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Reforming Teaching Methods In The Perspective Of Views Of Knowledge

Posted on:2012-01-06Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:L M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117330335965928Subject:Curriculum and pedagogy
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Teaching methods have internal relationships with curriculum knowledge, which is a key factor to the innovation of teaching methods. From the view of curriculum knowledge, the transformation of methods is not the logical start pointing of the innovation of teaching methods which is actually based on the deep change of values and views of knowledge.The historical evolution of teaching methods in the view of knowledge indicates that transforming views of knowledge is the inherent logic and theoretical foundation supporting the reform of teaching methods. Teaching methods play an important role in dealing with the relationship between human and knowledge. However, researches on teacher interviews, classroom observations and case studies demonstrated that numerous of practices intending to reform teaching methods are going into a wrong direction that raising techniques to an overwhelming superiority, namely, focusing on the alternation of techniques on teaching methods as well as blind worship of modern technology. This kind of mistakes totally excludes the values of human and the context of knowledge, leading to considering the knowledge as objectively existing independent of human consciousness. As a result, human become complete obedience to knowledge. The detachment or even the deviation of teaching method reform from the original requirements of views of knowledge advocated by the new curriculum reform make a gulf occur between ideal curriculum reform and the practices of teaching.Both internal and external factors led to considering the techniques as the core of teaching methods. On the one hand, external factors are directly from the long-term expansion of technologism in teaching methods; on the other hand, the continuing presence of external factors shows that the reform is lack of powerful internal support. Therefore, strengthening the internal support for the reform of teaching methods can eliminate the impact of external factors to some extent. In other words, the reconstruction of the conception of curriculum knowledge should lead the substantial reform of teaching methods, and provide sustained and powerful internal support for it.The views of knowledge which are the basis of teaching methods mainly involve two important aspects:the values of knowledge to our human and how we obtain knowledge. Based on this idea, the reform of teaching methods should contain three key issues as following.First, analyzing the views of knowledge to indentify the current orientations of this reform and establish corresponding goals. Teaching method is a historical category, that is to say, people's leaning of views of knowledge on intrinsic or extrinsic values led to the different orientations of teaching methods. Both the orientations have resulted in the separation of learners from knowledge. New orientation integrating knowledge and human should be established in the current reform of teaching methods. Under the orientation, knowledge connects human in an evolving process. Guided by the evolving purposes, the designing of the goals of teaching method reform need to consider four important vectors: (1) the orientation of goals:Reflections on orientation of the value of knowledge; (2) the origin of goals:Reflections on the current situations of the value of knowledge; (3) the structure of goals:Reflections on the value system of knowledge; (4) the transformation of goals to methods: Reflections on the ways to carry out the value of knowledge.Second, analyzing the views of knowledge as well as the acquisition of knowledge to indentify an important foundation and support that teachers'teaching methods should be based on children's learning in the practices of teaching methods. In particular, two closely related issues should be identified and discussed:one is the standard of obtaining knowledge, while the other is the methods of obtaining knowledge. Lacking a deep understanding of these two issues will hinder the conduction of teaching methods.Third, analyzing the main conditions on the subject to make sure the transformation of teachers'views of knowledge is a key to reform teaching methods. Teachers are core subjects in decision-making, practicing, and profiting. It is essential for teachers to have the evolving view of knowledge to strengthen teachers'adaptability, understanding, initiative and involving them into the reform self-consciously. Ultimately, the integration of teacher, knowledge and teaching methods is necessary to make teachers go beyond the technical understanding and applications of teaching methods, gradually integrating teaching methods into teachers'wisdom as it's the main qualities of the teachers.
Keywords/Search Tags:curriculum Knowledge, idea about knowledge, the reform of teaching methods, technique
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