Primary school Chinese texts are suspected of being forged. Publishing House： controversial articles are no longer selected.
BEIJING, Beijing, April 7 (Lv Chunrong) Recently, the news that the fourth-grade Chinese text "Dignity" of the People’s Education Edition was accused of "counterfeiting" attracted attention. On the evening of the 7th, People’s Education Publishing House responded that the publishing house was organizing relevant experts to judge this. In addition, this article was not selected in the new version of Chinese textbooks that started to be used in September 2016. Regarding the voice of doubt, the publishing house said that it will take it seriously and deal with it in line with the principle of listening with an open mind and correcting mistakes.
A few days ago, it was reported by the media that Wu Zhaohua, a Chinese teacher in high school affiliated to renmin university of china, publicly questioned that the article Dignity in the second volume of Chinese for the fourth grade published by People’s Education Press (hereinafter referred to as People’s Education Press) was suspected of being "fake".
According to the report, the article "Dignity" is to the effect that the young refugees who wandered to Southern California insisted on exchanging their labor for food. Uncle Jackson, the mayor, was very appreciative and betrothed his daughter to him, predicting that he would succeed because he had dignity. This refugee is the oil magnate Hammer.
After consulting the relevant materials, Wu Zhaohua questioned, "When did such an industrialist turn pale and scrawny and flee for food? One of his first two wives was a Russian baroness and the other was from New Jersey. Which one was given to him by Uncle Jackson, the mayor of Southern California? "
In response to online comments, the People’s Education Society responded on the evening of the 7th that, after verification, this article was first published in 1998 by Li Xuefeng, at the beginning of the world, and was later reprinted by many publications such as Popular Science and Technology and Yilin, and was selected as the Chinese textbook of the People’s Education Edition in 2004. In response to online opinions, they are organizing relevant experts to conduct research and judgment, and will make corresponding treatment according to expert opinions.
In response, the publishing house said that the central government attaches great importance to the construction of textbooks for primary and secondary schools. Since 2012, the Ministry of Education has organized national first-class experts to newly compile and write Chinese textbooks for compulsory education, but this article has not been selected. The new version of Chinese textbooks has been used in September 2016, and the original Chinese textbooks will be replaced one after another, while the old version will no longer be used.
According to the publishing house, in the process of compiling the new edition of teaching materials, the writing team strictly grasped the standards for selecting articles, listened to opinions extensively, and sent the teaching materials to experts in relevant fields for strict examination and control. In the new textbook, some controversial articles will no longer be selected.
At the beginning of March this year, some texts in the primary school Chinese textbook published by People’s Education Press, such as "Edison Save Mom", also caused some teachers and parents’ disputes, and the authenticity of the articles was questioned by netizens. In this regard, the People’s Education Society once responded that controversial articles such as "Edison Save Mom" were not selected in the new textbook.
In today’s response, the publishing house further stated, "We will seriously treat and deal with all kinds of questions raised by all sectors of society about the textbooks of People’s Education Society on the principle of listening with an open mind and correcting mistakes. Thank you for your concern and support for our work. " (End)