Starting this fall, primary and middle school students in China will have at least one weekly course on labor education, according to a new curriculum standard released by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
Labor education ranges from household chores to on-campus labor and community volunteer services, generally 3 types according to the new standards: the first refers to everyday chores, including cleaning, organizing, cooking, and using and maintaining home appliances (家电); next is productive labor, including agriculture, making traditional handicrafts (手工艺品), and applying new technologies such as 3D printing; the third type is service work, including volunteer work. The new curriculum also calls for a week of extra-curricular and off-campus activities designed for labor education once every school year.
A recent study showed that primary and middle school students in China only spend an average of 12 minutes a day on chores, compared to 72 minutes in the US, 42 minutes in South Korea and 30 minutes in France. Many countries start students’ labor education at a young age. Finland begins to develop students’ life skills in primary school. Spinning, woodworking, cooking and other craftsmanship classes are offered. In Germany, pupils have two labor classes per week. Electronics, office technology, sewing, housekeeping, and career guidance are all taught there.
Adding labor education was out of concern that the country’s youngsters do too little housework and look down on manual labor (体力劳动) jobs. Due to great academic pressure, schools tend to put their academic curricula on the top, and parents sometimes see household chores as distractions. But, according to the MOE, labor education must be strengthened to help students develop social values, an interest in labor and finally an all-around development.
【小题1】What is the purpose of adding labor education?A.To enrich the students’ off-campus life. |
B.To improve the students’ performance on learning. |
C.To help students achieve an all-around development. |
D.To follow the education mode of some western countries. |
A.The history of labor education. |
B.The content of labor education. |
C.The significance of labor education. |
D.The future development of labor education. |
A.They start labor education in the middle school. |
B.There are a wide variety of labor education courses. |
C.It is viewed more important than academic learning. |
D.Students spend more than 30 minutes on housework daily. |
A.A week of extracurricular activities is a must every term. |
B.Students decide whether to take the courses on their own. |
C.Specially-designed courses have been applied for many years. |
D.The school has to recognize the importance of labor education. |
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For below 5 years, we teach creative movement, which is basically the pre-dance class, a way for children to explore movement through music, develop physical skills, and stimulate imagination.
The advanced course includes body awareness, strength, conditioning, space awareness, expressions, and musicality.
At the end of the course, all students have to appear for a performance test in the studio, where they have to demonstrate moves. Then, the kids are selected and promoted to improvers or advanced classes, depending on their skill and level of performance. Not all kids make it to the next level.
★ What are the rules?80% attendance is required. Students have to come in uniform. Also, refer to Dance Etiquette (礼仪).
★ Are certificates provided?The certificate is awarded to students on an internal examination basis conducted after the completion of the course. To attain the certificate one must go to a minimum of 39 classes.
【小题1】The dance class offers ______ kinds of dance.A.2 | B.3 | C.4 | D.5 |
A.His passport. | B.His family photo. |
C.His application form. | D.His birth certificate. |
A.Creative movement. | B.Body awareness. |
C.Space awareness. | D.Musicality. |
A.It takes place at the end of the course. |
B.Students will show their moves in the test. |
C.The students with full attendance can skip the test. |
D.Not all students can be promoted to the next level. |
A.Winning an internal award. |
B.Attending at least 39 classes. |
C.Knowing dance etiquette well. |
D.Getting an A on the performance test. |
This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.
These “colleges without walls” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexible learning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.
One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.
Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.
Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”
After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling quite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.
【小题1】What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?
A.Colleges that have no walls around. |
B.Colleges that students attend online. |
C.Colleges that can be entered freely. |
D.Colleges that give students more freedom. |
A.That he has nothing to do. |
B.That he couldn’t find a job. |
C.That the cost of the college is low. |
D.That he wanted to find a better job. |
A.Hopeful. | B.Dissatisfied. | C.Disappointed. | D.Upset. |
A.To explain what “colleges without walls” are. |
B.To advertise the colleges. |
C.To encourage people to attend higher education. |
D.To introduce a new model of education. |
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