The first lesson of the school year | Caring between "adding" and "reducing" | General Secretary | Caring
It's another school season, and children are about to embark on a new journey in life.
Children are the future of our country and the hope of the Chinese nation.
Reducing the heavy academic and extracurricular training burden on students and cultivating their exploratory and innovative thinking qualities embodies the earnest expectations of General Secretary for promoting the healthy and comprehensive development of children.
Cultivate scientific thinking and innovative consciousness
Nowadays, science education has become a daily routine in many schools.
Beijing Yuying School, teaching tools "accidentally fall" everywhere - rocks and fossil specimens are placed in the hallway hall, simulating the world of paleontology; Block that can be pieced together, allowing students to challenge their hands-on creativity; Teachers and students carefully select technology exhibits to create a science and technology park, becoming a popular check-in spot for the school.
With a strong scientific atmosphere, innovative seeds can sprout and grow.
In a science classroom, teachers and students are using their knowledge of linear motion, curved motion, and oblique motion to design and construct roller coaster models using building blocks for verification.
A little but eager to learn, like the sun at sunrise. Children's curiosity, imagination, and curiosity are very valuable.
In July of this year, the "Chasing Dreams in the Sky" technology themed education activity was held at Beijing Bayi School. More than a hundred teachers and students from all over the country are learning aerospace knowledge and improving innovation abilities through hands-on practice.
Not long after, the classmates of the development team wrote a letter to the General Secretary, reporting the news of the upcoming launch of the small satellite. In his reply, General Secretary encouraged everyone to "maintain their thirst for knowledge, interest in exploration, cultivate scientific spirit, study hard, and practice hard.".
In December of that year, with brilliant flames, the rocket took off and the science popularization small satellite was successfully launched.
Education is not about filling a bucket of water, but about igniting a fire. Active learning is the key to mastering knowledge.
By participating in scientific practices one by one, children are motivated to take on more paths, come into contact with more things, and stimulate stronger intrinsic motivation for learning.
In July of this year, in the summer daycare class of Shunbei Primary School in Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, children made solar energy science experimental devices.
In recent years, science education has been incorporated into various stages of basic education, becoming an equally important foundational course as Chinese and mathematics, greatly stimulating the enthusiasm of young people across the country to love, learn, and use science.
In May of this year, the "Opinions of the Ministry of Education and 18 Other Departments on Strengthening Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in the New Era" were released, requiring efforts to do a good job in science education addition in the "double reduction" of education, and to integrate and promote high-quality development of education, science and technology, and talent.
Reduce heavy workload and excessive training, allowing children to confidently develop their strengths in their favorite fields and actively acquire knowledge driven by interest.
Comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor skills
For a period of time, the heavy academic burden on primary and secondary school students became a prominent problem in compulsory education.
The adolescence stage is the "jointing and booting stage" of life, which not only requires acquiring knowledge, but also the cultivation of ideals, beliefs, moral qualities, physical and psychological qualities, and other aspects.
In July of this year, at the opening ceremony of the Chengdu Universiade, children walking from the depths of the mountains confidently stood in the center of the stage, expressing their aspirations for the future through singing.
"Life is created through labor, and life is also created through labor." General Secretary encouraged children to establish the concept of labor glory.
At a school in Huanghuatan Ecological Immigration Area, Gulang County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, the General Secretary carefully watched music classes and urged everyone to study hard and develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.
Ensuring the comprehensive development of children's morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor skills is an important starting point for education in China.
The purpose of doing a good job in education is to better unleash the vitality of young people, enable them to have the willingness, time, and space for independent development and personalized growth, improve overall quality, develop a sound personality, and achieve comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, labor, and people.
From a lifelong growth goal perspective
The depth of love leads to profound strategies.
A committee member on site discussed some of the current problems in the field of education.
For young children, at the critical stage of life, they must first learn the principles of being a good person. The Chinese traditional culture is extensive and profound. Learning and mastering the essence of various ideas in it is very beneficial to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values.
At Yuying School, the General Secretary inquired in detail about the structure of after-school service courses and other related information. He pointed out that the socialist education system with Chinese characteristics is good, and our country's basic education has advantages in the world. We should strengthen cultural confidence, persist in our own good things, draw on good things from abroad, keep up with the times, and open up development, so that children have a broader perspective, broader thinking, and more open concepts, and strive to cultivate the pillars of the country who can shoulder the responsibility of national rejuvenation and have the courage to create world miracles.
In the calligraphy classroom of the Central Primary School in Tokezak Town, Shufu County, Xinjiang, students are learning to write calligraphy with a brush.
After the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture and leveraging its educational function has become a new focus for many schools.
In Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Tashan Central Primary School launched a teaching activity of "integrating traditional culture into Chinese language curriculum". Children can search for the traces of celebrities through on-site inspections. Taking Wang Xizhi, the sage of calligraphy, as an example, the children, under the guidance of their teachers, found existing city landmarks in stories such as "Tifan Bridge" and "Dunpo Lane", and experienced firsthand the story of Wang Xizhi and the old lady selling fans.
Longhua County, Chengde City, Hebei Province actively carries out the "Intangible Cultural Heritage on Campus" activity, introducing characteristic intangible cultural heritage projects such as "Ergui Wrestling" into the classroom, regularly inviting inheritors of intangible cultural heritage to come into the campus for traditional culture teaching and training, so that students can personally experience the charm and cultural value of intangible cultural heritage.
Reducing the heavy academic and extracurricular training burden, fully integrating excellent traditional Chinese culture into classroom teaching, and enabling young people to better accept the influence of excellent traditional Chinese culture are of great significance for establishing a healthy and upward aesthetic and correct values, cultivating national pride and cohesion, and better continuing the bloodline of Chinese culture.
During this summer vacation, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province held the Youth Student Sunshine Sports Games.
Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people.
The healthy growth and comprehensive development of children are related to the happiness of every family and also to the future of the Chinese nation.
"Our greatest wish is for children to grow better." This is General Secretary's warmest concern. Between "adding" and "reducing", there is the General Secretary leading education back to the original intention of "cultivating virtue and talent", as well as the General Secretary's deep care and earnest expectations for young people.
