The photo search software was taken off the shelf. According to the notice of the Ministry of Education, in addition to the strict requirements for the "picture search" software, the notice also puts forward rectification measures for the existing online subject training App for primary and secondary schools. What is the specific situation of photo search software off the shelf?
The photo search software is off the shelf 1 12 13. The upstream journalist learned from the website of the Ministry of Education that recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a notice to put forward clear requirements for strengthening the management of educational App and promoting the convergence with the "double reduction" policy.
The notice pointed out that homework help App, which provides and disseminates idle students' thinking ability, affects students' independent thinking and violates the laws of education and teaching, is temporarily offline. After the rectification is in place and audited by the provincial education administrative department, the record can be resumed; If the examination fails, the record shall be revoked.
Upstream journalists searched the mobile APP store and found that all apps featuring the function of "taking photos and searching questions" were listed. Well-known apps include Little Ape Search, homework help, Ape Tutoring and Little Ape Dictation, which can be downloaded and installed normally. In addition, there are some similar function apps that can also be downloaded, such as photo search, homework photo search, topic pat and so on.
The reporter opened the homework help and used the "search and answer" function on the home page to photograph a primary school math problem. After that, five answers appeared, indicating that the work was normal.
The upstream journalist interviewed Zhou Quehong, vice president of Chongqing No.1 Middle School. He believes that learning is a complete process, and students have a process of understanding and gradually mastering knowledge in learning. Providing an app with a function similar to "photo search" usually provides students with a result. Although it sometimes includes a part of the problem-solving process, it is objectively a relatively simple result. When students know this result, they may not really understand its internal logic and thinking, and it is difficult to improve their learning ability.
"From the perspective of human nature, people tend to choose shorter and easier ways to solve problems. If there is no other way, students can only try to find a solution to the problem through their own ability; However, if there are shortcuts in front of them, students are likely to choose relatively easy and simple methods to get the results, which is not in line with the laws and processes of cognition. More often, the purpose of doing problems is not to ask students to give answers, but to improve students' ability to solve problems through the process of doing problems, including solving problems in inquiry learning and life. And students simply get the answer, and can't play such a role. In general, such an APP does more harm than good. "
For some parents, this kind of APP is helpful for parents to help their children. Zhou Quehong believes that the actual effect is limited, and in many cases it can only help parents check the right and wrong homework of students.
Li, a Chinese teacher at Zhonghua Road Primary School, said that there are not many children who use the function of "taking photos and searching questions" in primary school courses, and there is no need to search for homework answers during primary school, so there are not many cases where parents use similar apps. But his own children have already gone to middle school, and his wife usually uses a similar app for tutoring homework. Li believes that it is obviously inappropriate for students to use such apps directly, which will lead to students' path dependence. But if it is used by parents, it can provide some convenience. After all, parents have different educational levels, and not every parent has the ability to coach their children. Therefore, it is suggested that parents can use related functions without children.
The upstream journalist then called the national customer service of homework help APP, and the customer service staff said that they had noticed the news and would regulate it according to relevant requirements. However, at present, related functions, including search function, have not been affected, and no offline notice has been received. You can contact them at any time if you encounter any problems in subsequent use.
Recently, the Ministry of Education issued a notice that the "picture search" APP will be temporarily offline, because this kind of APP will lead to "students' lazy thinking ability, affect students' independent thinking and violate the laws of education and teaching."
In fact, this is not the first time that the Ministry of Education has banned the "photo search" APP this year. In the "double drop" document issued in July, there is such a thing: online training institutions are not allowed to provide and spread bad learning methods such as "photo search".
Students, parents and teachers are very familiar with the "photo search" APP. This kind of App can be called "work artifact". Just take a clear picture of the question and upload it, and you will see the answer immediately. There are different solutions and detailed problem-solving processes, and some even provide videos for famous teachers to explain. Because mobile phones can get answers at your fingertips, which can greatly improve the efficiency of doing problems, such apps are loved by many students and parents, and even become dependent. In this year's college entrance examination in Wuhan, Hubei Province, candidates who cheated in math subjects used a "photo search" APP to cheat. Fortunately, the background operator found the problem in time, did not provide the answer and informed the relevant departments, and did not cause the fact that cheating was successful.
