Poinsettia Contest - An intellectual playground imbued with traditional cultural and historical identity

In order to contribute to promoting the application of information technology in teaching and learning activities, helping students understand the history and culture of the locality to love their homeland and country more, Gia Vien district is implementing an intellectual playground for students called "Hoa Trang Nguyen". This is one of the meaningful activities in the series of activities to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of the birth of Dinh Tien Hoang De (924-2024) of Gia Vien district.

Comrade Do Thang, Deputy Head of the Departmentof Education and Training of Gia Vien district, said: To prepare for the Contest, the Department of Education and Training of the district has coordinated with the application software provider (Hanoi National University of Education) to design the program, build a system of questions from difficult to easy, from understanding, recognition to application based on the content of the book "Gia Vien - Cultural History". At the same time, he directed schools to encourage students to actively review and be ready to participate in the Contest.

Currently, the basic application software is completed and has been tested at 6 secondary schools in the district. The test shows that the software of the Contest is very superior, the content about local history and culture is digitized on the network environment with a system of quality, rich and diverse questions; the interface and form are beautifully designed, lively, attractive and easy to use. The questions in the contest sections are illustrated by videos , small films introducing Dinh Tien Hoang Emperor and the four pillars of the court: Nguyen Bac, Dinh Dien, Trinh Tu, Luu Co; about famous historical sites such as Dinh Tien Hoang Temple - Phat Tich Tomb, Ky Lan Pagoda - Hoa Lu Cave... Initially, the application software of the Contest received positive feedback from the team of teachers and students.

Tran Thi Hien Nhi, a 9C student at Gia Hoa Secondary School, shared: I am very happy to be selected by the school to participate in the Hoa Trang Nguyen trial exam. This is an interesting and useful competition, helping me to be more proactive and responsible in my studies. I hope that other subjects will also have new approaches so that students can absorb more easily in the learning process. After the trial exam, I will continue to review to achieve the best results when the district officially launches the competition.

Ms. Than Thi Hue, a History teacher at Gia Hoa Secondary School, said: "The old teaching method makes students feel that it is difficult to remember, difficult to access, and they are afraid of studying history. But when I tested the program of the Contest at the School, I felt that the students were very excited and actively participated. They were confident and proactive in learning about local history to answer the questions in the rounds themselves. This helped students have a better grasp of their homeland's history."

Poinsettia Competition - A playground imbued with traditional identity — Students of Gia Hoa Secondary School enthusiastically participated in the Hoa Trang Nguyen Contest.

According to Ms. Hue, although it was just a trial run, the Contest was actively responded to by students because of its purity and Vietnamese nature, creating a healthy space for entertainment, recreation and learning, in line with the 4.0 trend and actively contributing to the fight against harmful and violent games that have a negative impact on students. Not stopping there, through in-depth study of the life, career and career of King Dinh Tien Hoang and his mandarins, as well as famous historical sites, students also discovered the cultural and historical beauty of the locality, thereby loving their homeland and country more and forming a sense of preserving and promoting historical values.

Currently, preparations for the Contest have been basically completed. Secondary schools are actively guiding students to practice and learn about local history and culture in books or official information pages.

It is expected that on March 24, Gia Vien district will officially launch the Contest with 2 major competitions, each program has 50 students using Ipad devices to compete right at the Dinh Tien Hoang King Temple yard.

Not only does the content and form of the Contest appeal, it also offers many practical rewards to encourage students to actively participate.

"With the benefits that the Contest brings in supporting the study and education of local history and culture, after the district launched the Contest on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang, the Department of Education and Training of Gia Vien district continues to coordinate with the unit providing supporting application software so that students in all schools in the district and can expand throughout the province can access the Contest as soon as possible and most effectively. Thereby, contributing to innovation in teaching and learning methods, helping students to be more active and proactive in learning history" - said Mr. Do Thang, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of Gia Vien district.

Article and photos: Hong Giang

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