The Status Quo And Strategies Regarding The Development Of Project Learning In Rural Middle Schools

Project learning is included as one part of the comprehensive practice and activity in Cause Planning for Full-time General Senior Middle School ( experimentally revised version) issued by the Ministry of Education in Jan., 2000. It has been actively developed and some successful experience has been accumulated since Sept.,2001 immediately after its experimental research and study was carried out in key urban middle schools in 10 key provinces and cities. But it also poses a question, that is, what about its development in rural middle schools? Based on the existing problems regarding the development of project learning in rural middle schools, this thesis points out that its development in rural middle school needs not only the backup of forceful theory, but also that of efficient equipment and means. Only in this way can it be fully developed in rural middle schools so as to cultivate students innovation and practical ability.Based on the actual practice regarding the development of project learning in rural middle schools and the writers own experience as a supervisor in this field, the thesis makes a thorough investigation into its status quo, points out the existing problems, and makes a careful causal analysis, after an investigation into 12 rural middle schools by means of questionnaire, interview, and referring to various documents and data. Using for inference the successful experience in urban middle schools and the actual conditions of rural middle schools, and based on the different situations between urban and rural areas, the thesis will discuss the effective strategies to cope with the existing problems. The thesis points out the following solutions: four teaching strategies regarding the development of project learning in rural middle schools and the means to carry out, evaluate and supervise project learning in rural middle schools; an effective supervision and evaluation system in terms of administrative guarantee; the need to set up a three dimensional teacher training model so as to improve teachers research ability.Focusing on the actual practice, the writer hopes this thesis will shed new light on the development of project learning in rural middle schools.