Physical education teachers are afraid that students will be injured, jumping box, single parallel bars and other projects will withdraw from physical education class？
A few days ago, the newspaper "Don’t let students play" soft ball "aroused the concern of the society about students’ physical health. Yesterday, after interviewing some schools, the reporter found that many PE teachers were afraid to take part in sports for fear of accidental injuries to students. Traditional sports such as "jumping goats" and single parallel bars are quietly withdrawing from primary and secondary schools in physical education class.
Afraid of students being injured, they dare not go to the project.
A physical education teacher in the city told the reporter that his school has not participated in the jumping box project for many years. On the surface, it is more troublesome to prepare before class, and the mat is also a box, but the more important reason is that students are afraid of injury. "Especially primary school students can’t stand it, and they can fall out with a wrong eye."
The teacher’s "jumping box" is commonly known as "jumping goat", and most people over 30 years old have practiced it on the physical education class in their student days. This project is mainly to train students’ ability to overcome obstacles, and also to test students’ psychological quality. Under normal circumstances, senior primary school students should learn "goat prancing with split legs", junior high school students and senior high school girls should learn "horizontal box prancing with split legs" and "horizontal box prancing with bent legs", while senior high school boys should learn "vertical box prancing with split legs" and "vertical box prancing with bent legs". However, up to now, few schools offer this program.
The events with the same fate as "Bouncing Box" include the single parallel bars. A physical education teacher with more than 20 years’ teaching experience said that he had never started this project since he entered the profession. At first, the school didn’t have the venue conditions, but later he dared not take it, for fear that students would be injured. "Today’s children can’t really talk. They didn’t last for a few seconds, either their arms were twisted or their shoulders were twisted, and wrist fracture’s children couldn’t attend class … …” The teacher repeatedly expressed his feelings.
Change the content to avoid disputes.
Physical education teachers are afraid to take part in the project, fearing the disputes that may be caused by students’ exercise injuries.
A physical education teacher told the reporter about his experience. Once, he gave a class to a fifth-grade student. A student fell down while running 50 meters. At that time, he asked if the child was injured. The child said that he was fine, but his arm was red and swollen after returning to work. The class teacher called the parents. Later, parents were adamant. First, they complained that the teacher didn’t send their children to the hospital at the first time. Later, they said that their children were made for the air force, and injuries would affect their future service as soldiers. The physical education teacher had no choice but to make amends at home every three days until his parents cooled down.
It is understood that schools encounter such disputes in different ways. Some schools will pay children’s medical expenses, but some schools will let PE teachers bear the consequences themselves, which will bring pressure to PE teachers invisibly.
In order to avoid disputes, many PE teachers have to reduce their own risks without violating the syllabus. For example, there are gymnastics teaching contents in the syllabus, but the teachers no longer take the single and parallel bars, but only use relatively simple movements such as forward roll, back roll, horizontal fork and vertical fork instead. Even the most common winter long-distance running events, many schools have to issue a "parents’ notice" before the start of the race, so that parents can confirm whether their children can participate in this sport, so as to avoid being "accounted for" after the accident.
New monitoring and evaluation standards are brewing.
I am afraid that my child will be injured and dare not go to the project. Is this for the sake of my child or for the sake of my child?
In this regard, Li Xiangru, a professor at Capital Institute of Physical Education, believes that the decline of primary and secondary school students’ physical fitness and ability to adapt to society is related to the lack of challenging events in physical education class. We should not regard physical education class as a simple physical education class, but link physical education class with the all-round development of teenagers.
In his view, the physical education curriculum in primary and secondary schools should be reformed around "what kind of teenagers should be trained". In this process, it is necessary for young people to enhance their ability to resist blows, setbacks and injuries in physical exercise. From a certain point of view, failing to get on the "dangerous project" tests the responsibility of primary and secondary school principals and physical education teachers.
As for the fear of students’ injuries, he feels that among all disciplines, physical education class is a high-risk course, and minor injuries are inevitable in sports. As long as physical education teachers are not negligent, they should not be held accountable to physical education teachers. "Students’ injuries should be viewed objectively, not necessarily the problems of schools and teachers."
In addition, the reporter learned from relevant departments that the Municipal Education Commission, the Municipal Sports Bureau and the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention are preparing the "Evaluation Standard for physical education class Exercise Load of Primary and Secondary School Students in Beijing", with a view to monitoring and evaluating the quality of physical education class in primary and secondary schools by issuing local standards. If it goes well, the standard is expected to be officially introduced next year.