What do they study in technology lessons at school? Is a labor lesson necessary at school?

I have three questions for community members. For those who want to leave their answers, I ask you to first look at the comments that are posted at the end of this post.

1. Please remember your time at school and tell me how much the labor lessons that you attended in those days were useful to you in your life (both professional and everyday). At the same time, it would be interesting to understand, if we talk about basic household things (cooking, sewing for girls, sawing, planing, etc. for boys), to whom do you consider yourself to be more obliged to those skills that you acquired by the time you grew up: school lessons or parents?
2. Can you say how useful (from your point of view) labor lessons are for your children in modern school. Do your children acquire any skills at school that make their PRESENT life in your family easier?
3. If you consider it reasonable to take such an approach to conducting labor lessons, in which children acquire REAL SKILLS that will be useful to them after they begin independent life in your new young family (however, before, too, while they still live “under your wing”), please share your knowledge about those schools where this experience, in your opinion, is actually put into practice.

And now - a few of my own comments.
I want to explain where the legs “grow” from. The fact is that I work for a publishing company that produces products aimed at school administrators. And working with me are people who were (or still are) directors or head teachers of schools. Yesterday, quite by chance, we had a conversation on this topic, and I, as a young father and as an active participant in all kinds of actions that fall to parent committees, asked my colleagues a question about the extent to which children’s education is being taught in the schools in which they work. work is close to real practice. We had a rather interesting and meaningful conversation. For my part, I was primarily interested in whether boys are taught to work with a drill, saw, plan, sharpen, lay tiles, glue wallpaper, etc. In addition, I was interested in the question of whether labor lessons in their schools are somehow connected with the solution of some economic problems that arise in the school and require some kind of repair action. That is, for example, if a classroom needs renovation, is this situation used to demonstrate to children in practice the technologies that are used in renovating rooms, perhaps while giving them PRACTICAL LESSONS. After all, this kills two birds with one stone: the children learn something, and the school saves money on repairs by solving some of the problems using its internal reserves. Or suddenly in some toilet the boys gouged a sink or toilet (this, for example, happened at the school where my girls study), and then at a labor lesson you can demonstrate to some class how to install a new sink, how to connect plumbing, etc. .P. This develops responsibility and a more careful attitude towards what is available at school. And in general, the school then gradually turns into a second home..
The main disadvantages of this approach, which my colleagues immediately told me about, are two things (actually interrelated). The first is the attitude of parents towards such events. Negative attitude. Because many parents will think that their children are simply being used. And in in this case I understand that all kinds of carrying heavy loads, cleaning rooms and other similar work can really strain many parents, especially when their child is plowing, and his desk neighbor does not want to do this. But I hope you understand that this is a different situation. The second problem is that now the school administration must be extremely careful in these types of situations. They are obliged, in the case of such a non-standard event, such as, for example, the participation of children of a certain class, say, in painting walls, to conduct a bunch of instructions, obtain parental consent in writing and take a lot of other paperwork steps. And it's so complicated that hiring a painter is much cheaper.
Our conversation yesterday stuck in my head so much that this post was formed as a result. And now, to be honest, I would like, having received some critical mass of your comments, to formulate some parallel questions for the LiveJournal community director_shkoly where current education administrators sometimes “graze” to find out what difficulties are involved in overcoming such a “tilt” in labor teaching.

By the way, I know for sure that in less formalized schools, in rural areas, everything I wrote about is often natural and familiar. And moreover, sometimes such a joint school-home economics turns out to be a condition for the survival of the school with the level of funding that it has. And the relationships there between students and teachers are more sincere...

Thanks in advance to everyone who responds!

During the technology lesson, the classes are divided into two groups: boys and girls. This happens for obvious reasons. Technology lessons teach children manual labor which will be useful to them in later life. The work differs significantly from the work of boys. So as not to mix the two different areas activities, classes are divided into subgroups.

Lessons take place in various classrooms. Each group has its own teacher. As a rule, the teacher for boys is a man, and for girls it is a woman.

