Application Of Group Teaching Method Based On STEAM Concept In Geography Teaching In Junior Middle School

With the development of quality-oriented education,higher requirements have been placed on education.More effective teaching methods must be necessary to the needs of society in order to cultivate talents under the educational background of the current class teaching system.The group teaching method based on STEAM theory focuses on how to promote development through cooperation.It is of great essence in arousing students' learning passion and helping to cultivate comprehensive talented personnel.Besides,it meets the requirements of all-round education and conforms to the development of the times.A study on the application of STEAM theory in geography teaching aims to alleviate the contradiction between class teaching system and quality education.By using the methods of literature,experiment,questionnaire and mathematical analysis,the author takes the students of class 1 and class 2,grade 8 of Dingyuan Middle School in Luoshan County as the research objects,and studies the application of grouping teaching method of STEAM theory in geography teaching in junior high school.Between them,class 1(the control class)adopts the traditional teaching method,class 2(the experimental class)adopts the group teaching method of STEAM theory.These two classes were taught by the same teacher.The author constructed new implementing principles,grouping criteria and teaching modes on the basis of previous studies.Meanwhile,the new mode was applied to the practice of geography teaching.So that the author is able to examine the teaching effect of group teaching method under the guidance of STEAM theory by statistical analysis of the results of the two classes and questionnaire survey.Combining with the interview of teachers and students in the early stage and reflecting on the whole teaching practice process,this paper summarizes the shortcomings,and puts forward the optimization measures from three aspects: students,teachers and schools.The following main conclusions were drawn:(1)In terms of student performance.By collecting the results of the seven examinations of the experimental class and the control class and analyzing the average score,the number of students who has passed or failed,the author found that the average score of the first examination of the experimental class was lower than that of the control class,and the average score of the other six examinations after the group teaching method was higher than that of the control class.From the number of development trend of failing and passing,the number of high stratification in experimental class increases gradually,and the number of failing students decreases obviously,which indicates that the group teaching method is beneficial to the overall improvement of students' geographical achievement.(2)In terms of student attitudes,on the basis of the same proportion of male and female students,parents' educational background and geography learning content,the students in the experimental class are much more interested in geography and more active in learning than those in the control class.It shows that the group teaching method based on the STEAM theory is affirmed by students,which is conducive to enhancing students' interest and enthusiasm in learning.(3)On the cultivation of students' ability,the number of students who think about and solve geographical problems in real life and can find answers to geographical problems with the help of maps and other tools is much higher in the experimental class than in the control class,indicating that the group teaching method of steam theory can better cultivate students' comprehensive quality and geographical practice.(4)The lack of students' sense of cooperation and the limited number of qualified team leaders require teachers to constantly cultivate students' sense of cooperation and strengthen the guidance of team leaders;the group teaching method requires teachers to constantly improve their professional quality and teaching ability;schools do not pay enough attention to the new teaching methods,so school should encourage the implementation of the new effective teaching methods and provides teachers with a higher learning platform and more opportunities for discussion.