Why "Parents to Work with Certificates" Causes Controversy
Experts suggest that the concept of "holding a certificate" should be downplayed to encourage parents to consciously participate
□ Our reporter Zhao Chenxi
"Parents are the only profession in the world that does not require a certificate to work." This familiar phrase is gradually "changing", and parents may also need a certificate to work.
The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education announced the "Response of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education on the No. 111 Recommendation of the Fifth Session of the 13th Provincial People's Congress."
On June 30, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education issued to Ding Hangying, a representative of the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Congress, in the “Response to the No. 111 Recommendation of the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth Provincial People’s Congress”, it was mentioned that Shangcheng District of Hangzhou implemented the “Star Parent License” based on figures Parents’ school learning data effectively explored "Parents with Certificates to Work".
It is planned that starting from the fall semester of 2021, the point system for parent learning will be piloted at Zhejiang Digital Parent School, which will be implemented throughout the province when the time is right.
This news quickly made hot searches. In addition to the curiosity of parents holding a certificate, it also sparked controversy over whether it is necessary to implement this system.
"The family is the basic cell of society and the first school in life. Family education is an important part of national education, and the quality of education directly affects the quality of the whole people and the degree of social progress." Researcher Chu Zhaohui of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences is accepting " The reporter of the Rule of Law Daily pointed out that there is no need to over-interpret the certificate to work. Whether parents can get a "license" is not important. The fundamental purpose is to make parents value the role of family education, master scientific methods of parenting, and establish a harmonious parent-child. relationship.
Explore "Parents with Certificates to Work" in many places
The Hangzhou Shangcheng District mentioned in the "Recommendations on Promoting "Hangzhou Shangcheng Experiences in Zhejiang Province with Parents Holding Certificates"" submitted by representative Ding Hangying issued the first domestic star-rated parent license in 2017.
Back in the afternoon of May 16, 2017, Mr. Ma obtained the star-level parent license numbered "00001" and became the first parent to hold the certificate.
Because the child was studying in Qinghe Kindergarten in Shangcheng District, Mr. Ma learned that Shangcheng District was going to build a star-rated parent license project, and Mr. Ma, who had never understood parenting experience, decided to give it a try.
"You can start learning after you follow the official account and register. Most of the courses are video-based, and many more confusing questions can be answered." The problem of children's dislike of drinking water once made Mr. Ma distressed, every time It was forced to command in a strong tone, ending with the child crying.
After watching related parenting videos, he knew that he needed to use communication skills to guide the things his children didn't want to do. The sentence "Baby, Dad is also tired, let's go drink water together" easily solved the problem of children drinking water. .
Xiang Haigang, director of the Education Bureau of Shangcheng District, said that the Star Parent License Project is mainly for parents of children aged 0-15. It is divided into 5 stages according to the children's age group. Each stage will automatically generate a star certificate after 100 points. , The content includes family education guidance, family-school communication, parent-child activities, etc., mainly in the form of small videos. The videos are mainly recorded by parenting, health experts and famous school teachers in Shangcheng District.
According to statistics, as of the end of 2020, the number of registered parents on the "Star Parent License" learning platform has exceeded 93,000, and more than 42,000 star licenses have been issued.
Based on the pilot project in Shangcheng District, Zhejiang Digital Parent School will be opened on the "Zhijianghui Education Plaza" platform in 2020, and 220,000 e-learning certificates have been issued to parents participating in the digital parent school learning in the province.
The reporter noticed that in addition to Zhejiang Province, there are some places that have explored parent training.
In August 2020, Chenghua District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province launched the "4C" parent training system. The so-called 4C means that as a competent parent, they should have the first four abilities of harmonious relationship, caring for the body, maintaining the mind and guiding learning. Abbreviated letters, parents who complete the training and examination will receive a certificate of completion of study.
In the pilot schools of the "4C Parents" system, parents must also issue a certificate of completion of studies when their children enter the journal.
Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province also explored the model of "children want to go to school, parents go to class first" a few years ago. The east district of Zhongshan City has developed an online learning platform for parents' schools. Parents can log in to the freshman registration system after accumulating 10 credits through video learning.
Controversy reflects family education anxiety
The family is the child's first school, and the parent is the child's first teacher.
Although no one knows these words, it is undeniable that in today’s education, more emphasis is placed on the school’s educational responsibilities and the children’s learning ability. In the eyes of many parents, schools are responsible for all the functions of children’s education, and they are anxious about further studies. It relies on enrolling more children in cram schools to relieve it, but ignores its own educational methods.
