Some parents of students are keen to "collect" stamps, and some businesses launch "products" to make profits. Industry insiders remind-
Social practice, don't give up
Changsha Evening News all media reporter Liu Qi intern Huang Ling
Has your child participated in a summer social practice?
After entering the summer vacation, many parents of primary and middle school students in Changsha began to be "anxious" about this - worried that their children would not be able to complete social practice, and they were afraid that they would not gain anything from participating.
Some even don't hesitate to find relationships, spend a lot of money, and are keen to "collect" stamps and "help" children go through the motions, which makes the summer social practice sour.
Industry insiders reminded that social practice aims to allow children to gain rich practical experience from individual life, social life and contact with nature, and to form and gradually improve the overall understanding of the inner connection between nature, society and self.
Schools and parents should guide them correctly, not to pursue the "end" of form and abandon the "root" of content in social practice.
Observation of social practice content is rich and colorful
Since the beginning of the summer vacation, various fields and industries in Changsha have provided a variety of social practice opportunities for primary and secondary school students.
Among the children of Longzhou Primary School in Lianhua Town, Yuelu District, many are left-behind children.
Recently, the members of Yuelu Blue Sky Rescue Team specially prepared a drowning prevention class for children.
"The school is in a rural area, and our team members have targeted and selectively explained drowning cases in the suburbs in detail, focusing on explaining the hidden dangers and dangers of wild waters to children." Tan Zhang, captain of the Yuelu Blue Sky Rescue Team, introduced that since the summer vacation , the team members went to many places to explain drowning prevention, rescue and other related knowledge to the children, and rooted the seeds of safety in the hearts of the children.
The reporter learned that many primary and middle school students in Changsha came to the community during the summer vacation to learn safety knowledge such as drowning prevention and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Such social practice content was welcomed by schools, parents and children.
Some provincial and municipal museums, libraries, and exhibition halls have also launched relevant social practice activities, attracting many primary and secondary school students to visit or experience; many students put on red vests and devote themselves to volunteer services, and have grown in the activities. and exercise.
Some parents are keen on "punch-in" practice
"Come, come, look at the camera, and take a photo for you!" "The weather is so hot, we have finished stamping, and go home early!" At 9:00 a.m. on July 17, a red tourist attraction in Hexi, Changsha, a few Parents who bring their children to participate in social practice seem impatient.
"I bought this activity online for 77 yuan, just to get a card and give the child a social practice stamp. The child does not feel relieved to come by himself, so I will follow along to see it." The parent, Ms. Xie, told reporters.
However, after arriving at the scenic spot, she discovered that the stamp book does not need to spend money to sign up for the group, and parents can bring their children to stamp it, but there is no professional explanation.
In the second half of the activity, some students became impatient - some left the team and "experienced" it by themselves; some chatted loudly, and their voices even overshadowed the voice of the docent.
On the other side, the staff who led the group were busy taking individual photos and activity photos of the students.
"If you need a seal, take out the manual, and we'll go there to seal!" The staff greeted, and the parents all gathered around.
On July 16, at a cinema in Changsha, many children came to participate in the "light and shadow education practice activity" - watching the movie "The Granary of a Great Power".
"The child told me when he got home that there were many people laughing and sparring in the cinema, and some students brought snacks and toys, and some even played mobile games throughout the whole process." The parent, Mr. Yu, believed that this social practice activity lacked a unified organization. Failed to achieve the desired educational effect.
During the interview, some parents also told reporters that some social practice of answering questions seems to be completed online, which is very convenient, but most of them are "worked for" by parents, because many students in the lower grades cannot understand many questions at all, and even do not know many words.
The parent, Ms. Zhou, told reporters that every year she would "worry" about her daughter's social practice -- for fear of losing out to other classmates in terms of numbers.
In desperation, she spends several hundred yuan every year to buy social practice "products" from the Internet.
"In this way, you don't have to look around for opportunities to practice, and you don't have to look for connections to stamp." Many parents like Ms. Zhou only focus on "stamping" and don't care about spending money.
