On the morning of November 5, the Award Ceremony of the Teaching Design Contest on "Preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products" took place in Hanoi.
The contest has become a typical highlight, a professional playground with a wide range, combining pedagogical skills, digital technology and educational communication.
Reporting on the contest's summary, journalist Trieu Ngoc Lam - Editor-in-Chief of Education and Times Newspaper, Head of the contest's organizing committee, said that after more than 3 months of launching, the Organizing Committee has received more than 6,800 entries from teachers from all over the country.
The lectures have strongly applied digital technology, combined with visual images, illustrative videos, simulated situations, and real-life stories, making it easy for students to accept and sympathize.
This year's awards are given to two levels of education (understanding and high school). There are 38 individuals and 10 groups that have been honored as teachers who have turned knowledge into action, lectures into a living message.
The tournament structure includes: First Prize: 1 collective prize, 1 individual prize; Second Prize: 2 collective prizes, 3 individual prizes; Third Prize: 2 collective prizes, 5 individual prizes and Encouragement prize: 10 individual prizes.
The works are assessed to have many innovations and creativity. Many works are integrated with knowledge of biology, chemistry, life skills; exploiting "adolehood" psychology; or using the form of dramatization, group interaction... This shows the strong transformation of Vietnamese education in the technology and integration era.
The Organizing Committee has been converting excellent lectures into electronic documents, posted on media platforms. Thereby, expanding the value of the contest, bringing creative results to classes, remote areas.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An, Chairman of the Vietnam Education Trade Union, Deputy Head of the Final Jury affirmed that to improve public health, it is necessary to start with improving school health.
"It is time to ring the alarm about the risk of invasion of addictive substances that destroy health. The contest is not only a contest, but also a very meaningful communication to groups, especially students" - Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An commented.
Evaluating the entries this year, Mr. An said that the teachers have applied many new teaching methods and techniques, suitable for students in the lesson design section.
