An Investigation And Analytical Study On High School Students' Biology Learning In Lhasa

In order to be in line with the international education, basic education has been changed, aiming at competence education.For promoting basic education reform and curriculum reform, and also for providing experimental data for the reform, I had this study.The purposes of this study are these:1. To know high school students' interests and motivation in biology learning.2. To know high school student' learning methods and learning habits in biology learning.3. To understand the biology teaching and student' needs for instruction.4. To explore the factors which influence student' learning.Participants were 1000 high school student in Lhasa. Questionnaire includes 5 items, interests, motivation, insistence, methods and habits, evaluation and needs for teaching. In the item - learning methods and habits, seven methods were investigated- preview, review, taking notes, listening, exercising, experiments, reading. The item- evaluation and needs for teaching, has four parts: for teachers, for teaching equipment, for teaching contents, for books.This study has four results:1. Students have interests in biology learning, and motivation on biology learning. Tibetan students have interests stronger than Hans, science students stronger than art students, senior grade-2 than senior grade-3.2. In general, students' interests in biology study are influenced by these causes: 1st-knowledge about biology is related to life and society; 2nd -biology provides them an interested learning environment; 3rd -need for admission to university. Some students attribute their no interests to two factors: the book is difficult and the contents arrangement has no attraction for them.3. Students' unscientific learning methods and habits should be changed, with student' dependence on teachers and students' inactive attitude, scientific learningmethods should be provided to students.4. Because of the difference in equipments and the difference in teachers' competence, there are differences in instructional methods between junior high school and senior high school. Generally, instructional methods are traditional, instructional appliance is old-fashioned, and modern instructional technology is not used in classroom. And the advances development of biology is not introduced. There is no experimental lesson, and no activity out of lesson. Students have a strong desire for teachers using instructional technology, introducing progresses in biology, having more experimental lessons, giving directs to their engagements into activity out of lesson, teaching some practical skill with relations to living.5. Students in senior high school demand that biology textbook should be reformed, colorful pictures should be increased. Examples about Tibet should be provided.In this paper, some suggestions about biological education in Tibet's high schools are pointed out as below:1. Teachers and government should have a correct attitude towards biology teaching in high school.2. Instructional ideas should be changed.3. Teachers should engage in teaching students learning to learn.4. Biology teaching should be integrated with Tibet's environment and Tibetan students' practical level.5. Modern instructional technology should be introduced to the education in high school.6. School should provide students with locality curricula.7. Teacher education should be enhanced.8. Chinese education should be strengthened, so as to improve their understanding ability.