90% of primary and secondary schools in Qingdao will have small classes next year and public funds will increase by 1.5 times

Qingdao Jiucheng primary and secondary schools will increase public funding for small class sizes by 1.5 times next year

This will help better communication between teachers and students, personalized teaching, and improve students’ learning efficiency... … There are many advantages to small class teaching, but there are also difficulties in promoting small class teaching. Yesterday, the reporter learned from an on-site observation meeting on the city’s small class sizes to promote the development of high-quality modern education that next year more than 90% of primary and secondary schools in the city will implement small class sizes, with each class having no more than 40 students.

40% of primary and secondary schools in Shinan are in small classes

For Shinan District with a high population density, small class education has always been a problem. Before 2008, more than 50% of classes in Shinan District had more than 50 students. Large class sizes became a major problem that plagued school management and teachers at that time. Since 2009, Shinan District has adopted a series of measures to integrate high-quality educational resources and promote a balanced education. Class quotas for primary and secondary schools in the region have been effectively controlled, and a synchronized model of five modernizations has been created, namely, the creation of an integrated small-class education space, comprehensive educational content, The education process is interactive, school management is humane, and education teachers are professional. In Shinan District, all primary and secondary schools in Shinan District have participated in the three pilot projects of "educational management, teaching methods, and curriculum experiments" for small class sizes.

In order to create conditions for the implementation of small-class education, Shinan District has invested 800 million yuan to implement an educational infrastructure upgrade and renovation project that "grasps the east and west, strengthens the middle, and optimizes the overall situation" and expands the number of degrees. The latest statistics show that among 705 classes in 28 primary schools in Shinan District, 321 have classes with less than 40 students, accounting for 46% of the total number of classes in primary schools in the district; among 265 classes in 10 junior high schools, 101 classes have The class size is less than 40 students, accounting for 38% of the total number of classes in middle schools in the district.

Shinan District is building a unified management system for school districts. That is to say, the primary and secondary schools in the district will be divided into 6 districts. The primary and secondary schools in the district will serve as a unified system for educational management research. *** At the same time, we will promote the construction of a small-class management mechanism, implement the three-step cycle mechanism of "consultation-improvement-demonstration" in the school district, coordinately promote the research on five small-class education management projects such as the construction of a modern school system and the construction of smart classrooms, and improve the quality of education in the region. The level of modernization of primary school education.

Small class teaching has many benefits

There are 50 students in one class and 40 students in one class. Which class has the highest teaching efficiency? The answer to this question is undoubtedly a class of 40 students. For teachers, the fewer students in the class, the higher the efficiency. It is for this reason that the Municipal Education Bureau has implemented small-class teaching throughout the city. Small-class teaching is also an important symbol of educational modernization.

Qingdao No. 19 Middle School is the first school among the bureau-affiliated high schools to implement small class teaching. After years of practice, Cheng Hongsheng, vice principal of Qingdao No. 19 Middle School, told reporters that there are many benefits to small class teaching. First of all, small class size is beneficial to Teachers teach students in accordance with their aptitude. After implementing small classes, teachers can have more energy to understand each child, take care of each child, and pay attention to each child's growth and development. A small number of people is more conducive to teachers' individual tutoring of children. Teachers can completely review each child's homework. While correcting mistakes, they can sort out the child's knowledge system and provide ideological education to the child in a timely manner. Small class sizes allow teachers to get to know students faster and better

. Because the number of students is small, teachers can better consider students when preparing lessons, including those who need more guidance and those who need higher requirements, and can design assignments in layers.

At the same time, small class teaching helps students concentrate and improve the efficiency of listening to lectures. Xu Xuehong, the principal of Jiayuguan Primary School, said that lower-grade students have poor self-control ability. During class, if they are not focused and sometimes fail to listen to key points taught by the teacher, then that piece of knowledge will definitely be blank in their memory. In the long run, it will have a great impact on students. At this time, the advantages of small classes will be reflected. In small classes, there are fewer students, classroom discipline is easier to control, the chance of students losing concentration is greatly reduced, and students' listening efficiency is improved.

Increase the standard of public funding per student

According to the goals set by the Municipal Education Bureau, by 2016, more than 90% of primary and secondary school starting-grade classes will have no more than 40 students. The popularization rate of small-class education and the quality of education and teaching have reached the advanced level of similar cities across the country.

In order to ensure the development of small-class education, our city has established a long-term mechanism to ensure and increase the per-student public funding for small-class education, and clarified the classes in public compulsory education schools and ordinary high schools that implement small-class education, and the per-student public funding standard has been raised to 1.5 times that of non-small class sizes. Since the spring of 2016, for newly approved small-class pilot schools that year, the financial department has provided a one-time subsidy of 30,000 yuan per class for the special subsidy for small-class education curriculum reform. In 2016, Shinan District allocated special funds to promote small-class education for all primary and secondary schools in the district based on the standard of 200 yuan per student.

Jianxin schools recruit teachers to promote small class sizes

At the meeting yesterday, the education (sports) directors of various districts and cities said that there are two main factors that hinder the advancement of small class sizes in primary and secondary schools. First, schools The number cannot meet the growing number of enrolled students. Taking Licang District as an example, although the district has increased the construction of new schools and the expansion of old schools in recent years, with 6 schools put into use last year alone, the influx of students continues to The number of children of new citizens has doubled the pressure on school enrollment in the district. Han Chuande, director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Licang District, said that the enrollment of first-grade children of new citizens in the school has exceeded that of children with local household registration, marking the first time that there has been an inversion. Another factor is that the implementation of small class sizes requires more teachers, and the current teacher-student ratio of 1:19 is difficult to meet the needs of small class sizes. This year the city government has confirmed the recruitment of 3,400 non-establishment teachers. Many districts and cities have stated that they will increase teacher recruitment this year. "In previous years, we recruited as many new teachers as many retired teachers. This year we have retired 120 teachers. We have recruited 180 new teachers and have retained 30 people for the talent introduction plan," said Chai Qinglin, director of the Shibei Education Bureau. (Reporter Zang Xuping)