preparations for junior high school, they said that if you want to study in a better junior high school in Guangzhou, Olympiad and various cup results are standard. We also tried to let our daughter to learn Olympiad, but she was really not interested. We have been distressed and anxious for a long time because of the few math cup results on the children's resume."

  There are many parents who have the same ideas as Ms. Wang.

Ms. Xie’s daughter was promoted at the beginning of this year. Her advantage is English, but starting from the fourth grade, in order to go to the first-line junior high school in Guangzhou, she began to bite the bullet and learn Mathematical Olympiad.

Ms. Xie said: "My daughter is not the kind of child who is gifted in mathematics, but she is diligent and strong, and will work hard for the goals she set. To be honest, seeing that children learn Olympiad is very hard, our parents are unstoppable. The transfer was also very hard. I wanted to give up countless times, but in the end, for the sake of Xiaoshengchu, everyone gritted their teeth and persisted."

  Ms. Wang believes that her children are relatively lucky, and they have just caught up with the "double reduction" policy. "I think "double reduction" is a relief for children like my family." Ms. Wang told reporters that most parents are The effect of the “decrease” policy is still waiting to see. “In fact, we especially hope that schools can evaluate children in multiple dimensions, rather than just using scores. The reason why parents who have experienced or are about to enter the beginning of a small promotion are so anxious, the key is that the school selects students. The main focus is on performance. If the school can change the scale of evaluating students, the anxiety of parents can really be alleviated."

  School teacher

  Optimistic about the implementation of the "double reduction" policy

  Get out of the “involution” circle of education

  As soon as the "double reduction" policy came out, many teachers praised it.

Teacher Xiao, a Chinese teacher in a middle school in Guangzhou, felt that many students had excessive tutoring outside of school since they were young.

In the 2015 college entrance examination, the average score of the two classes he taught exceeded 120.

For Teacher Xiao, this transcript is not only an account of his risky test of the waters and painstaking persistence of three years of "deep reading", but also the most powerful footnote to his concept of "using reading rather than pure test-oriented training to improve Chinese literacy".

In the middle school classroom education controlled by the utilitarianism of "short, flat and fast", Mr. Xiao's attempt has special significance.

  However, within a few years, when he taught the first year of high school again, Teacher Xiao found that his deep reading class could no longer go on.

"In class, I disseminated knowledge points to students, suggesting that students read more, read widely, and even did not provide a list of books for them to read freely, but some students opposed it. They felt that I was wasting time, so I should talk in Chinese. The key points and test sites, they don’t have so much time to read extracurricular books, and there are other subjects to study." Teacher Xiao said.

  Teacher Xiao also specifically talked to these students after class, telling them that Chinese learning in the first and second grades of high school should be "accumulated." Extensive reading is a key point to improve the core literacy of Chinese.

Only when the first and second grades of high school have a "rich accumulation", when it comes to the test site for the third year of high school, students can better use the knowledge accumulated before to transfer and apply.

"Even though I explained to the students painstakingly, there are still a small number of students who can't understand them. They are used to the teachers of off-campus training institutions directly talking about the key and difficult points, and they have to sort out their knowledge by themselves. They don't know where to start."

  There are many teachers who share the same feeling with Teacher Xiao. They increasingly feel that the excessive extracurricular tutoring and problem-writing of students run counter to the direction of training core literacy of the subject.

Many teachers have also suggested that students reduce off-campus training and follow the pace of school teachers, but because they are caught in the “involved” cycle, everyone dares not stop participating in off-campus training, and the painstaking persuasion of school teachers has little effect. .

  Now, they are optimistic about the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, because this highlights the school's role as the main position of education.

  Off-campus training institutions

  Shutdown, adjustment, transformation

  Waiting for a clear policy after school starts

  Around the Huasheng Building in Gangding, Tianhe District, there are almost several major teaching and auxiliary institutions in Guangzhou.

In the past weekends, the place was crowded with people. The three elevators in the lobby were far from meeting the needs of parents and students. A parent told reporters that every time you go to an institution above the 20th floor to accompany your child to class during peak hours, the elevator has to wait at least 10 minute.

  The reporter visited this building recently. Under the impact of the "double reduction" policy, the front door of the building is quite turbulent, which is in sharp contrast with the woven crowds of the past.

The reporter went upstairs and visited several well-known auxiliary institutions. In the past, the outstanding performance list in the institution hall was gone. Some institutions even locked their doors directly and posted a notice of suspension of classes on the doors.

  As a parent, the reporter went to a well-known one-on-one counseling agency for consultation.

The first question of the course consultant is: "Can children have classes in the middle of the week? Because our subject training can only be held after school, and not on weekends, winter and summer vacations, so we need to know whether children usually have classes. I came here to attend classes free.” After that, the course consultants only understood the basic situation of the children, did not promote the courses, and asked reporters to leave a message. When the policy becomes clear after the school starts in September, they will inform whether they can apply for classes.

The course consultant also revealed that the institution has launched many quality courses, such as children's programming and art courses. These quality courses can be started on the weekend after the school starts in September.

  In the past, they usually enthusiastically promote the famous teachers and courses of the institution to their parents, saying that the more courses they buy, the more cost-effective they are.

  Under the "double reduction" policy, many discipline training institutions have been shut down, adjusted, and transformed one after another.

Recently, Gangde Education, a local teaching aid institution in Guangzhou, released "A Letter to the Parents of Gangde Students" on its official WeChat account, announcing that all stores will be closed on August 31. Parents who have not yet applied for a refund, please contact the relevant The staff will go to the campus to handle the refund.

