Research On The Application Of Maker Teaching In Junior High School Information Technology Curriculum

Maker teaching is aimed at cultivating students' creative thinking and practical ability.It leads the teaching with maker projects integrating creative thinking,curriculum knowledge and practical production and life.It emphasizes the learning process of creating creative works through hands-on practice and learning through creation.As a kind of advanced thinking,creative thinking is regarded as the core competence of students in the 21 st century.The application of maker teaching in junior high school information technology course can enrich the teaching methods of information technology,upgrade "learning by doing" to "learning by creating",enhance students' learning motivation and learning experience,and cultivate students' creative thinking.This study focuses on the application of maker teaching in junior middle school information technology courses,explores the process model of maker teaching and applies it to the Photoshop module in junior high school,discusses the effect of learning and analyzes whether maker teaching has a positive effect on the cultivation of students' creative thinking.This research mainly adopts action research method,interview method and questionnaire survey method.Three rounds of action research were carried out on students from three classes of grade one in a middle school in tianjin.Through questionnaire survey and interviews to find the problems in the teaching practice.Through the analysis of the work and the creative thinking test,we can understand students' learning situation,transfer and application,problem solving ability and the changes of creative thinking.We gradually improve the maker teaching model according to the completion of the work,the results of interviews and the test of creative thinking.The data shows that maker teaching plays a positive role in improving students' academic performance and cultivating their creative thinking.Through the interview with the students,it is found that the students are satisfied with the maker-style teaching and have a strong interest in information technology courses.