Do primary and secondary school students need calligraphy classes? Do students need to write and practice calligraphy?

It is necessary for primary and secondary school students to offer calligraphy classes, and it is very important for students to write and practice calligraphy. With the popularization of computers, the keyboard is proficient in typing, but there are too many phenomena of irregular writing! Calligraphy is the cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, the precious wealth of human civilization and the important content of basic education. Through calligraphy education, cultivating primary and secondary school students' basic writing skills and appreciating the art of calligraphy is an important way to inherit the excellent culture of the Chinese nation and cultivate patriotic feelings. It is an important measure to improve students' writing ability of Chinese characters, cultivate aesthetic taste, cultivate sentiment, improve cultural literacy and promote all-round development.

At present, with the rapid development of information technology and the popularity of computers and mobile phones, great changes have taken place in people's communication and learning methods, and the Chinese writing ability of primary and secondary school students has weakened. In order to inherit and carry forward Chinese excellent culture and improve national quality, it is necessary to strengthen calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools.

Second, the overall requirements of calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools

1. Requirements for setting up calligraphy courses

Primary and secondary schools mainly carry out calligraphy education through related courses and activities. Chinese courses in compulsory education should be taught in accordance with the requirements of curriculum standards, and Chinese courses in grades three to six should be arranged with a calligraphy class every week. In the compulsory education stage, various forms of calligraphy education should be carried out in combination with the characteristics of the subject. Ordinary high schools offer calligraphy-related elective courses in Chinese and other corresponding courses. Primary and secondary schools can also carry out calligraphy education in comprehensive practical activities, local courses and school-based courses.

2. The requirements of calligraphy teaching

Calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools should be based on the principles of laying a good foundation of skills, adhering to gradual progress, paying attention to calligraphy cultivation and improving cultural quality.

Clarify the basic requirements of writing. Calligraphy education should cultivate students' correct writing posture and develop good writing habits; The first to third grades focus on cultivating students' hard pen writing ability. First, we should be able to write block letters skillfully with hard pen, so as to be standardized, correct and tidy; With the increase of grade, it is gradually required that the lines should be neat and beautiful, learn to write standard and popular running scripts, and improve the writing speed. In the third grade, I began to learn both hard and soft.

Clarify the basic requirements for writing with a brush. Students should write regular script with a brush and copy famous calligraphy; Understand the history of calligraphy and the origin of Chinese characters; Appreciate the works of important calligraphers from the aspects of connotation, composition, structure and brushwork, cultivate the initial ability of calligraphy appreciation and improve aesthetic taste.

Third, provide conditions for the implementation of calligraphy education.

1. Provincial education administrative departments should make overall plans for the curriculum arrangement, teaching management, teacher qualifications and resource allocation of calligraphy education in combination with the actual situation of calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools in the region, and steadily promote calligraphy education.

2. Local education administrative departments at all levels should arrange the cultivation and training of calligraphy teachers in a planned and step-by-step manner, and gradually improve the teaching ability and level of calligraphy education of teachers.

3. Teaching and research departments at all levels should bring calligraphy education into the scope of teaching research, study the teaching rules and evaluation methods of calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools, and arrange teaching and research personnel to guide schools and teachers to carry out calligraphy teaching.

4. Schools may, as needed, employ calligraphy professionals from local youth extracurricular activity centers, children's palaces and cultural and artistic groups to guide students to learn calligraphy according to the requirements of calligraphy teaching in primary and secondary schools. Encourage all walks of life and individuals to provide support for the school to carry out calligraphy education activities. All teachers in the school should strive to improve their writing level and calligraphy appreciation ability.

5. In areas with good foundation of calligraphy education and areas with conditions to offer calligraphy classes, we should strive to offer calligraphy classes this autumn. In areas that are not yet qualified, it is necessary to do a good job in curriculum planning and specific implementation plans.

6 local education administrative departments should strengthen the guidance and management of calligraphy education, and the education supervision departments should incorporate calligraphy classes into the special content of education supervision.