Why is the calligraphy class in primary and secondary schools in an awkward situation?

With the coming of summer vacation, Ms. Zhang, a parent of a fourth-grade elementary school student, signed up her child for a calligraphy class in a training institution. Although it was expensive, Ms. Zhang thought it was worth it. "Make up for the children's regret that they didn't have enough to eat in the school calligraphy class. Children like writing, especially official calligraphy, but there is only one calligraphy class a week, which is really a little less."

Some parents think that calligraphy class is "a course that should be accepted emotionally, but actually useless". Ms. Liu, the parents of the second grade primary school students, told the reporter, "The school will have a calligraphy class every week, and will also leave printed homework for the children to go back and copy. I choose not to print every time. For me, the child's handwriting is neat enough. There are so many primary school courses that there is too little space for children to leave blank. I looked at his curriculum and decided to take calligraphy class as our blank time. "

1. "Let teachers fall in love with calligraphy first, and then drive children to like this art."

Wu Jian, principal of the quality education resource belt of Heizhima Hutong Primary School in Beijing, said that in their school, calligraphy class is a course that children really love. "Words are like people, calligraphy is an integral part of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and practicing a good word is to lay a good foundation for life. At any time, this can't be replaced by computers. "

"We have a calligraphy class once a week. In addition, we will stimulate students' interest through evaluation and exhibition, post their achievements, and invite children who enter the exhibition to participate in the flag-raising ceremony to make them fall in love with calligraphy classes through incentives." Wu Jian said.

motivation is one thing, while osmosis is another. "Calligraphy is a kind of beautiful enjoyment, which can cultivate sentiment. Some naughty children and children who can't sit still in class, practicing calligraphy more will help their mental growth. We distribute copybooks to every teacher free of charge. When they are finished, they can go to school to collect them at any time. Last semester, we also held a calligraphy competition for all teachers, so that teachers can fall in love with calligraphy first and then drive children to like this art. " Wu Jian said.

The calligraphy class is not assessed, and the homework is written voluntarily. "The number of words and pages are not required." However, despite this, many students will take the initiative to finish it, and some children will overfulfil it, Wu Jian said.

Yi Yandan, president of the primary school attached to Nanchang Normal University, believes that "calligraphy classes should certainly exist in the classrooms of China people".

The primary school attached to Nanchang Normal University is to break the "triple door": "The first door is the textbook. We set up a calligraphy class one year ahead of the national plan. At first, we made our own textbooks, and later we used unified textbooks. However, we are not limited to the contents defined in the textbooks, and we will prepare some school-based textbooks for students to expand their exercises; The second door is teachers. We lack full-time calligraphy teachers, and we will supplement part-time teachers in the school through self-recommendation, selection and training, so as to alleviate the shortage of teachers. The third door is the hardware condition. In our classroom, we emphasize the book culture and combine it with campus culture. What we pay attention to is not technique, but a spirit. In addition to calligraphy classes, we also make students fall in love with writing through theme activities. "

2. "Art, calligraphy, etc. together with the main courses really constitute a colorful school life"

I like calligraphy class, but I still think it is useless in my heart. This is the mentality of some parents. Ms. Liu, who chose to let her children "leave blank", spoke her mind. "In primary school, there is actually a lot of homework. If the child can finish his homework in advance, I am willing to let him practice calligraphy."

Some parents expressed similar views. Zhangyan's daughter is in Grade Two in a primary school in Haidian District, Beijing. She also chose to give up calligraphy because "time is occupied by the main course". "In English class, one third of the children in the class have a basic knowledge of English, one third are fluent in spoken English, and only one third need to learn from ABC, and we are the third without foundation. Other subjects are generally similar. Some children already know vertical operation, while others are still learning to add and subtract within ten minutes. The level of our subjects without attending the young bridging class is worrying. In order to catch up with the progress, we have to apologize for the calligraphy class. The calligraphy class is usually arranged on Friday, and we occasionally let the children miss the course to learn something else. "

Regarding parents' views, Yi Yandan said that the most important thing in primary school is to fully understand and perceive all aspects of knowledge and culture. "Education is a process of awakening, which encourages children to know themselves and become better themselves. Therefore, primary school should give them more possibilities and even allow them to try and make mistakes, which is better for their children in the future. Children can write well, be proud of traditional culture, and cultivate feelings of home and country between bits and pieces. This lesson must be indispensable. "

"At the same time, children's growth is the embodiment of their comprehensive quality, which should not be represented by a test paper or main course results. Our suggestion is to arrange homework reasonably, and arrange homework in layers according to students' academic ability, so as to prevent some students from copying repeatedly and avoid some students who can't keep up with the progress. Every child can jump up and pick' peaches', which is our goal. " Yi Yandan said.

Hierarchical homework has been popularized in many schools. In Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School, Li Yi Yin, a junior one student, told reporters that she has more than ten personal hobbies, such as ballet, China dance, jazz dance, electric guitar and so on, because hierarchical homework allows her to set aside time to develop her personal interests.

"Fine arts, calligraphy and other courses are all important. Together with the main courses, they form a colorful school life in the basic education stage and lay the foundation for children's future. If you throw them away, it will not be worth the loss in exchange for a moment of study time in the main class. " Wu Jian said.

3. "Establish a multi-evaluation system, so that students can do what they like with confidence"

Most schools hold the view that calligraphy class is indispensable, but what makes calligraphy class embarrassing is that it is not in harmony with the time of the main class, and there is mainly a shortage of calligraphy teachers.

Yi Yandan said that according to the regulations, there should be 3-4 full-time calligraphy teachers in their school, but actually there are only 1-2. "And the calligraphy teachers are very young, have fertility needs, and the problem of maternity leave-style vacancy occurs from time to time. Part-time teachers are art teachers and Chinese teachers, but they also need people in art and Chinese classes, so it is difficult to leave their posts. Sometimes there will be a phenomenon that can't be adjusted. The comprehensive quality class is like a jar. Each jar needs a cover (teacher), but the cover is not enough. If you cover this, you will lose that. " Yi Yandan said.

Sometimes, they will choose software-assisted teaching and spend the transition period through calligraphy software demonstration. However, the role of software is limited, and the personal guidance of teachers is the most important. This made Yi Yandan miss the normal secondary school in the 198s and 199s. "At that time, all normal school students had to complete calligraphy classes, music classes, art classes, etc., otherwise they could not graduate. Therefore, the normal school students laid a good foundation, and one person could teach multiple courses. At present, when we recruit teachers, we will also indicate that we should have' calligraphy expertise', but the actual situation of the teachers selected is not ideal. We also have some exchanges with the Teachers' College. I hope that when training teachers, the Teachers' College will pay attention to basic skills and really alleviate the problem of lack of calligraphy teachers in primary and secondary schools. " Yi Yandan said.

Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at China Education Research Institute, believes that the previous normal education and teaching content was relatively small, leaving time for courses such as calligraphy and art. At present, the knowledge of normal colleges has increased, and the space for courses such as calligraphy and art has naturally shrunk. He believes that the starting point to solve the problem of lack of calligraphy teachers at present should be to "develop some teachers with calligraphy interests first, and then slowly solve the problem of teachers' treatment from the entrance to attract more calligraphy talents to the campus."