A 17-year-old boy in Shanghai had a conflict with his mother in the car on the viaduct, and jumped off the bridge to his death in anger; a mother in Huludao, Liaoning, dragged her child into the sea because she didn’t take online lessons seriously... The lack of family education also highlights the importance of strengthening family education.
Therefore, through "certification to work" to allow parents to receive education, improve parents' parenting concepts and scientific skills, has won the support of some netizens.
However, some netizens think that this system is "formalism". Parents are supposed to run around for work. Now many school assignments still need parental guidance. If you add a "verification" task, the burden on parents will be even heavier. .
Parents can only brush the questions mechanically in order to score points. It is difficult to learn really carefully, and it is only a formality.
Liang Xu, a teacher at a primary school in Daxing District, Beijing, recently talked to some parents about the topic of "certification to work". She discovered that the reason why some parents are resisting is because they have paid too much attention to the matter of "verification". on.
She believes that the argument of “holding a certificate for employment” is open to question. It is easy to give parents a sense of coercion and restraint. It is not difficult to see from the current debates on the Internet that the divergence of public opinion not only reflects the increasing importance of parents on family education. The trend also reflects the exhaustion and helplessness of parents in the education of their children.
“Don’t over-interpret the so-called'certification'. The promotion of parents' “certification to work' is not simply to issue a'certificate' to parents, let alone to burden parents, but to tell parents what they can do and what they can’t do. What to do when you encounter problems to improve parents’ educational concepts and abilities.” Chu Zhaohui said that in some Western countries, parenting education for parents has been implemented very early in order to allow parents to recognize their responsibilities and master Some basic skills and knowledge for communicating with children and paying attention to their psychological changes.
It is not advisable to force the implementation of "certification to work"
In addition to Ding Hangying, many deputies to the National People's Congress have paid attention to the issue of family education and have put forward suggestions for parents to hold certificates.
During the 2020 National People’s Congress, the National People’s Congress representative and the head of the Second Middle School in Yucheng District, Ya’an City, Sichuan Province, Tuo Qingming, pointed out that the current parents’ own quality and educational ability are uneven, and my country’s current laws and regulations treat parents who do not fulfill their family education responsibilities. Lack of effective restrictions, it is recommended to legislate on family education as soon as possible to clarify the responsibilities of parents, and parents need to hold certificates to work.
On January 20 this year, the draft of the Family Education Law was formally submitted to the 25th meeting of the 13th National People's Congress for deliberation, marking that my country's family education has been officially incorporated into the track of the rule of law.
Some people in the industry have suggested that the requirement that parents hold a certificate for employment should be added to the draft to make it a norm.
Chu Zhaohui disagrees with this. He believes that if parents are forced to learn, it will increase the burden on parents to a certain extent, and will also increase the resistance of parents. On the contrary, it will not be conducive to the implementation of parental education.
Previous attempts in individual places to link parents' learning points to children's enrollment are debatable. After all, legally speaking, any institution should not set prerequisites for children's normal enrollment.
The draft Family Education Law clearly requires that the parents or other guardians of minors should consciously learn family education knowledge, master scientific family education methods, and improve family education capabilities.
The newly revised Law on the Protection of Minors also clearly stipulates that parents or other guardians should learn about family education, accept family education guidance, and create a good, harmonious and civilized family environment.
"Clarification in the law has fully demonstrated the need for parents to learn about family education." Chu Zhaohui believes that efforts should be made to increase publicity and improve the quality of learning courses, so as to encourage parents to consciously participate in parental education.
How to choose toys for children; how to deal with conflicts between children; how to get children out of Internet addiction; how to comfort them after being frustrated in the exam... Liang Xu watched some video courses of Zhejiang Zhijianghui Education Plaza Digital Parent School and found many of them. All the parents had consulted her before, and they were very specific.
"Through systematic and professional online learning, it is very meaningful for parents to master basic family education methods, solve educational puzzles that linger in their hearts, and strengthen family-school connections." Liang Xu believes how to make more Parents feel the value of these courses and are willing to take the initiative to learn, which is the key to promoting this system.
"The education department attaches great importance to the cultivation of parental education for parents. The launch of a learning platform to encourage parents to learn is worthy of recognition and should be promoted." Chu Zhaohui pointed out that in publicity, the concept of "certified work" should not be overly exaggerated, certificates, and medals. It should be used as an incentive for parents who are willing to spend time to learn advanced educational concepts and improve the level of parenting, but it should not be enforced.