Using Action Research To Cultivate Children’s Classroom Belonging In Higher Class

Children’s classroom belonging refers to a kind of feeling,in which children in the classroom experience identification and acceptance from the student-teacher community,it consists of cognitive,affective and behavioral dimensions,and it characterized by five indicators,such as the identification, fondness, attachment, involvement and following the rules of classroom. Classrooms,an important place for children to live and learn,are the basic units in which the kindergarten education are carried out.Children often have a strong sense of belonging to certain classroom, and it is the key influencing factor of individuals’socializations and psychological well-beings. Therefore, this study attempted to do action research on a title of the cultivation of children’s classroom belonging, seek for the cultivation methods by theme activity as a carrier, which aims at providing references for cultivated activity of classroom belonging in kindergarten.This study used action research as the map research method to explore the cultivation methods by practice.,combining with observation and interview by selecting a kindergarten teacher as the study cooperator in Wuhu kindergarten.Through reviewing the reference literature, observing, interviewing,it found four major issues on the cultivation of children’s classroom belonging:comprehension on belonging remained at the experience level contradiction between cultivated conception and behavior,single cultivation way and ignoration of subjective participation. Accordingly, doing action research following the principles of subjectivity,inclusive education difference and integration of activity.The result obtained show that theme practice activities changed teacher’s cultivated conception and behavior,strengthen children’s classroom belonging.On this basis, the study centred on the cultivated valuations,goals, strategies and approaches for further thinking,which aims at providing references for cultivated activity of classroom belonging in kindergarten. At first,the valuations was beneficial to promote children’s self-existence and development,enhance the cohesion of class;Secondly,the goals should pay attention to combine these three dimensions, integrate of comprehensiveness and salience,as well continuity and discontinuity;Thirdly,the strategies could consider "the model of perception-experience",this model included three links, perception and experience strategies such as changing the way of activities and experience constructing the equal dialogue between teachers and children,causing cognitive conflict guidelines of performance strategies such as creating appropriate environment providing direction exploring cooperation,using diversified schedule of reinforcement,internalization strategies for instance utilizing family resources individualizing methods for internalization,empathetic training;Fourthly,the approaches contained kindergarten education and cooperation between kindergartens and families.