Technology for girls

Home economics is usually called technology lessons, dating back to Soviet times. The subject got its name because of what it teaches. The task of home economics is considered to be to help girls learn knowledge and practical skills that will be useful in the household and in everyday life, as well as to develop in children independence and many other qualities that every woman needs to possess.

The home economics program includes several sections: housekeeping, cutting and sewing, cooking, clothing care. The entire program is designed for seven years: starting from and ending with 11. Classes are held once a week and last 1 hour.

In the first half of 5th grade, girls get acquainted with the device sewing machine, make patterns and try to sew simple things on their own. Every year the difficulty increases. Cutting and sewing in each class ranges from 23 to 58 hours.

Starting from the second half of each school year, girls are taught to prepare food. First there is an introduction to kitchen equipment, as well as with dishes. Every year the program becomes more complex and teaches you how to cook dishes of varying complexity: starting from vegetable sandwiches and ending with the simplest fish and meat dishes. A mandatory component of each lesson is a theoretical part, during which the teacher introduces students to safety precautions and also demonstrates products.

Technology for boys

Technology lessons for boys and girls are radically different. Starting from the 5th grade, boys are raised to be real men who will be jacks of all trades.

From 5 to 5 boys are taught to work with various materials and tools. Initially, they are introduced to the materials in principle. They explain the properties of wood and metals, and also show what tools they are processed with.

Starting from , under the guidance of the teacher, boys begin to work independently with materials. Initially, an acquaintance with the tree occurs. On practical exercises The teacher teaches how to make stools, and also teaches the techniques that are best used when working with wood.

By the end of 11th grade, boys can independently make a wooden plane, turn some toys on special machine, as well as perform decorative wood carvings. They have the skills to process materials and work with them.

The young speaker spoke,
He talked about work.
He argued from the podium:
- Labor is needed always, everywhere!
The school tells us to work,
The squad teaches this...
- Pick up the papers from the floor!
One of the guys shouted.
But here the speaker winces:
- There is a cleaning lady for that!
A. Barto

Rarely is an appointee greeted by the people with such enthusiasm as the new Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva. Nobody really knows anything about her, but the expectations are the most optimistic.

There is something Shchedrin-esque about this. Remember: “The best citizens gathered in front of the cathedral bell tower and, forming a nationwide assembly, shook the air with exclamations: our father! our handsome guy! our clever girl!.. The residents rejoiced; Even before they had even laid eyes on the newly appointed ruler, they were already telling jokes about him and calling him “handsome” and “clever.” However, in our case, enthusiasm is understandable and forgivable: Vasilyeva’s predecessors did a lot of trouble, so it seems to the people that things can’t get any worse, which means it will be better.

Today's new is not the completely forgotten old. Soviet. The school is again trying to become a place where they educate, and not just provide " educational services» - like diving or beading courses.

This is good and correct, but in this matter, as they say, the horse was not lying down. There is no official ideology as there never was. Who are friends and who are enemies, who are heroes and who are villains, what is respected and what is despicable is not clearly indicated. The Constitution still prohibits official ideology. And without it, everything is unsteady and incorrect, everything falls apart and all that remains is only gelatinous pluralism with tolerance in addition.

It is impossible to educate without ideology. Impossible. I'm not even talking about methodological developments- this is a matter for later. First of all, I’m talking about general principles.

It seems that there are plans to revive labor lessons at school. Work is indeed the basis of education. Respect for work and your own work.

The progressives immediately began to mutter. Some of the listeners who called Ekho Moskvy scoffed: if they teach you how to sew, it will come in handy in prison. Someone mockingly recalls how completely useless aprons were sewn.

Today, labor - simple, physical, which forms the basis of life - is not respected. Household mainstream philosophy is the life perception of a pretty maid who dreams of becoming a kept woman for a master and finally quitting working forever and starting chasing people just like you were yesterday. One girl I knew, who married a well-paid Moscow yuppie, spoke with contemptuous sympathy about her servant: “She had such a hard life that she can do everything: sew, cook, and clean.”

