Research On Concept Mapping Instruction For Promoting Reflection

Concept map is an effective teaching and learning tool. Reflection is one of the important factors to promote the development of teachers and students. In information age, there appears a question as to how to use the concept map and promote the development of teachers and students in the process of instruction. Under the direction of the new concept education which serves learning, aiming at the problems of traditional concept mapping instruction, the author puts forward a new concept mapping instructional model: concept mapping instruction for promoting reflection. This model has many advantages, such as centering on learning, exerting the concept map's potentials well, emphasizing reflection of teachers and students, paying attention to knowledge and ability equally, evaluating scientifically, realizing joint development of teachers and students, which perfectly reflect the characters of the new concept education.Focusing on the concept mapping instruction for promoting reflection, this research fulfills three tasks:Firstly, expatiating the theoretical basis, instructional objective and instructional process of the instructional model.Secondly, organizing a concept mapping instruction practice and make a survey on the concept mapping instruction for promoting reflection, so as to check up and perfect the instructional model.Thirdly, designing and developing a concept mapping instruction system to support the concept mapping instruction practice on network.In a word, this research enriches and perfects the concept mapping instructional theory, and provides helpful references for the concept mapping instructional practice.