China Network September 28 (reporter Lin Yiren) With the implementation of the "Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework Burden and The Burden of Off-campus Training for Students in the Compulsory Education Stage" (hereinafter referred to as the "Double Reduction" Policy) and the improvement of the test score in sports, some primary and secondary school students began to switch from subject training to sports training on weekends and holidays.
Students at Ping'an Primary School in Neiqiu County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, train in football on September 23. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xudong
"Double minus one increase" has triggered a fever of test-oriented sports training
In 2020, the State General Administration of Sport and the Ministry of Education jointly issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Integration of Sports and Education to Promote the Healthy Development of Adolescents" (hereinafter referred to as the "Sports and Education Integration" Policy), proposing to include physical education subjects in the scope of the middle and high school academic level examinations, and into the scoring subjects of the middle school entrance examination, and scientifically determine and gradually increase the score.
The reporter combed and found that at present, many provinces and cities across the country have successively increased the score of the sports examination, with a minimum of 5 points and a maximum of 50 points. For example, in 2020, the score of the Jiangxi Sports Examination will be raised from 55 points to 60 points, and Yunnan will be raised from 50 points to 100 points, becoming the first province in the country to have the same score in sports and language; in 2021, the score of the Fujian Sports Examination will be raised from 30 points to 40 points; in 2022, the score of the Tianjin Sports Examination will also be raised from 30 points to 40 points.
According to the "2021 Public Fitness Behavior and Consumption Research Report" compiled by the China Sporting Goods Industry Federation, 67% of the respondents have heard of the "sports and education integration" policy, of which 67% of parents believe that the policy will affect their children's sports training investment, and 76% of parents believe that it is necessary to apply for sports examination project training classes. The largest increase in the proportion of enrolled students in order to improve test scores or prepare for further education, up 16% year-on-year. Only 14 per cent of any sports training courses were not reported.
The reporter visited a fitness institution in Beijing that opened a children's sports training course, and the person in charge of the institution said that the increase in sports scores may lead to anxiety among some parents, and parents hope to improve their children's sports level through sports training, especially to improve the performance of test-taking sports.
Liu Ping, a parent of a junior high school student, told reporters that after the introduction of the "double reduction" policy, the number of children's subject training classes has decreased, and turned to online teaching, but increased physical training, once a week physical fitness training and two Latin dance, modern dance sports dance classes, training costs increased by thousands of yuan. "Signing up for sports training courses for children is not only to improve sports performance, but also to improve children's physical fitness." Liu Ping said.
Increasing the score of the examination in sports can highlight the value of sports education
Sun Weihua, a special teacher of the Beijing Chaoyang District Education Science Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from China Net that the reform of the physical education examination is an important aspect of the "five educations" of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, beauty and labor, and improving the score of the physical education examination can make the society, schools and families pay more attention to the educational value of sports, and at the same time, cultivate students' tenacious fighting spirit. "The physical education examination is a struggle in the life of students, in the preparation for the exam, to train many times, overcome many difficulties, and finally improve the grades, overcome themselves, this is a very good sports education process."
Li Xiaosa, a physical education teacher at a middle school in Tianjin, told reporters that after the improvement of the score in the physical education examination, students attach more importance to physical education than before, and the school arranges three physical education classes per week for the seventh and eighth grades, and four class hours per week for the ninth grade to ensure that students have sufficient time for physical activities.
Wang Yu, a physical education teacher at a middle school in Beijing, said that increasing the physical education score can make students pay attention to physical education and enjoy the benefits it brings, and then form the concept of lifelong sports, which will affect their lives.
Undoubtedly, increasing the score of the physical education test can make students pay more attention to physical education, but whether the school physical education class alone can improve the student sports score makes many parents worried.
In this regard, Wang Yu said that the school's physical education class can allow most students to improve their scores, and students do not need to participate in physical education training classes for exams. According to the child's interests, one or two projects can be reported to improve their enthusiasm for exercise through special training.
Sun Weihua also did not approve of students participating in the physical education middle school entrance examination training course for test takers. "The middle school entrance examination project is not difficult, and improving the grades depends on the efforts of the students themselves, and there is no need to participate in the training class." However, students can apply for some projects that are not covered in the school physical education class, such as tennis, badminton, swimming and other sports specialty training, forming a complementary. ”
Wang Dengfeng, director of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, stressed that if students can participate in physical education classes on time and complete the exercise tasks assigned by physical education classes, the score is guaranteed.
Sports should be avoided as a place to "roll in" for exams
Whether it is a school physical education class or an off-campus sports training class, the examination evaluation will become the guide. In order to avoid sports from becoming another "inner volume" place for taking the exam, Sun Weihua believes that the examination items in physical education should be increased, and it is necessary to clarify what and how to take the exam, and pay attention to the differences of students. At the same time, the examination items should increase the difficulty and reduce the standard.
"If the difficulty of an action is very low, but the standard is very high, the student may not be able to get a full score if he masters the action." In order to achieve higher scores, students constantly pursue the ultimate, and it is easy to form an 'inner volume'. Instead, increase the difficulty but lower the standard, as long as the student can continue to practice, the goal can be reached. Sun Weihua said.
Sun Weihua suggested that the results of sports competitions be included in the assessment. On the one hand, the competition results can prove the students' sports level, on the other hand, competition is an important feature of sports, the competition results are included in the assessment, whether it is parents or schools, will encourage children to participate in more competitions.
Sun Weihua said that it is necessary to strictly check the qualifications of sports off-campus training institutions, which is related to the health of children. "Every child has a sensitive period of physical development, such as flexibility exercises suitable for low age groups, and it is difficult to develop in high school." Some children's physical training courses put five- and six-year-old children and secondary school students in a class, which can cause great problems. ”
(In the text, Liu Ping, Wang Yu, and Li Xiaosa are pseudonyms.) The images in this manuscript are authorized by Xinhua News Agency. It may not be reproduced without permission. ）