Teachers and education experts: I am glad to see that the "photo search" app is banned.
For the "photo search" APP, most teachers and education experts are forbidden. They think that this tool does more harm than good to most students. They use "photo search" as a tool to finish their homework quickly. When they encounter some difficulties, they will take photos to find answers, and they refuse to take the time to think. As a result, many topics have been done, but the learning level has not improved at all.
An old teacher said anxiously, "When handing in homework, 80% of the students did well, but when it comes to the exam, 50% of them often don't master many questions." In this way, teachers can't grasp the students' real learning level, which easily leads to inaccurate teaching and out of focus. So now that the boots have finally landed, many teachers are optimistic.
Parents: Everyone understands the truth, but it is not easy to say "quit".
For parents, it is not unknown that the "photo search" APP brings convenience but also risks. There are two main reasons why they can't help themselves without the "Photo Search" APP.
First, children have too much homework. "Too much homework" has always been a big worry for parents. Although the education department has clearly reduced the amount of homework and the difficulty of the topic for many times, there are so many subjects to learn that add up to a lot. It is often done late at night, which makes people feel distressed. There is a "photo search" APP that can speed up the problem.
Second, the pressure of tutoring is great. Many teachers will ask their children to help them with their homework, but the homework in grades one, two and three is barely enough, and the homework in senior grades is not enough. If the counseling is not good, you will still speak. The teacher will scold you if you make a mistake in tutoring. There is nothing wrong with losing face, and you must never hurt your child's self-esteem.
Therefore, many parents are not in favor of the one-size-fits-all "photo search" APP, hoping to leave the parent version for parents to help with their homework.
I don't agree with the practice of "taking photos and searching questions" by looking at the reference answers or without thinking, because the purpose of homework is to master the knowledge points and questions learned by doing the questions with your brain, rather than copying the answers. Before mastering it, it is painful to think hard about the kind of confusion and suffering in order to find the answer, but once it is broken, it is the improvement of learning level and performance. On the contrary, cheating by laziness is really a temporary solution, but the problems in learning are still there, which are usually invisible. As soon as the senior high school entrance examination and college entrance examination were held, the true colors were immediately revealed, and the victim was still himself. It is better to take this as an opportunity to overcome the reference answer and the "picture search" APP, develop the habit of analyzing and thinking, master the "key" of deep thinking on the road to learning hegemony, and exercise your spirit and will. Thoroughly
Of course, temporarily offline does not mean permanently offline. The "photo search" APP is likely to be optimized in the near future and "come back" in other forms, perhaps serving parents and teachers as many parents expect. But in any case, cultivating the ability of independent thinking is the real solution, which is the eternal truth.
The photo search software has been taken off the shelf. 3 "Now there are really many students who plagiarize directly after searching." A netizen who indicated his teacher's identity said.
65438+February 65438+March, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a notice, putting forward clear requirements for strengthening the management of educational App and promoting the convergence with the "double drop" policy. According to the notice, the homework apps such as "taking photos and searching questions" of inerant students' thinking ability need to be temporarily offline, and the filing can be resumed after the rectification is completed.
Beijing business today today's reporter also noticed that before the announcement, many kinds of pat search software have been adjusted, and users need to pass the parental certification before they can get the answer to the question.
Parents' authentication is required before searching questions.
The notice requires that homework apps that provide and disseminate "taking photos and searching questions" and other bad learning methods that affect students' thinking ability, affect students' independent thinking, and violate the laws of education and teaching are temporarily offline. After the rectification is in place, it can be resumed after being audited by the provincial education administrative department; Those who fail the examination will be revoked.
"This requirement is mainly based on solving the problem that some students answer questions and do homework through the' photo search' software, and they do not think about the problem-solving process independently." Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at China Academy of Educational Sciences, pointed out in an interview.
