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Action Research On The Improvement Of Curriculum Creation Literacy Of Kindergarten Teachers Based On "learning Stories"

Posted on:2020-11-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G H LuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2437330575951274Subject:Education
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“Learning Story”deriving from curriculum reform practice in New Zealand,has been widely used by domestic educators to observe,appreciate and support children's learning and development since its formation.In the 1990 s,at the same time,the term “curriculum creation” appeared,and related research began.As a part of curriculum,“ Learning Story ” is an incubator of“micro-curriculum”,which indicates the flexibility,possibility and uncertainty of New Zealand curriculum.Teachers and children can advance the curriculum generation in dialogue interaction.“Learning Story” and the curriculum creation are treated as a whole and they complement each other.Both of them highlight and support children's self-confidence,continuous learning and development.Therefore,it is of great value for children,preschool teachers and kindergartens to create a course based on “Learning Story”.On the basis of a large number of relevant literature,the author utilizes the opportunity of internship in a kindergarten and takes kindergarten teachers in class Y of H kindergarten as research objects.The action research method is the main research method,and the interview,observation and questionnaire are used to obtain the“Learning Story”writing,application and curriculum creation situation,as well as preand post-action research tests on preschool teachers about “Learning Story”curriculum creation.With appropriate “ Learning Story”,we formulate,adjust and improve the action plan according to exploration of kindergarten teachers' creative curriculum literacy on “Learning Story”.Subsequently we will analyze the effectiveness of action research,draw conclusions and provide some suggestions.This dissertation consists of an introduction and four chapters asthe main body.The introduction is divided into six parts-the reason for this topic,literature review,research purpose and content,research significance,research methods,and innovation-which are used for further research.The first chapter is an overview on kindergarten teachers' curriculum creation literacy based on“Learning Story”,mainly including three parts.The first part is the definition of core concepts,which defines learning stories,curriculum creation,and curriculum creation literacy.The second part is the analysis to kindergarten teachers' curriculum creation literacy.The author classifies the literacy into initiative and enthusiasm,awareness,knowledge and ability in curriculum creation.The last part is the value of kindergarten teachers' curriculum creation literacy based on “ Learning Story ” to children,teachers and kindergartens.The second chapter presents the research design,which includes five parts.Firstly,it is the preparation of action research,including the choice of research sites,research partner and objects,the design of pre-test and post-test,and the collection of research data.Secondly,it introduces the kindergarten “Learning Story” situation;then the early foundation of kindergarten curriculum creation is mentioned;Finally,the pre-test analysis based on the “Learning Story” curriculum creation literacy is carried out from the perspective of initiative and enthusiasm,awareness,knowledge and ability of curriculum creation.In addition,according to the relevant data and research needs,the action step of each stage in the paper is the plan-action-reflection.The third chapter is the research implementation.The researcher analyzes the test results and conducts action research with observation,interviews,questionnaires and so on.The action research has three stages,the first stage focuses on enhancing the initiative and awarenessof teachers' curriculum creation,the second stage focuses on enriching teachers' curriculum creation knowledge,and the third stage focuses on improving teachers' curriculum creation ability,each of which conducts two action reflections to explore kindergarten teachers' curriculum creation literacy.The fourth chapter gives research results and suggestions,including the action research results,conclusion and suggestions.After the action research,we will analyze the changes and development of the kindergarten teachers' curriculum creation literacy before and after the action research.In the light of that,we will summarize and reflect on how to improve the literacy of the kindergarten teachers' curriculum creation based on the “Learning Story” and provide some suggestions.
Keywords/Search Tags:Learning Story, kindergarten teachers, curriculum creation literacy, action research
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