At the school in our village there is - formally - the subject "gardening". So they manage to study it... theoretically, in the classroom. And hired “Tajiks” look after the garden. At the same time, many children live in houses with plots. But you can also understand the teachers: well, if they impale each other with pitchforks or break each other’s skulls with a shovel, they will have to answer. And finding a teacher who actually knows how to work in the garden, not just from a book, is not an easy task.

The modern urban public has a downright ancient view of work: it is the work of slaves. “Well, there are all sorts of Tajiks, Moldovans, whatever they are also called - I confuse them.” Real life for the advanced crowd that shapes morals - life without work. The ideal is a person who can’t do anything, because he can hire, order, buy. By this he distances himself from the “cattle”.

It was Leo Tolstoy who plowed the land and mowed the grass, it was Churchill who worked in the garden and laid bricks on the estate with his own hands. They did not need to distance themselves from the “cattle” and prove their “difficulty” - they were already “counts”, not office yuppies.

Oh, and it will be difficult to organize labor lessons in the current atmosphere... It’s difficult, but it’s necessary.

What to teach? Yes to any craft. It’s not worth worrying too much about making sure it will come in handy in life. Quadratic equations after all, they also don’t occur in real life, and nowadays spelling is mostly checked by computer, but they teach it. For what? Forms thinking - you say? So handmade shapes it even more! Man became a man when he began to make tools and develop his hand. Today, advanced mothers engage with babies in the so-called “ finger gymnastics- It is believed to promote brain development. That's right, it helps. And sewing, embroidery, working with a hammer and soldering iron contributes even more. In my generation, all the girls sewed for dolls. I remember I created a whole wardrobe for a small doll the size of a palm. This is careful, painstaking work that requires skill. She quietly developed the same fine motor skills, which is taught in school preparation courses.

At school we sewed - not only an apron, but also various other things, and in the 8th grade we even had a “calico ball”, to which all the girls showed up in clothes they had sewn with their own hands. cotton dresses. These were very beautiful and very cheap dresses in the style of Cinderella at the ball. Knowing how to sew is generally very profitable: just compare the price of the fabric and finished product. And it’s very educational: figuring out a pattern (not to mention creating your own), laying it out on fabric so that it comes out economically - all this is mental work.

In general, any craft work is mental, and therefore developmental. Not every man today will put together a birdhouse: he just doesn’t know how to approach it. Labor lessons, no matter what you do, teach you not to be afraid of physical reality. You can do anything: repair, make benches, paint old furniture(a very entertaining thing) - in a word, everything that a teacher can do well. We need to look for craftsmen and bring them to work. Then things will work out.

Look, someone will stop wanting to enroll in an ecological-linguistic university and get down to business. This is education.

If for another ten years not a single school could do without a labor lesson, then today this item many consider it already “morally obsolete”. Is this so, and do modern schoolchildren need such classes? So, parents, in their views on existing system educations were divided into two groups. The first group includes those people who believe that labor lessons will not teach their children anything useful, so it is best to devote this study time to another lesson, for example, an English lesson, mathematics, computer science or even economics. But another group of parents are sure that “you can’t pull a fish out of the pond without difficulty,” that is, such lessons are not only useful, but also educational for schoolchildren of all ages. That is, the child learns to work, show his thinking and ingenuity, and also realize himself in yet another area of ​​life. To understand for yourself whether labor lessons are needed at school, it is worth remembering what girls and boys do during them. As I remember from the school curriculum, girls in such classes sew a skirt and an apron, knit booties and socks, cross-stitch and satin stitch, and also learn the basics of cooking. In addition, they prepare a sweet table with their own hands, and then invite classmates to a friendly tea party. In general, this is very interesting, but the main thing is that young ladies not only get a lot of positive feedback from the work done, but also learn new knowledge that will definitely be useful to them in their future. future life and motherhood.

