they are a group of outstanding young physical education teachers rooted in the countryside - giving children a good physical education class
2024-09-14
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original title: they are a group of outstanding young physical education teachers rooted in the countryside——(lead)
give children a good physical education class (topic)
china youth daily and china youth network reporter yin xining
the third plenary session of the 20th cpc central committee proposed to improve the comprehensive training system of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, and enhance teachers' ability to teach and educate. in the vast rural fields of china, there is a group of rural physical education teachers who are passionate, sweating and persistent in their dreams. they lay running tracks on the plains, transport footballs to the mountains, and install basketball stands on the plateaus, just to give students a good physical education class. these young physical education teachers lead the children to chase the light and dreams together in rural fields from all over the world.
this year's teachers' day was the first time that zhang guodong, a physical education teacher at xidian middle school in daming county, handan city, hebei province, spent the holiday in beijing. he was still thinking about his school, "our school is different now. the roads have been built into highways, which is much more convenient."
zhang guodong remembers that 11 years ago, the road leading to xidian middle school was full of potholes. "the car bumped up and down on the rugged country road, and i don't know how many turns it took before we got there."
at that time, not only xidian middle school, but also the bus to liujiang school in changping township, shangli county, pingxiang city, jiangxi province, was shaking in the mountainous area; and to enter the menba township primary school in mozhugongka county, tibet autonomous region, you had to climb the snowy plateau at an altitude of 4,500 meters; to point to rixin school in hutian town, xiangxiang city, hunan province on the map, the mark point is located at the junction of loudi, xiangxiang and ningxiang...
these rural schools are the most widely covered grassroots teaching units in our country. the physical education teachers who are rooted here lay running tracks on the plains, transport footballs to the mountains, and install basketball hoops on the plateaus, just to give students every physical education class well.
create conditions to start physical education classes
in rural schools, running tracks, stadiums, and sports equipment are not standard. the first lesson a physical education teacher teaches is usually a labor lesson.
the sports field at the buer township primary school in butuo county, liangshan yi autonomous prefecture, sichuan province, is the 33rd sports field donated by the anta thriving charity project. image courtesy of the anta thriving charity project
zhang guodong remembers that when he reported for work in 2013, the school did not have the conditions to form a track and field team, and even starting physical education classes was extremely difficult: the school classrooms were a few rows of low, old tiled houses, and the abandoned playground was overgrown with man-high weeds. even the original appearance of the playground could not be seen, let alone the running track.
what is more difficult to change than the hardware is the mindset of parents. "what's the point of practicing sports?" "what can you achieve by running?" "can you make money by practicing this?" zhang guodong feels that "these deep-rooted ideas are a huge mountain in front of me."
if there are no conditions, we must create them and do it. the first step is to weed. zhang guodong found that the playground covered by weeds was a patchwork of broken bricks and soil, uneven and painful to walk on. he led the students to carry shovels and hoes, pick out bricks, and fill in the sunken holes.
"in this way, a circular runway less than 170 meters was barely repaired," said zhang guodong.
the track was ready, but the next step was to convince the parents. at that time, another new physical education teacher left after less than a week, so zhang guodong went to the village alone to persuade the parents. "sometimes, my voice was so hoarse after a day that i couldn't speak, but some parents still refused to let me in." he was not discouraged and told the parents to use the time before morning classes and after school in the afternoon to train and not delay their studies.
in order to encourage students to join the track and field team, he promised: "whoever can persist in the first month will be given a pair of running shoes." as a result, "all the salary for that month was spent."
the track and field team of xidian middle school opened up a track amidst difficulties. when they began to achieve good results in the province, more than 300 kilometers away, in cuikou town junior middle school in qingyun county, shandong province, jin jiayi, a physical education teacher born in 1999, was also creating conditions: without barbells, students used wooden sticks to carry buckets filled with water to do squats; without hurdles, jin jiayi bought water pipes and adapters, and cut and assembled them according to the size of standard hurdles...
in 2020, 21-year-old jin jiayi believes that with the conditions, children will have sports dreams. "they may aspire to become an outstanding athlete and represent their hometown on a broader stage."
students from the menba township primary school in mozhugongka county, tibet autonomous region, also long for such a stage. luo songdengzeng, a physical education teacher here, has lit up the children's dreams on the plateau. he took the initiative to contact sponsors, repeatedly telling the story of the school, the children's desire for sports, and the importance of physical education on the plateau at an altitude of 4,500 meters.
moved by his persistence and perseverance, basketball stands, football goals, table tennis tables and other equipment were brought into the school. luo songdengzeng's constantly updated scientific sports knowledge came in handy. in school, he opened science classes to help students establish correct sports concepts. during the holidays, he served as a coach for basketball interest classes at the youth activity center, leading students to compete from county-level competitions and gradually approaching professional teams.
the 2024 "project hope·strong country youth rural physical education teachers" seminar. photo provided by the event organizing committee
the face of the school has changed. the students have started to move, their eyes are shining in sweat, and the physical education teachers are more motivated.
in the countryside, there are more and more children running.
in the vast rural fields of china, more young physical education teachers have taken root. under their guidance, more children are running.
