With the coming of summer vacation, Ms. Zhang, a parent of a fourth-grade primary school student, enrolled her child in a calligraphy class of a training institution. Although it is expensive, Ms. Zhang thinks it is worth it. "Make up for the children's regret that they don't have enough to eat in the school calligraphy class. Children like to write, especially official scripts, 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 calligraphy classes every week, and will also leave printed homework for the children to go back to Linyi. I choose not to print every time. For me, children's handwriting is neat enough. There are too many primary school courses, leaving 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 the teacher fall in love with calligraphy first, and then drive the children to like this art."

Wu Jian, president of the quality education resource belt of Heizhima Hutong Primary School in Beijing, said that in their school, calligraphy is a real favorite course for children. "Words are like people, calligraphy is an integral part of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and practicing good words is to lay a good foundation for life. At any time, this is irreplaceable by computers. "

"We have calligraphy classes every week. In addition, we will also stimulate students' interest through competitions and exhibitions, post their achievements, invite children entering the exhibition to participate in the flag-raising ceremony, and encourage children to fall in love with calligraphy classes. " Wu Jian said.

Motivation is one thing, but 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 for free. When they are finished, they can go to school to get it at any time. Last semester, we also held a calligraphy competition for all teachers, so that teachers first fell in love with calligraphy and then drove children to like this art. " Wu Jian said.

Calligraphy class is not assessed, and homework is written voluntarily. "There is no requirement for the number of words and pages." However, despite this, many students will finish it voluntarily, and some children will overfulfil it, Wu Jian said.

Yi Yandan, president of the primary school affiliated to Nanchang Normal University, believes that "calligraphy classes should of course exist in the classrooms of Chinese people".

The practice of the primary school affiliated to Nanchang Normal University is to break the "triple door": "The first door is the textbook. We started a calligraphy class one year ahead of the national plan. At first, I made my own textbooks, and later I used unified textbooks. But we are not limited to the content of the textbook, we will prepare some school-based textbooks for students to expand their practice; The second door is the teacher. We are short of full-time calligraphy teachers. We will supplement part-time teachers in our school through self-recommendation, selection and training to alleviate the shortage of teachers. The third door is the hardware condition. In our classroom, we emphasize book culture and combine it with campus culture. What we pay attention to is not technology, 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 course, it really constitutes a colorful school life. "

I liked it in calligraphy class, but I still feel useless. 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 writing. "

Some parents expressed similar views. Zhangyan's daughter is in Grade Two in a primary school in Haidian District. 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 basic knowledge of English, one-third are fluent in spoken English, only one-third need to learn ABC, and we are the third without foundation. Other subjects are generally similar. Some children already know vertical operation, and some children are still learning addition and subtraction within ten minutes. The level of our subjects who didn't attend the cram school for young students is worrying. In order to catch up with the progress, we have to apologize for the calligraphy class. Calligraphy classes are usually arranged on Fridays, and we occasionally let our children miss classes to learn something else. "

Regarding parents' views, Yi Yandan said that the most important thing in primary schools is to fully understand all aspects of knowledge and culture. "Education is a process of awakening, encouraging children to know themselves and make themselves better. Therefore, primary schools 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, take pride in traditional culture, and cultivate feelings of home and country between bits and pieces. This lesson is definitely indispensable. "

"At the same time, children's growth is the embodiment of their comprehensive quality, and 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' learning ability, so as to prevent some students from copying repeatedly and some students from falling behind. 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 Yiyin, 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 the graded homework allows her to set aside time to develop her personal interests.

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

3. "Establish a multi-evaluation system so that students can do what they like with peace of mind."

Most schools hold the view that calligraphy class is essential, but what embarrasses calligraphy class is not only the inconsistency with the main class time, but also the 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 only 1 ~ 2. "And calligraphy teachers are very young, have fertility needs, and the vacancy problem of maternity leave occurs from time to time. Part-time teachers are art teachers and Chinese teachers, but art and Chinese classes also need people, so it is difficult to leave. Sometimes things can't be adjusted. The comprehensive quality class is like a jar. Every jar needs a lid (teacher), but the lid is not enough. If you report this, you will lose that. " Yi Yandan said.

Sometimes, they will choose software-assisted teaching and spend the transition period through calligraphy software demonstration. But the role of software is limited, and the teacher's personal guidance is the most important. This made Yi Yandan miss the normal secondary school in the 1980s and 1990s. "At that time, all normal students had to complete calligraphy classes, music classes and art classes. Otherwise, they can't graduate. Therefore, normal students have laid a good foundation, and one person can teach many courses. At present, when we recruit teachers, we will also indicate that we should have' calligraphy expertise', but the actual situation of the selected teachers is not ideal. We also have some exchanges with teachers' colleges. I hope that teachers' colleges will pay attention to basic skills when training teachers, and truly 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 in the past, the teaching content in normal schools was relatively small, leaving time for courses such as calligraphy and art. Now the knowledge of normal schools has increased, and the space for courses such as calligraphy and art has naturally shrunk. He believes that the starting point for solving the shortage of calligraphy teachers at present should be to "train some teachers who are interested in calligraphy first, and then slowly solve the problem of teachers' treatment from the entrance to attract more calligraphy talents to the campus." "