As for boys, they always find something exciting to do, such as working with wood, making crafts and souvenirs, basic carpentry and minor home repairs. Every boy must remember how with my own hands I made an original flower vase from a tin can, a flowerpot from old records, and a real kitchen stool. Lots of impressions, but the main thing is that future man at least he will be able to hammer a nail in his house, and this, as we know, is not so little. Having studied all these school memories, many parents come to the conclusion that labor lessons are still educational for every student, be it a boy or a girl.

But, nevertheless, each person must choose for himself what he wants to do in the future - physical and intellectual activities, but it was precisely such lessons that helped him set his life priorities and try himself in every activity. The most amazing thing is that today physical work has given way to the intellectual, and the once exciting labor lessons have now been replaced by new item"technology". This innovation places an emphasis on introducing the child to the computer, as well as gaining basic skills in work. Of course we live in peace scientific progress, but this is not a reason to forget about the past no less entertaining activities At school. In order to finally decide whether it is worth studying a subject such as “labor” at school, we recommend carefully studying all its advantages and disadvantages, and drawing appropriate conclusions based on the information received. Of course, few people care about the opinions of children in school. However, this is a fundamentally wrong approach, because a child, being a full-fledged individual, can make his own choice....

So, among the significant advantages, it is necessary to remember that work allows children to escape at least a little from the school curriculum and relax mentally, because, as you know, memorizing rules, solving examples and equations, as well as reading large texts simply exhaust the child’s psyche, requiring at least a short pause . In addition, work contributes to the development of imagination, abstract thinking and memory, and also allows you to get better at a certain activity and gain valuable skills in life. This subject significantly raises the spirit of collectivism and unites the class morally, because it is so interesting to work together and help each other.

It is also worth remembering that such lessons are always noisy and fun, and this is not surprising, because every student simply offers numerous ideas, showing imagination and ingenuity. In addition, students develop a love and affection for work, and this will certainly come in handy in life. Many attentive mothers notice that their child is creative person, who strives to make unique things with her own hands, and, as you know, such potential is revealed by labor lessons at school. Among the benefits, it is also worth highlighting learning something new, and such a unique experience allows the child to grow above himself, realizing himself in new areas of life. So it’s simply impossible to overestimate the benefits of work, although again, not all parents think so.

As for the shortcomings of the so-called “labor education,” there is no need to deny that they really exist. Firstly, today there are no longer those qualified specialists who instilled in children a love of work. Now such teachers only turn children away from this subject, as a result bad behavior and regular absenteeism resulting in satisfactory grades. Secondly, the program proposed by the teacher is not always interesting for children, especially if classes for girls and boys are combined and, due to the lack of proper premises, are held in the same class. Thirdly, there is a lack of equipment necessary for lessons, and children have enough theory in other lessons. This is where all the disadvantages of work end, but the advantages of such activities are definitely still much greater.

If we face the truth, we can safely say that conducting labor lessons is not economically profitable. the fact is that all the equipment used has either simply broken down due to the expiration of its service life, or is obsolete for children living in the era of nanotechnology. As a rule, schools do not have sufficient funding to purchase new machines, instruments and mini-workshops, so they have to save money and replace labor lessons with technology. Parents, as a rule, do not interfere with such innovations, since they are sincerely glad that their offspring has the opportunity to engage in additional activities mental labor learning how to use a computer.

Today, a huge number of schools have abandoned labor lessons, sincerely believing that such classes are just a waste of children's time and nothing more. There are many reasons for such a refusal, for example, in private schools this is the initiative of parents who want the emphasis in their children’s education to be on mental development. As for educational schools, then the meager budget itself dictates its own rules, because it is clear that the maintenance of machines, the cost of purchasing materials, and even wage teachers are all expenses that not every school can handle. Also, many principals are afraid that the inexperience of schoolchildren can lead to increased injuries, and such a reputation is certainly of no use to any school.