According to media reports, "after years of development, most topics have been covered by search databases, and the proportion that cannot be found is extremely small." Homework help has previously said that the number of questions in its question bank has reached 300 million.
Before the release of the "off-shelf" requirement, the related image search software has been rectified internally. For example, at present, when searching for questions, parents need to authenticate themselves in order to see relevant questions and answers.
Some App screenshots
According to the report of iResearch last February, homework help and Ape Search accounted for 80% of the total market share in the picture search market. According to the data of Qian Fan, a consulting company, in April this year, among the top ten softwares for active users of educational apps in primary and secondary schools, the top four apps all belong to the category of "photo search".
In this regard, some netizens said: I believe that the search App can solve the BUG of lazy students' thinking ability.
Some netizens who indicated their teacher status bluntly said, "Now there are really many students who plagiarize directly after filming. They don't think about the problems they won't, but copy them. They did it right when they filmed the question, and I didn't listen when I was talking. The result is a little knowledge or no understanding. "
Suspend filing until the approval is completed.
In addition to the strict requirements for the "photo search" software, the Notice also proposes rectification measures for the existing online discipline training App for primary and secondary schools. The notice requires that local education administrative departments should suspend the filing of network discipline training apps in primary and secondary schools before completing the examination and approval of network discipline training institutions in primary and secondary schools; Relevant education apps that have been filed are temporarily offline from the platform.
After obtaining the online discipline training license for primary and secondary schools, the offline related education App providers will supplement the license information on the platform, submit the application for resumption of filing, and resume online after being approved by the local provincial education administrative department; Those who have not obtained the training license of network discipline in primary and secondary schools shall be revoked.
In September this year, the Ministry of Education and other six departments jointly issued a notice to clarify that the existing network discipline training institutions were changed from filing system to examination and approval system. The specific process is that the provincial education administrative department examines and approves online institutions according to the requirements of unified setting, and issues school licenses after examination and approval. At the same time, online training institutions for students in compulsory education should be registered as non-profit legal persons.
From the time point of view, the previous notification requirement was: to complete the examination and approval of the registered network discipline training institutions before the end of 20021,and to establish the corresponding supervision and management system. Existing online institutions should suspend new enrollment and fees before obtaining school licenses and relevant licenses according to law. At present, 20021is coming to an end, and the online discipline training App for primary and secondary schools that has not been approved will usher in the deadline for offline.
Off-campus training institutions are accelerating the pace of compliance
According to the relevant policy requirements of "double reduction", all online training institutions for students in compulsory education should be registered as non-profit legal persons, which means that the pace of "changing from business to non-business" needs to be moved from offline to online.
Beijing business today reporter noted today that at present, five private non-enterprise online discipline training institutions have been added to the administrative licensing publicity on the website of Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau. They are: Beijing Hope Online Discipline Training School, Beijing Know Online Discipline Training School, Beijing homework help Online Discipline Training School, Beijing Xuexue Oriental Online Discipline Training School and Beijing Ape Counseling Online Discipline Training School.
According to the registration certificate, the competent business unit of the above five training institutions is the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, with a registered capital of 5 million yuan, and the validity period of the certificate is 202165438+February 3-202565438+February 2. Among them, Beijing Learn and Learn Oriental Online Discipline Training School is registered in New Oriental South Building, and Hope Online is a public welfare education platform previously launched for Good Future Public Welfare Foundation. Faced with the requirement of "double reduction", major off-campus training institutions are accelerating the pace of compliance.
In addition, this year's 65438+February 3 1 has also become the deadline for many listed education companies to withdraw from off-campus training in compulsory education.
"The current' double drop' policy adopts the model of'1+N'." Chu said frankly, "The so-called 1+N, in which' 1' refers to the' double reduction' opinions issued by the Central Office and the State Council, and' n' refers to the need to scientifically define some concepts and refine some work requirements in the implementation process to guide local governments to better implement them. In the future, this' n' may introduce new measures at any time according to the new situation. As for how many, it depends on the new situation. "