Hunan Daily All-Media Reporter Yu Rong
In order to fully implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and cultivating people and further deepen curriculum reform, our province has studied and formulated the "Hunan Province Compulsory Education Curriculum Implementation Measures (2022 Edition)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") and was officially released recently.
reporter noticed that the "Measures" put forward new regulations and new requirements to keep pace with the times for the course's class setting, teaching methods, and educational evaluation.
When adjusting subject courses, Chinese is absolutely C-position
The Measures clearly state that compulsory education courses will be set up for nine years and are arranged according to the "June 3" academic system. Among them, national curriculum sets morality and rule of law, Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages (English, Japanese, Russian), history, geography, science, physics, chemistry, biology, information technology, sports and health, art, labor, comprehensive practical activities, etc. .
reporter noticed that among the changes in the number of classes, Chinese class hours account for as much as 20%-22% , ranking first among many subjects and occupying the absolute C position. . Calligraphy content teaching is set in Chinese for grades 3 to 6, and 1 class is arranged for every week.
while English class hours decreased, with the proportion of class hours adjusted to 6%-8% , and the opening stage adjusted to starting from the third grade of primary school. The Measures also clearly state that if you open a foreign language in the junior high school stage of , you can choose any in English, Japanese, Russian and other languages. This encourages schools to meet students' multiple foreign language learning needs.
The Measures clearly state that the physical education course, which had a very single content in the past, became physical education and health, with courses accounting for 10%-11%, second only to Chinese and mathematics , and became the third most important subject in primary and junior high school, reflecting the high attention to students' physical and mental health. The course covers grades one to nine, including 4 lessons per week for grades one to two, and 3 lessons per week for grades three to nine. It is also clear that mental health education must have 1 lesson every two weeks.
The Measures also reflect the importance of students' scientific literacy. science courses cover the entire stage of compulsory education , and are offered in grades one to nine, with a total class hours of 8%-10%. Information Technology is independent of the comprehensive practical activity courses , and is open in grades 3 to 8, with a total class hours of 1%-3%.
is also a course independent from the comprehensive practical activity courses, as well as labor courses, which must be offered in grades one to nine, with no less than one class per week.
According to the requirements of the Ministry of Education, our province has reformed the art curriculum settings. The Measures clearly state that the art courses for grades one to two of include singing, music, modeling, and art; grades three to seven mainly focus on music and art, integrating dance, drama (including opera), film and television (including digital media art); grades eight to nine include music, art, dance, drama (including opera), film and television (including digital media art), etc., and students choose at least two options to study. The connotation of art education will be richer, and it can be foreseen that students' artistic literacy will be greatly improved.
Our province also developed local courses in a unified manner, setting up two courses: Hunan's local cultural knowledge, life and health knowledge . Schools can also develop appropriate school-based courses based on student development status and school characteristics for students to choose independently.
The "Plan" requires all schools to strictly implement the national course regulations and offer all national courses. Schools can organize teaching flexibly according to the nature of the course, class type characteristics and teaching needs, explore flexible classes, and arrange "long and short classes". All localities and schools should coordinate internal and external learning arrangements, effectively make use of after-class service time, create conditions for physical exercise, artistic activities, scientific research, class team activities, labor and social practice, etc., and develop students' expertise.
strengthens the practice of science and cultivates students' comprehensive abilities
The "Plan" requires that the implementation of courses should be scientifically planned. Strengthen the connection between kindergarten and primary school, adhere to zero-starting teaching, and the first to second grade courses of primary schools should focus on activity-oriented, gamified and life-oriented learning design . Based on students' cognitive, emotional, social development from elementary school to junior high school, the content of different school stages is reasonably arranged to reflect the continuity and advancement of learning goals.
The Plan requires deepening teaching reform. Adhere to the literacy orientation, strengthen scientific practice, and pay attention to " to learn ". We must create conditions, offer full experimental courses, guide students to participate in subject exploration activities, experience the process of discovering problems, solving problems, constructing knowledge, and applying knowledge, and understand the subject's thoughts and methods.
It is necessary to strengthen the connection between knowledge learning and students' experience, real life, and social practice, pay attention to the creation of real situations, and enhance students' ability to understand the real world and solve real problems.
should explore large-unit teaching, actively carry out comprehensive teaching activities such as thematic and project-based learning, promote students to learn from one example and integrate them, strengthen the internal connection between knowledge, and promote knowledge structure.
should highlight students' main position in learning, carry out differentiated teaching, guide students to improve their independent, cooperative and inquiry learning ability, and form good thinking habits.
The Measures also emphasize improving education evaluation and fully implementing the requirements for education evaluation reform in the new era. We must pay attention to the examination of correct values, essential qualities and key abilities, and carry out comprehensive quality evaluation; we must pay attention to the observation, recording and analysis of the learning process, pay attention to the real progress of students, and actively explore value-added evaluation; we must pay attention to the comprehensive use of various methods such as hands-on operations, work display, oral reports, pay attention to typical behavioral performance, and promote expression evaluation; we must improve the quality of homework design, enhance the inquiry, openness and comprehensiveness of the test questions, and comprehensively promote the examination evaluation based on core literacy.
link: "Implementation Measures for Compulsory Education Courses in Hunan Province (2022 Edition)"
(first instance: Yu Rong; second instance: Liu Wentao; third instance: Yang Youhua)