One way or another, labor lessons in primary school there must definitely be. Why? The fact is that physical activity trains fine motor skills of the fingers, and, as you know, it is these parts of the body that transmit signals to the brain, that is, by attending such lessons, the child develops and grows above himself. That is why many parents, sending their child to first grade, are keenly interested in whether the chosen school has any valuable child development labor lessons. If there are any, then there is no doubt that they will certainly interest the not yet spoiled schoolchild who strives for new knowledge.

What students value primary classes get from labor lessons at school? Firstly, they solve developmental tasks that can train technical and visual-figurative thinking, independence, Creative skills, spatial imagination, memory and even the child’s speech. Secondly, there are didactic tasks that teach how to work with reference literature and the instructions attached to a particular product. Thirdly, educational tasks teach you to be neat, thrifty and tidy, which may also come in handy more than once in the future. Solving such tasks at each lesson shapes the personality, so no harm will come to the child from a labor lesson.

Every parent must understand that the child must grow up fully developed in order to be able to adapt in time to all life situations. This is not so little, because mom and dad will not always be nearby, and one day you will still have to enter into adult life with all its surprises and surprises. However, one way or another, the choice remains with the adults, because only they can decide which school to send their child to. Labor lessons today are not available in every school, therefore, when enrolling your child in first grade, you should ask the director whether school curriculum labor education lessons....

If for another ten years not a single school could do without a labor lesson, today many consider this subject to be “morally obsolete.” Is this so, and do modern schoolchildren need such classes?

So, according to their views on the existing education system, parents were divided into two groups. The first group includes those people who believe that labor lessons will not teach their children anything useful, so it is best to devote this study time to another lesson, for example, an English lesson, mathematics, computer science or even economics. But another group of parents are sure that “you can’t pull a fish out of the pond without difficulty,” that is, such lessons are not only useful, but also educational for schoolchildren of all ages. That is, the child learns to work, show his thinking and ingenuity, and also realize himself in yet another area of ​​life. To understand for yourself whether labor lessons are needed at school, it is worth remembering what girls and boys do during them.

As I remember from the school curriculum, girls in such classes sew a skirt and an apron, knit booties and socks, cross-stitch and satin stitch, and also learn the basics of cooking. In addition, they prepare a sweet table with their own hands, and then invite classmates to a friendly tea party. In general, this is very interesting, but the main thing is that young ladies not only get a lot of positive feedback from the work done, but also learn new knowledge that will definitely be useful to them in their future life and motherhood.

As for boys, they always find something exciting to do, such as working with wood, making crafts and souvenirs, basic carpentry and minor home repairs. Every boy always remembers how he made an original flower vase from a tin can, a flowerpot from old records, and a real kitchen stool with his own hands.

There are a lot of impressions, but the main thing is that such a future man will at least be able to hammer a nail in his house, and this, as we know, is not so little. Having studied all these school memories, many parents come to the conclusion that labor lessons are still educational for every student, be it a boy or a girl. But, nevertheless, each person must choose for himself what he wants to do in the future - physical and intellectual activities, but it was precisely these lessons that helped him set his life priorities and try himself in every activity.

The most surprising thing is that today physical labor has given way to intellectual labor, and the once exciting labor lessons have now been replaced by a new subject “technology”. This innovation places an emphasis on introducing the child to the computer, as well as gaining basic skills in work. Of course, we live in a world of scientific progress, but this is not a reason to forget about past equally entertaining activities at school. In order to finally decide whether it is worth studying a subject such as “labor” at school, we recommend carefully studying all its advantages and disadvantages, and drawing appropriate conclusions based on the information received. Of course, few people care about the opinions of children in school. However, this is a fundamentally wrong approach, because a child, being a full-fledged individual, can make his own choice.

So, among the significant advantages, it is necessary to remember that work allows children to escape at least a little from the school curriculum and relax mentally, because, as you know, memorizing rules, solving examples and equations, as well as reading large texts simply exhaust the child’s psyche, requiring at least a short pause . In addition, work contributes to the development of imagination, abstract thinking and memory, and also allows you to get better at a certain activity and gain valuable skills in life. This subject significantly raises the spirit of collectivism and unites the class morally, because it is so interesting to work together and provide each other with unbearable help.