  The off-campus training institutions that still want to survive and still have the ability to survive have chosen to transform, and quality education, on- and off-campus trusteeship, and vocational education have become the three major keywords for the transformation and upgrading of off-campus training institutions.

It is understood that companies such as New Oriental, Good Future, and Excellent Education have all increased their deployment of quality education.

For example, Beijing New Oriental established a quality education growth center to focus on the development requirements of the five education goals for students; since the second half of this year, Good Future has successively adjusted its brand structure, launched a child growth center and a series of new quality education products; excellence education this year continues to deepen the exploration of "quality The new model of "education + community" has completed the brand layout in the fields of Go, dance, and fine arts.

  Institutional teacher

  The sense of professional honor plummets

  Some teachers left the education and training industry

  The transformation of off-campus training institutions must be accompanied by the transformation of the teachers of the institutions.

  Teacher Huang is a well-known teacher in Guangzhou's mathematics training community. In recent years, he has trained many top students in competitions.

In 2015, he set up his own organization, specializing in competition training projects.

Many students have been studying with Teacher Huang from the third grade of elementary school to middle school.

  The implementation of the "double reduction" policy made him face challenges.

"Our small organization is now most worried about survival. We have not announced layoffs, but classes are no longer available on weekends, winter and summer vacations. Obviously, the class hours are less, and the corresponding teachers' class hours are reduced by a lot." Teacher Huang also said : "In the past, the society still has a relatively high degree of recognition for the teachers of our off-campus training institutions, and the training institutions also have many excellent teachers who are really devoted to teaching, research and teaching. Now the sense of honor of this profession has plummeted."

  Mr. Huang has been dug into a mathematics teacher by a private school, but he said: “Now private schools are also facing the problem of transferring to the public or shutting down. I also want to be a teacher in a public school. Without the system, there will be a big gap."

  Xiao Fu, a mathematics teacher at a certain institution, just graduated last year. Under the "double reduction" policy, he is also facing a choice.

At present, he is still sticking to the organization. Xiao Fu told reporters: "I really like being a teacher. Now I can only go to class in the middle of the week. Let’s take a look at the enrollment status of students and parents in the new semester. If the business is really bleak, I might go to the postgraduate entrance examination or civil service examination."

  Recently, Zhaopin Recruitment released the "2021 Education and Training Industry Talent Market Analysis Report", showing that recruitment in first-tier cities in the education and training industry has shrunk significantly, with the number of jobs posted in July falling by 32.4% compared to March before the policy was released.

  Expert advice

  Solve on-campus hosting by purchasing services

  Guarantee school teachers' teaching and research preparation time

  1. Under the "double reduction" policy, how to ensure school teachers' rest and teaching and research time?

  Faced with the upcoming "double reduction" and "5+2" in the new semester (5 days from Monday to Friday, at least 2 hours of care in school every day), many elementary school teachers are worried about the addition of 2 hours of care every day Time, the teacher’s rest time is difficult to guarantee.

  Chen Feng, the president of the Guangzhou Private Education Association and the principal of Guangzhou Huamei English Experimental School, suggested that the government can try to solve the problem of school care by purchasing services and recruiting college student volunteers to guide children's homework.

He mentioned that the field of trusteeship is also one of the directions for the transformation of education and training institutions.

Many off-campus training institutions are deploying after-school care services. Schools can also choose to purchase their quality education courses and add them to the on-campus after-school care services. After all, training institutions are also very experienced in teaching, research, and teacher team training. Post-custody can absorb its essence.

  2. If students do not participate in external tutoring, can school teachers effectively improve teaching efficiency?

  Teacher Chen from a key elementary school in Guangzhou told reporters that in the past, many students spent a lot of time and energy on training outside the school. “These students have studied ahead of time. I'm going to catch up again..." Teacher Chen said, these students are actually under a lot of pressure in their studies, but their academic performance is not necessarily excellent.

If they can follow the rhythm of our school teachers and move forward step by step, we are fully confident to teach them well.

  Wang Na, a chemistry teacher at the High School Affiliated to Guangzhou University, is currently teaching the third year of high school. She feels that the "double reduction" policy is the most important thing for schools and teachers to be efficient in the classroom. Teachers must explain the knowledge in the classroom so that most students The problem was solved in class.

  There are also educators who remind parents that they should not attribute their children’s academic performance to school education. Parents should also pay for family education, such as developing children’s good study habits, daily routines, etc. These are the responsibilities of parents. .

Only the cooperation of home and school can educate children well.

  3. For students and parents, can education anxiety really be relieved by "double reduction"?

  At the beginning of the new semester, the "double reduction" gradually worked, can it alleviate the anxiety of education?

  Recently, Yang Zhenfeng, director of the Basic Education Division of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, answered such a question vividly in an interview with the media. He said: "When some students go for training, their scores will be increased; but when all students go for training, they may only increase the score. In this sense, the result of the'theatre effect' can only be Students sacrifice all-round development time to drill, drill, train, and train again and again! It not only hurts the students, but also affects the overall growth and physical and mental health of the students, but also brings unnecessary financial burdens to the family. From the perspective of cultivating innovative talents, we will face an uncertain world in the future. Today, we only have'a wide variety of species to gain'. By reducing training, students can develop in an all-round way and use their own determined abilities to face the future. Uncertainty, this is what we are looking forward to for today's "double reduction"."