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【Benefits and Powers】Homework and Worksheets

2022-07-05T08:17:41.868Z


There are "practice" and "classes" in "homework", so it is homework. Beginning in the late 1990s, the "noun" of "worksheet" appeared in Hong Kong schools, which was translated from English Work Sheet. Why homework


There are "practice" and "classes" in "homework", so it is homework.

Beginning in the late 1990s, the "noun" of "worksheet" appeared in Hong Kong schools, which was translated from English Work Sheet.

Why is homework devalued as work paper?


A worksheet is just a piece of paper, and a homework is a class that takes a long time to practice.

Some would say that one should not cling to this word.

But some traditions must be adhered to, especially the misuse of words can lead to misunderstandings.

For example, there used to be exercise books and workbooks, but now they have become homework papers, and they have become sheets of paper. Of course, it reflects the characteristics of Hong Kong's education policy: the words used in the West can be used.

Just as the West is promoting STEAM, Hong Kong is promoting STEAM.

In fact, the essence of STEAM is mathematics, physics and chemistry, but the West uses a more lively and vivid vocabulary to describe it, which is also based on mathematics.

Engineering (engineering) includes chemical engineering, biological engineering, physical engineering, and is an evolution.

Can the level of education in Hong Kong evolve?

In the end, STEAM becomes buying a lot of equipment, tablet computers, mobile phones, and students write and study programs. But if you don’t learn basic math, basic physics, geometry, and chemistry, how can you get STEAM?

(Photo by Huang Baoying)

The promotion of STEAM in the West is STEAM-Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics.

Hong Kong took Art away and turned it into STEM.

Why take Art away?

In fact, Art is the soul. Without Art, nothing else can be established, because there is no creativity.

Just like turning homework into homework paper, itself devalues ​​learning.

It just becomes a piece of paper, not a class.

Behind each of these words is a thought.

Therefore, we need words, so each word in the Four Books and Five Classics of our Chinese has a meaning behind it, and it cannot be arbitrarily deleted.

However, after the reunification, the phenomenon of "Chinese and English culture" by the Hong Kong government is particularly serious.

Not only the government, but the entire Hong Kong society's language proficiency has declined.

Some friends object to using Cantonese to teach Chinese. Instead, I say this: Cantonese is an ancient language. Cantonese can be used to teach Tang poetry and Song poetry, and to read the Four Books and Five Classics.

Mandarin is not bad and is just as important as Cantonese.

One advantage of learning traditional Chinese culture in Cantonese and Mandarin is that it allows young people to speak Chinese in Cantonese.

This also shows that Cantonese is originally a part of the Chinese language, rather than some people saying that Cantonese was invented and that Cantonese is a Hong Kong language.

In the Hong Kong Palace Museum, citizens practice calligraphy using modern technology.

(China News Agency)

Today’s vulgar language in Hong Kong is the result of the dominance of the vulgar media in the past. It is a pity that the government has not put things right. Cantonese is not used in Chinese education to teach ancient prose, the Four Books and Five Classics, and Tang poetry and Song poetry, so as to improve the foundation for students to absorb Chinese culture.

The foundation of these Chinese cultures is related to language and writing, and it is not a backward concept.

Many times Hong Kong people feel that traditional culture is backward, but there are many possibilities for innovation, which can be developed by us.

Facing the rapid development of science and technology, traditional culture also provides the function of relieving the pressure brought by science and technology.

The thought of traditional Buddhism and Taoism has a constructive effect on the development of the whole society.

Therefore, the Chinese curriculum in Hong Kong must be reformed, starting from elementary schools, and we must teach more beautiful Chinese culture such as Tang poetry and Song poetry.

Hu Enwei


is a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Political Consultative Conference, and Zuni.

Icosahedron United Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer


(The article is purely the author's opinion and does not represent the position of Hong Kong 01)

Source: hk1

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