It is also worth remembering that such lessons are always noisy and fun, and this is not surprising, because every student simply offers numerous ideas, showing imagination and ingenuity. In addition, students develop a love and affection for work, and this will certainly come in handy in life. Many attentive mothers notice that their child is a creative person who strives to make unique things with their own hands, and, as you know, such potential is revealed by labor lessons at school. Among the benefits, it is also worth highlighting learning something new, and such a unique experience allows the child to grow above himself, realizing himself in new areas of life. So it’s simply impossible to overestimate the benefits of labor, although again, not all healers think so.

As for the shortcomings of the so-called “labor education”, there is no need to deny that they really exist. Firstly, today there are no longer those qualified specialists who instilled in children a love of work. Now such teachers only turn children away from this subject, resulting in bad behavior and regular absenteeism, which leads to satisfactory grades. Secondly, the program proposed by the teacher is not always interesting for children, especially if classes for girls and boys are combined and, due to the lack of proper premises, are held in the same class. Thirdly, there is a lack of equipment necessary for lessons, and children have enough theory in other lessons. This is where all the disadvantages of work end, but the advantages of such activities are definitely still much greater.

If we face the truth, we can safely say that conducting labor lessons is not economically profitable. the fact is that all the equipment used has either simply broken down due to the expiration of its service life, or is obsolete for children living in the era of nanotechnology. As a rule, schools do not have sufficient funding to purchase new machines, instruments and mini-workshops, so they have to save money and replace labor lessons with technology. Parents, as a rule, do not interfere with such innovations, since they are sincerely glad that their offspring has the opportunity to additionally engage in mental work, mastering the use of a computer.

Today, a huge number of schools have abandoned labor lessons, sincerely believing that such classes are just a waste of children's time and nothing more. There are many reasons for such a refusal, for example, in private schools this is the initiative of parents who want the emphasis in their children’s education to be on mental development. As for educational schools, the meager budget itself dictates its own rules, because it is clear that the maintenance of machines, the cost of purchasing materials, and even the teacher’s salary are all expenses that not every school can handle. Also, many principals are afraid that the inexperience of schoolchildren can lead to increased injuries, and such a reputation is certainly of no use to any school.

There are not many parents who would try to return the labor development of their children to schools, since this requires money and free premises. Of course, such questions are raised more than once parent meetings, however, things do not go further than loud statements and eloquent slogans. Often the director transfers the initiative to the parents' committee, however, even on a voluntary basis it is also not possible to return labor to the school. If previously children were very upset about the lack of such lessons, today it is a joy for them, because they can skip class or engage in a more interesting activity.

One way or another, there must be labor lessons in elementary school. Why? The fact is that physical activity trains fine motor skills of the fingers, and, as you know, it is these parts of the body that transmit signals to the brain, that is, by attending such lessons, the child develops and grows above himself. That is why many parents, sending their child to first grade, are keenly interested in whether the chosen school offers labor lessons that are valuable for children’s development. If there are any, then there is no doubt that they will certainly interest the not yet spoiled schoolchild who strives for new knowledge.

What value do primary school students gain from labor lessons at school? Firstly, they solve developmental tasks that can train technical and visual-figurative thinking, independence, creativity, spatial imagination, memory and even speech of the child. Secondly, there are didactic tasks that teach how to work with reference literature and the instructions attached to a particular product. Thirdly, educational tasks teach you to be neat, thrifty and tidy, which may also come in handy more than once in the future. Solving such tasks at each lesson shapes the personality, so no harm will come to the child from a labor lesson.

Every parent must understand that a child must grow up fully developed in order to be able to adapt in time to all life situations. This is not so little, because mom and dad will not always be nearby, and one day you will still have to enter adulthood with all its surprises and surprises. However, one way or another, the choice remains with the adults, because only they can decide which school to send their child to.

Labor lessons today are not available in every school, therefore, when enrolling your child in the first grade, it is worth asking the director whether the school curriculum provides labor education lessons.