The reporter found that in recent years, some businesses have seized the "pain points" of parents and launched such "products" with an average price of about 100 yuan.
Policy practice courses focus on process
At the end of last month, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Summer of Primary and Secondary Schools in 2022" and deployed relevant work.
The notice pointed out that it is necessary to coordinate resources to carry out social practice, make full use of public cultural facilities, organize a variety of social practice activities for primary and secondary school students in the summer, and encourage and advocate that various public cultural facilities are open to primary and secondary school students for free or at a discount.
Summer social practice activities are an integral part of the curriculum of comprehensive practice activities in primary and secondary schools.
As early as October 2017, the Ministry of Education issued the "Guidelines for Comprehensive Practice Activities in Primary and Secondary Schools" (hereinafter referred to as the "Outline").
The "Outline" points out that comprehensive practical activities are compulsory courses stipulated in the national compulsory education and ordinary senior high school curriculum plans, and are set side by side with subject courses, and are an important part of the basic education curriculum system.
"The comprehensive practical activity course emphasizes that students comprehensively apply knowledge of various disciplines, understand, analyze and solve practical problems, improve their comprehensive quality, and focus on developing core competencies, especially social responsibility, innovative spirit and practical ability, so as to adapt to the rapidly changing social life and occupation. The needs of the independent development of the world and individuals, to meet the challenges of the information age and the knowledge society." The "Outline" pointed out that the goal of comprehensive practice activities is to cultivate students' comprehensive quality.
The implementation of comprehensive practice activities course focuses on students' active practice and open generation; students' various performances and activity results in comprehensive practice activities should be used as an important basis for analyzing and examining the status of curriculum implementation and students' development. Overview.
Rational view, suitable is the best
"Social practice is an important part of education. Don't simply interpret education as 'taking a few classes', but understand it must be in the classroom or on the campus." Huang Junshan, director of the Publicity Department of the Changsha Education Bureau, believes that as a parent, we must Rational view of social practice - social practice should not be compared with others, let alone follow the trend or focus on quantity and despise quality, choose activities suitable for your children and actively participate in them; parents should discuss with their children and make decisions based on their life plans and career plans. Choose the appropriate practice activity.
In addition, parents should give their children the opportunity to practice, so that they can grow in practice, and do not treat social practice with the mentality of doing it for you and taking pictures.
In the opinion of columnist and media special commentator Liu Tianfang, under the background of the "double reduction" policy, it is a positive and beneficial attempt to replace various courses and training with social practice activities during the holidays.
"This kind of social practice activity should not be an 'emergency response' under the new policy background, but should become a consistent conscious action of primary and secondary school students, and under the relevant supporting institutional arrangements, become a stable 'new normal', allowing more Many primary and secondary school students will benefit, making our educational ecology healthier," he said.
Comprehensive practical activities are an important way to cultivate students' core literacy and make them become newcomers of the era with ideals, abilities and responsibilities.
Zeng Xiaojie, Dean of the Modern Education Development College/Teacher Training College of Hunan First Normal University, believes that because the comprehensive practice activities are learning through doing, playing, and activities, they have a strong sense of experience, and are in line with the physical and mental needs and development characteristics of young children. As long as it is designed properly, it is very popular with children.
"However, since the evaluation and assessment of comprehensive practice activities needs to set up situations and use structured examinations as the main form, the operation is more complicated and difficult to be reflected in the middle school entrance examination and college entrance examination. Therefore, some parents regard comprehensive practice activities as 'chicken ribs' and 'Ornament', I think it takes a lot of time to get the 'effectiveness' of going to school."
How to view social practice more rationally?
Zeng Xiaojie believes that on the one hand, it is necessary to preach the long-term value of comprehensive practice activities for educating people, but more importantly, through in-depth research, it is necessary to not only enhance the effectiveness of comprehensive practice activities, but also scientifically design the process assessment of comprehensive practice activities. The system eventually makes comprehensive practice an important course for schools to teach, students to learn, and parents to help.