All walks of life appeal that the fine tradition of teachers' home visits must not be lost.

On the morning of September 27th 10, Wanhe Experimental School in Longhui County. Teacher Chen, the head teacher of the primary school, is making an online home visit with the parents of a left-behind child in the class through video. This classmate is very unstable these days. Teacher Chen wants to know the cause of the problem from her parents, and hopes to find the solution with them.

Home visit used to be a very familiar and kind word. Many middle-aged and elderly people will have such memories: in the twilight, the teacher walked into the house with a little chalk dust on his cuffs, and had a cordial conversation with his parents, telling every progress of his children in school and analyzing their shortcomings. However, I don't know when the concept of "home visit" began to fade and transform in the hearts of teachers, parents and students. With the acceleration of information technology and the increase of office supplies such as telephones, mobile phones and computers, traditional home visits have been replaced by telephone, home visits and parents' "school visits".

According to Yi Nianshu, vice president of Wanhe Experimental School, home visits are showing a diversified trend: new forms of home visits, such as home-school contact book, telephone, parents' meeting, home-school SMS communication platform and Internet, have appeared one after another, and home visits only account for 10% to 20%.

Ms. Xu, the parent of Li Xiyue, a sixth-grade student affiliated to Changsha Normal University, also reflected that the school began to establish a "home-school communication" platform in 2008. Since the establishment of such a platform, teachers rarely come to the door. "My son has been in the sixth grade of primary school, but the teacher has only been home once. Usually, the situation of his son at school is that the teacher informs his parents to go to school to solve it. " Ms. Xu said.

The reason is worth pondering.

What prevented the teacher from visiting home?

The development of network communication is the main reason. In the past, network communication was relatively backward, so whether teachers want to know about students' situation at home, reflect students' performance at school to parents, or exchange their educational methods with parents, they can only visit their homes and communicate with parents face to face. But with the development of network communication, there are more and more ways to communicate with parents. These new ways and means are more convenient and efficient, and home visits are naturally ignored.

Another important reason is that the role of home visits is underestimated. "There are many ways to contact parents now. As long as you can communicate with your parents, you don't have to go to the students' home. "This is a lot of explanations that the author heard in the interview. A teacher in a middle school in Changsha, who asked not to be named, admitted that most of him contacted his parents by phone or invited them to the school for discussion. " Now teachers generally don't come to visit, even the head teacher doesn't go. Everything is directly invited to the school, which is more convenient for teachers and parents. ""Home visits are time-consuming and inefficient. A phone call can be done in a few minutes. "

The family situation of students is becoming more and more complicated, and it is more difficult to visit them at home. In rural areas, there are more and more left-behind children. The parents of these children are working outside the home, so it is difficult to see the parents of the students during home visits. Nature can only choose other ways. In the city. Due to the increasing mobility of students, students in a class often come from all corners of the country, and it is almost impossible for every student to visit at home.

Parents are worried about family privacy and do not welcome teachers' home visits. "It's not that I don't want to go home to visit relatives, but sometimes it's inconvenient to go home to visit relatives." During the interview, many teachers expressed such sighs. In the interview, the reporter learned that some students have complicated family situations, so parents naturally have concerns and don't want teachers to come and know the privacy of their families.

Teachers have heavy tasks and great pressure, so they have no time for home visits. Naturally, more teachers will choose modern home visits.

Don't abandon good traditions.

"Home visits are a traditional way to educate students, which should be maintained and carried forward and should not be thrown away." Liao, director of Shaodong Education Bureau, said earnestly in an interview: "In addition to bringing parents closer, traditional home visits have many benefits. For example, children can be encouraged in front of parents, which is good for their growth. It can also enhance emotional communication with students and parents, strengthen mutual understanding and so on. " He said: "It is terrible that teachers and parents only communicate through a single form, such as text messages. Only through face-to-face communication can we really enter their families and their hearts, thus forming an educational synergy, making outstanding students better and making problem students more motivated. "

Xiao, a professor of sociology at the School of Public Administration of Hunan Normal University, said: "Compared with traditional home visits, telephone and network communication can also solve a series of home visits in reality, but due to various conditions, it is difficult to reach the depth of home visits. At the same time, due to the lack of emotional communication, it is difficult for these new forms of home visits to be' emotional and sensible'. Therefore, he suggested that if possible, try to make home visits. "

Huang Jianjun, principal of Liu Yanghe Primary School in Changsha, believes that home visits of electronic products are only unilateral, that is, most schools provide information to parents, and parents rarely have the opportunity to express their opinions. The education balance lacks the weight of parents, which may lead to the imbalance of education. Without the participation of parents, the home visit is only half finished on the surface. While the forms of home visits for electronic products are developing, the traditional home visits should also be maintained. Home visits are emotionally irreplaceable. Face-to-face communication will make feelings stronger, and students and parents will pay more attention to it. The communication among students, parents and teachers is more thorough, comprehensive and interactive.