China News Service, Beijing, September 1st (Reporter Kan Feng) With the start of this fall, "labor class" can be described as one of the most popular topics.

At the beginning of the new semester, labor classes have been written into the new timetables of many schools, and some primary and secondary schools are still arranging for planting, harvesting, and cooking in the "first lesson of school"...

Image source: "Today's Yuqing" WeChat public account

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Start with planting, harvesting, and cooking

　　On August 29, Xinhua News Agency reported that the students of Longquan Primary School, Longquan Street, Wuxing District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province attended the "First Class" labor practice education class with the title of "Labor Practice Education Opens the 'First Lesson'". The content includes: Learn to grow vegetables, etc.

　　According to the report, at the beginning of the new semester, many primary and secondary schools in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province took various forms of labor practice education such as cleaning and sanitation, agricultural production labor, and public welfare volunteer services as the first lesson of the school to cultivate students' correct labor values ​​and good labor quality. and basic labor skills.

　　According to the "Compulsory Education Labor Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" issued by the Ministry of Education.

From the beginning of this fall, labor courses have been officially upgraded to compulsory courses in compulsory education.

The new semester has officially started, and many primary and secondary schools have officially listed the "labor class" in the school schedule, and some schools have moved the "first class" to the farmland.

　　In Yuqing, Guizhou, on the first day of the local school, Liangfeng Primary School in Dawujiang Town, Yuqing County moved the "first lesson" to the rice fields.

　　According to the report of the "Yuqing Today" WeChat public account of Yuqing County Rong Media Center, the local farmers explained and demonstrated the steps and skills of rice harvesting and threshing for the students.

Through the practice of harvesting rice, threshing, carrying rice, gleaning ears, and drying millet, the students learned about the hardships of farmers in growing grain, and felt the profound meaning of "hard work for every grain".

　　On August 30, Zhangzhou, Fujian also moved the troops' picnic skills into the campus for the "first lesson". Retired soldiers in camouflage uniforms taught students to dig stoves, bury soil, clean the soil at Xiazhuang Primary School in Chengxi Town, Longhai District, Zhangzhou City. Skills such as cooking rice, washing vegetables and side dishes, lighting a fire and setting a stove.

Veterans at the Veterans Service Station instruct students to cut vegetables.

Photo courtesy of Zhangzhou Veterans Affairs Bureau

Campus farmland, cooking classroom, rooftop vegetable garden

There are labor classes in the new semester, as well as labor weeks and labor months

　　In 2020, the state issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening Labor Education in Universities, Middle Schools and Primary Schools in the New Era", and put forward clear requirements for establishing compulsory courses for labor education in universities, middle schools and primary schools and establishing labor weeks every school year.

　　So, what will the labor class teach and how will it be taught?

On the eve of the start of school, some regions solicit public opinions on labor education related content.

　　In early August, the "Guidelines for Labor Education in Primary and Secondary Schools (Draft for Comment)" issued by the Nanning Education Bureau of Guangxi stated that the average labor education class in primary and secondary schools should not be less than 1 class hour per week, and a labor week should be set up every school year.

The weekly time for family life labor or off-campus public welfare activities in primary and secondary schools shall not be less than 1 hour.

In addition, March every year is the month of labor education activities for primary and secondary (vocational) schools in Nanning.

　　Labor class has become a compulsory course, and the classroom must not be limited to traditional classrooms.

From the exploration and observation in various places, many schools have opened up small vegetable fields and rice fields on campus, some schools have opened cooking classrooms, etc., and they have also opened up "sky vegetable gardens" on the roof of teaching buildings.

　　Nanjing Daily reported on August 31 that in this new semester, a 200-square-meter farming garden has been added to the campus of Nanjing Youfu West Street Primary School.

There are fruit trees in the garden, soybeans are planted, and nameplates with pictures of various fruits and vegetables are designed.

In addition to the farming garden, the school has specially set up four labor classrooms, including woodworking classrooms, weaving classrooms, pottery classrooms and cooking classrooms, each of which is equipped with various tools.

　　Of course, in addition to opening up labor education venues on campus, many schools also select labor bases outside the school.

Data map: The "Gengduyuan" labor base established by Limin Road Primary School in Hengshui, Hebei Province, where students in each class design their own class cards, check information, and select crop seeds.

Photo by Jin Lili

List of household work here

Grades 3 and 4 will make dumplings, grades 5 and 6 will have two dishes and one soup

　　Regarding labor classes, people of different ages have different memories. What does the new labor class learn?

　　According to the labor curriculum standards, the curriculum arrangement is gradual, that is, the difficulty of promotion gradually increases with the school period.

For example, the first and second grades should be able to choose and wash vegetables, the third and fourth grades should boil eggs and make dumplings, the fifth and sixth grades should be able to scramble eggs and stew soup, and the junior high school should design three-meal recipes.

　　At the local level, a more detailed list of labor skills is also listed in some regions.

On August 25 this year, the Hangzhou Education Bureau of Zhejiang Province issued the "Hangzhou Primary and Secondary School Students' Family Labor List", which detailed the family labor details from the first grade of primary school to the third grade of high school.

The picture is taken from the "Hangzhou Primary and Secondary School Students' Family Labor List"

　　For example, in terms of diet, the first and second grades of primary school should learn to plan fruit peels, eggs, and shrimp shells; the third and fourth grades will learn to make wontons, dumplings, boiled eggs (soup), and dumplings; the fifth and sixth grades will learn simple baking and cooking. One meat, one vegetable, one soup or two local traditional dishes and specialties.

　　"The new standard of labor curriculum emphasizes practicality, and students must participate and experience in person. It is not to learn, but to do it." Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, said that the implementation of labor curriculum requires schools, families, and society. coordination.

　　Chu Zhaohui said that the labor course itself should be closely integrated with life, including production labor, living labor, serving others, etc. The scope is very wide. The implementation of labor courses should be closely integrated with life. The main value of labor is the normal growth of a person. Education enables people to obtain a correct view of labor, and labor education for primary and secondary school students must accurately define the value of labor.

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