Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 1 (Reporter Hu Jiali) On the occasion of the "May Day" holiday, Beijing Fangzhuang Education Cluster held the "Go into Campus" activity. Chang Hao, Chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association, attended the event and had face-to-face exchanges with the students who love Go, sharing his personal experience and insights.
During the event, representatives of Fangzhuang Education Cluster and China Weiqi Association held a discussion on how to promote the high-quality resources of Weiqi project into the campus and give full play to its unique educational function, trying to explore a new way for students to benefit from the long-term benefit and enjoy the integration of sports and education in "chess".
In the era of the information explosion, children have abundant choices both materially and spiritually, including choices for personal sports hobbies. In recent years, many parents and teenagers have become loyal fans of speed, strength and skill sports such as the three balls, swimming, tennis, and skiing.
In contrast, a chessboard and two chairs can be used as a playing field, and the quiet sport of Go does not stand out. In fact, Go has a unique advantage, and the philosophy of life contained in the game coincides with the modern concept of education.
The 2022 National New College Entrance Examination Volume I essay questions focus on the enlightening significance of "own hands, wonderful hands, and common hands" in Go. Chinese Go star Ke Jie once gave his own interpretation on his personal social account - "this hand" literally means a hand of duty, often describing the choice of a moderate hand in the current chess game, between not bad and good, but the mean is not the same as mediocrity; "vulgar hand" means a vulgar hand, which is derogatory in most cases, but in some cases, the exchange of "vulgar hands" may become the best choice at the moment; It means that a good hand is hard to come by, and many people often stick too much to the local in the game, and play a "fake trick" and ignore the overall picture.
It can be seen that if you want to play Go well, you need not only superb skills, but also a sense of the overall situation and the wisdom of knowing how to give and take.
Wang Yipeng, a sixth-grade student from the Experimental Primary School Affiliated to Beijing No. 18 Middle School, has been playing Go since the first grade and reached the amateur 5-dan level in the third grade. "After learning Go, I feel more focused on what I do," he says. Doing things is like playing Go, the next step is to think a few more steps back, the logical thinking ability is stronger, and the math is better. ”
In many exchanges with parents and students, the reporter has received similar feedback: Go makes children sit still, work more efficiently, think more openly, and have a stronger heart.
Guan Jie, chairman of the Board of Directors of Fangzhuang Education Cluster and principal of Beijing No. 18 Middle School Education Group, saw the benefits of Go to students' physical and mental growth, and actively promoted the "Go into Campus" activity to create opportunities for students to communicate face-to-face with Go players.
He said: "Go is not only a process of competition, but also a process of enlightenment. Let the children think in the movement and learn from things. Through the simple rules and countless variations of Go, you can appreciate and enrich life, and let your brain be full of imagination. The game will also enhance students' ability to communicate and socialize. ”
As early as 2001, the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China jointly issued a notice on carrying out three chess activities in schools: "Go, Chess, and Xiangqi", pointing out that chess sports have educational, competitive, cultural exchange and entertainment functions, which are conducive to the shaping of young students' personality and the cultivation of virtues, and are conducive to cultivating students' thinking and operational ability to solve problems independently, and to improving students' cultural literacy.
Chang Hao told reporters: "'Go into the campus' has indeed been carried out for a long time, some cities have carried out well, and even introduced some policies, but the situation is different in various places and schools, and some are still in the initial stage, and there is a phenomenon of uneven development." ”
He mentioned that in 2022, Quzhou, Zhejiang Province will implement the first local regulations on the development of Go in China, "Quzhou Weiqi Development and Revitalization Regulations", which requires kindergartens, primary and secondary schools to set up Go courses, colleges and secondary vocational schools to incorporate Go into the curriculum system, open elective courses, and encourage the establishment of Go colleges or majors; This approach not only ensures the integration of Go sports and education, but also makes learning Go a common practice in the local area, and the Go culture has also become a "golden business card" for Quzhou.
Although a good example of the integration of sports and education is worth learning from and promoting, it is more important to adapt measures to local conditions, and work together with governments at all levels, education departments, sports departments, schools, associations and social forces to truly achieve a hundred flowers.
Wang Yuhui, founder of Aiqidao, a Weiqi educational institution and a professional seven-dan chess player, shared the implementation cases and experience of "Go on Campus" during the discussion. He said: "Whether it is the initiation class, school team, club, or 'after-school 330' service, the first thing is to make the children feel interesting and fun, secondly, to customize the teaching plan according to the level of students in different schools, and finally to make results and reputation." ”
Social forces running sports is one of the directions of sports reform and development, and it is an important way to realize the effective allocation of sports resources. Chang Hao said that the guidance of teachers to students is very important, and for Go educational institutions that cooperate with the China Weiqi Association, in terms of the selection and screening of teachers, the association can ensure that high-quality teachers enter the campus by introducing policies, and play a role in regulating and supervising.
"We are now paying more attention to the implementation and implementation of the campus. It is not to say how many children have been exposed to Go, but to let them first improve their level of Go through this kind of activity, and secondly, their comprehensive quality will be comprehensively developed in the process of learning Go, which is the goal we hope to achieve in carrying out activities on campus. Chang Hao said.
Guan Jie said: "We will not 'kidnap' children and parents to popularize Go, and we will not link learning Go to school to 'roll' children, which is completely independent and free two-way choice." He said that the school will adhere to the original intention of serving the growth of children for a long time, and supervise the educational behavior of teachers and institutions that come to the school activities.
"The school gives children a variety of options and platforms. Today there may be one child who likes Go, tomorrow there may be ten children who like it, and slowly everyone gathers together, and there are more people who like it, and the sport is launched. Guan Jie said.