China News Service, Beijing, March 2 (Reporter Chen Hang) China's Paralympic education focuses on young people in 300,000 universities, middle schools, primary schools and special education schools. According to the concept of "sharing the Olympic Games", the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, In accordance with the requirements of "joint participation, joint effort, and common enjoyment", the promotion of winter sports for disabled persons and the promotion of Paralympic values ​​have formed a sustainable Paralympic education model with Chinese characteristics.

  Liu Chen, an expert on education and public participation from the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said at a media briefing on the theme of "Paralympic Values ​​Education" held on the 2nd.

  Conduct immersive Paralympic courses

  Since the preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has always adhered to the principle of "two Olympic Games are equally exciting", and actively promoted the education of Paralympic values ​​while carrying out Olympic education.

  Beijing Chen Jinglun Middle School is one of the 300,000 schools offering Paralympic education.

The school combines knowledge learning with experiential activities to promote Paralympic values, cultivate students' sense of social responsibility, and build an inclusive and harmonious society.

  Liu Weinan, a physical education teacher at Beijing Chen Jinglun Middle School Jinsong Branch, said that in the context of building morality and cultivating people as the fundamental task, carrying out Paralympic values ​​education according to local conditions can not only increase students' understanding of the Paralympic Games, but also help young people establish correct values. , thereby promoting the building of an inclusive and harmonious society.

  Liu Weinan introduced that in the early days of Paralympic education, Chen Jinglun Middle School designed a Paralympic course that could be held indoors when outdoor physical education classes were not available in special weather. Students not only learned about Paralympic sports and its history, but also learned a lot The touching and inspirational stories behind the Paralympic athletes.

  At the same time, in physical education, students are allowed to participate in Paralympic sports in different roles in an experiential way.

We gave the Paralympic experience class a warm name called "Sunflower Class".

In the classroom, students sometimes experience the difficulty of participating in the activities of the blind and those with lower limb mobility as disabled characters, and sometimes serve as mutual aid partners of the disabled to help and inspire partners to experience bravely.

  Distributed educational books to nearly 3,000 schools

  Liu Chen said that the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has compiled and published the Chinese version of the International Paralympic Committee's "I Can" Paralympic Values ​​Education, including two volumes of "Basic Manual" and "Activity List", about 360,000 words, focusing on Primary and secondary school students, promote social inclusion by deepening awareness of the Paralympic Movement, change society's perception of people with disabilities, and inspire the next generation through Paralympic values ​​and disability sports.

  At present, more than 15,000 copies have been distributed free of charge to 835 Olympic and Paralympic education demonstration schools and 2,062 ice and snow sports schools across the country.

  The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee also increased the supply of online resources in accordance with the requirements of normalized epidemic prevention and control.

On the education page of the official website, integrate information and share resources.

Seven MG animated short films including "Paralympic Movement" and "Paralympic Curling" have been viewed over 2.6 million; the audio of "Winter Paralympic Story" has been released on radio and online media; the Paralympic education demonstration class has been filmed to provide lesson examples for front-line teachers refer to.

  Young people's drawings will be given as gifts to members of the Winter Olympics delegation

  Liu Chen said that the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has carried out the "My Winter Olympics Dream" International Camp for Junior Winter Olympics for four consecutive years.

Through keynote speeches, knowledge quizzes, sports introductions, simulated interviews, etc., the junior reporters learned, consolidated and shared the knowledge of the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics, and realized the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The event covered 2,220 schools in 23 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Macao Special Administrative Region, and more than 2 million young people participated.

  In addition, the paintings collected by the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic-themed youth painting collection activities will be given to members of the delegations of the Paralympic Committees of various countries (regions) as gifts during the Winter Paralympics.

  It is reported that the event started on September 1, 2021, and lasted for 3 months, and collected more than 43,000 paintings by young people.

After pre-screening, a total of 15,000 paintings were selected from various places to enter the judging process.

Experts from the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the School of Art of Renmin University of China and the relevant departments of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee selected 7,500 works.

  Liu Chen said that the collection activity also collected 2,022 paintings from disabled children across the country, looking forward to their warm-hearted interaction with Paralympic athletes.

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