"i am a person whose destiny was changed by basketball." in the view of li chaoqun, a physical education teacher at weizigou nine-year school in zhangwu county, fuxin city, liaoning province, basketball gave him the opportunity to leave weizigou and also strengthened his determination to return to weizigou.
in 2013, li chaoqun became the first student from weizigou to be admitted to beijing sports university. before graduating from university, professional teachers recommended many sports companies and schools to li chaoqun, but he declined them all.
at that time, the liaoning basketball team was all over the internet, and the "village ba" in his hometown was in full swing. li chaoqun thought, "this is my specialty, i may go home."
after returning to weizigou nine-year school, li chaoqun formed a school basketball team and looked for and nurtured talents.
the 12-year-old girl liu mengchao is exactly the "good seedling" he often talks about. li chaoqun learned that liu mengchao has been practicing dribbling and shooting by herself since kindergarten. during the halftime of a county farmer basketball game, liu mengchao made 12 three-pointers in two minutes.
the opportunity came, liu mengchao became the captain of the co-ed school team, and li chaoqun wanted to send the seedlings to a bigger stadium. with the help of liaoning men's basketball coach yang ming, li chaoqun formulated a detailed "devil training plan" for the students, with the goal of "the first youth village ba basketball invitational tournament". although the students lost the game by a narrow score, it ignited their passion for basketball.
"i not only have to impart sports knowledge and skills to students, but also cultivate their positive spirit and sound personality qualities." huang zhen, a physical education teacher at liujiang school in changping township, shangli county, pingxiang city, jiangxi province, has been teaching for 16 years.
huang zhen found that most of the children in mountainous areas were left behind, and their parents worked away from home and could only see their children a few times a year. in addition to teaching, he took on the responsibility of taking care of the students and gave them love and help.
huang zhen learned that student cheng lu (pseudonym) came from a poor household. she had excellent academic performance, but only 18 points out of 60 in physical education. with two months left before the high school entrance examination, huang zhen went to cheng lu's home to provide guidance and develop a targeted exercise plan. two months later, cheng lu's physical education score came out, 58 points, and she was successfully admitted to pingxiang middle school.
the roots have been taken, and the relationship between physical education teachers and students has become closer.
in 2020, huang chao, a physical education teacher at rixin school in hutian town, xiangxiang city, hunan province, welcomed an important opportunity in his education career. he cooperated with the hunan xiangcheng club to bring 28 children from daliangshan, sichuan to rixin school to study in a poverty alleviation way, and also secured 600,000 yuan in annual financial aid for the children.
at suizhou special education school in hubei province, lei xiangchang, a physical education teacher, created a special break activity called rope skipping ladder, which allows special students with different situations to fully participate in sports and effectively improve their physical fitness. "watching the children jumping happily on the playground, i seem to see the window in their hearts slowly opening," said lei xiangchang.
not only to strengthen the body, but also to cultivate morality
education is the foundation of a century-long plan. teachers are the foundation of an education plan. according to data released by the ministry of education in march this year, by 2023, the national average primary school sports field (hall) area compliance rate will be 94.26%, and the sports equipment compliance rate will be 97.44%; the national junior high school sports field (hall) area compliance rate will be 95.94%, and the sports equipment compliance rate will be 98.16%. all the proportions have increased compared with the previous year.
in rural areas, physical education teachers bring students not only knowledge and sports equipment, but also broaden their horizons and the willpower to face challenges. they not only strengthen their bodies, but also cultivate moral character.
since wang bin came to wumeng town middle school in panzhou city, guizhou province as a physical education teacher, he has been tied to the fate of these mountain children. "i want to develop their specialties, use sports to lead the children to the future and change their destiny." with this belief, wang bin constantly explores students' sports specialties and stimulates their potential.
in may and june every year, wang bin would go to primary schools throughout the town to select students, develop training plans, determine teaching plans, and buy sports shoes and nutritional supplements for the students at his own expense.
the "opinions on deepening the integration of sports and education to promote the healthy development of youth" issued in 2020 mentioned that school sports should be strengthened. primary, secondary and high schools should build school teams on the basis of widely carrying out on-campus competitions and participate in regional and even national leagues. colleges and universities that build high-level sports teams are encouraged to comprehensively establish teams for collective ball games such as football, basketball, and volleyball, and middle schools are encouraged to establish school teams for football, basketball, and volleyball.
over the past 20 years, wang bin's students have gone further and further, from the county games to the national games, and then to the world university games. student niu lihua was sent to tsinghua university affiliated high school, and later admitted to tsinghua university. in 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's half marathon team at the chengdu world university games; student li xiang won the world boxing organization (wbo) 108-pound world youth gold belt, the world boxing council's asian boxing council (wbc-abco) intercontinental gold belt, and the asian boxing federation (abf) intercontinental gold belt...
with the achievements, teachers’ and parents’ views on sports have also changed - being good at sports can change one’s destiny.
the 2025 harbin asian winter games is about to open. wang yu, a physical education teacher at chenggaozi town central school in xiangfang district, harbin city, heilongjiang province, is also looking forward to this moment. over the years, he has led students to play ice skating, curling, snow sledding, and snow football, allowing students to experience the speed and passion of ice and snow sports.
su kan, a physical education teacher at a nine-year school in houan town, fushun county, liaoning province, not only promotes aerobics in physical education classes, but also integrates health education into physical education classes, explaining to students the structure of the human body, the principles of movement, how to exercise scientifically to avoid sports injuries, and how to deal with common sports injuries, etc., so that students can fall in love with sports and learn to protect themselves through understanding.
the students who took up aerobics realized that they could win big prizes by participating in sports competitions, or they could feel the beauty of health and find confidence through sports without having to compete for results.
"the job of a rural physical education teacher is one of hardship and fatigue, but it is mostly sweetness." like zhang guodong, after celebrating the 40th teachers' day together, these young physical education teachers will rush from beijing to the sports fields in the countryside to continue to escort their students' sports dreams.
source: china youth daily
