"In the future, preschool education institutions such as kindergartens are not allowed to teach foreign languages during the park." A staff member of the pre-school education department of Weihai Education Bureau said that according to relevant requirements, pre-school education institutions should not organize activities such as Olympic math training, mental arithmetic, foreign languages, pinyin and writing in the future. The new regulations cover more than 280 kindergartens in the city. Weihai Education Bureau has also set up a reporting platform. Once verified, it will be rejected by one vote in the promotion, and administrative punishment will be given to stop enrollment and stop running the park according to the circumstances.
Education sector: Kindergarten education can't "encourage others by pulling out seedlings"
"Preschool education is the cultivation of habits, not skills, including living habits and study habits. It is very important to cultivate children's learning quality. Only by laying a good foundation can children go further. " The person in charge of the pre-school education department of Weihai Education Bureau said that it is against the education law to make kindergarten teaching content elementary, and it is impossible to "encourage children". Prohibiting kindergarten from teaching foreign languages is an important manifestation of kindergarten teaching content "going to primary school". Childhood is the most critical period for language learning, so children must learn their mother tongue well.
The person in charge wants parents to change their educational concept, and the view that "you can't lose at the starting line" is unacceptable. To do a good job of connecting young children, it is necessary to comprehensively cultivate children's learning and life concepts. Children's starting line is not simply academic performance.
According to relevant requirements, pre-school education institutions are not allowed to organize activities such as Olympic math training, mental arithmetic, foreign languages, pinyin and writing in the future. The new regulations include more than 280 kindergartens in the city.
In this regard, a person in charge of a kindergarten in the urban area said that after the implementation of the new requirements, the kindergarten curriculum will pay more attention to the cultivation of children's physical skills and habits, increase traditional folk games such as hopscotch, and increase the proportion of Chinese studies such as Disciple Rules and San Zi Jing, so that children can play in middle schools and schools. "Children are not required to memorize, mainly to have a subtle influence on children and enhance traditional cultural literacy."
In addition, according to the requirements of the Guide to Learning and Development for Children Aged 3-6, at present, Weihai preschool education not only "de-elementary" the teaching content, but also enriches the teaching activities in all aspects, promoting children's all-round development in five fields: health, language, society, science and art.
Parents' point of view: Most parents agree with "foreign language withdrawal"
Most parents interviewed agree with the city-wide "kindergarten withdrawal of foreign languages" and think that it is not necessary for children to learn English in kindergartens.
Mr. Jia's 3-year-old son is in a small class in a kindergarten in the economic zone. "Before my son studied English in kindergarten, he basically just learned a word or something. I don't think it's much use. " Teacher Jia thinks that children are too young to learn English for a while and forget it, so it is difficult to teach it well. "My wife and I don't know much about English, so we can't exercise our children's English. When children grow up, they may learn better. " Mr. Jia learned that many friends' children had studied English in kindergarten before, which made him feel that English was very important, but he also felt that the effect of children learning English in kindergarten was not very good.
Similarly, Ms. Liu from the Economic Zone has a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter who goes to kindergarten. Ms. Liu said that children have no English classes in kindergarten, only some interest classes and common sense classes. In Ms. Liu's view, it is not important for children to learn English in kindergarten. "In kindergarten, children grow up well, study happily, and know some basic knowledge is enough. As for English, it is not too late to learn it in primary school. "
There is no English class in the kindergarten where Mr. Cai's son lives. "There are regulations prohibiting kindergartens from teaching English, but we usually teach ourselves. We feel that children should be exposed to English in advance and cultivate interest. " However, Mr. Cai said that children will not be allowed to attend professional English remedial classes, and they will not be subjected to heavy learning pressure prematurely. "Systematic English learning will only start from primary school." Teaching foreign languages illegally will be severely punished.
During the interview, many parents are worried that the gap after "foreign language withdrawal" may be filled by private foreign language training institutions. In this regard, Yu, general manager of Weihai Ziyi English, said: "Children are still young, life needs to be taken care of, and parents need to accompany them to register for study. Parents' schedule will be a major factor affecting enrollment, and it is also very troublesome for children to cry. Now parents have become rational and objective about English learning, and rarely force their children to spend a lot of money. Developing the English training market for young children needs to be reconsidered. "
In addition, Weihai Education Bureau has set up a platform for reporting illegal teaching of foreign languages in kindergartens. Once verified, it was rejected by one vote in the promotion, depending on the circumstances, informed criticism was given administrative treatment to revoke the honorary title of education, and depending on the circumstances, administrative punishment was given to stop enrolling students and stop running the park; The directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be given administrative treatment of dismissal or punishment according to law according to the circumstances.