Research On The Natural Experience And Science Teaching Of The Students In The Lower Grades Of Elementary School

With the rapid development of science and technology,the relationship between human beings and nature has attracted more and more concerned.The Primary School Science Curriculum Standard clearly sets the teaching objectives on science,technology,society and environment,and tries to help students to understand well about nature,close to nature,love nature,and protect nature,in the Science Teaching.In view of the above situation,the research mainly focuses on the following questions:(1)How about the current state of nature experience of students in the lower grades of primary school;(2)How about the current situation of students'natural experience in the low-grade primary school;(3)How to teach students to enrich the natural experience of students in the lower grades of primary school.Nature experience refers to perception,response,affection,behavior of nature and its components,by human various senses,is a kind of overall mental state,recognizing nature,leaving deep memories,feeling the charm of nature,comprehending the meaning of the existence of nature,and create the thought of loving nature in the process of experiencing nature.Based on questionnaire surveys and interviews with students in two lower primary schools of Nanjing,finds the students' cognitive and behavioral experience is better,while the physical and affective experience is weak.(1)Cognitive experience:More than 98%students are able to extract the correct information about life natural objects,with unique creativity and space observation ability.(2)Behavioral experience:Most students have subconscious behaviors to protect the environment,and can keep the living environment clean and tidy;(3)Physical experience:the order of experience,sensory(vision>tactus>hearing>smell>taste)>muscular sense>body perception.(4)Emotional experience:Nearly 80%students love nature creatures and have long-term experience with plant/animal,but their emotion on nature is reducing with age,and about 2%students have fear mental to natural things..Through interviews and classroom observations of the lower grades of primary school science teachers,founding that the concerning situation of the students' nature experience as follows:(1)The teaching idea of nature experience has not been popularized,and lacking clear teaching techniques and tools;(2)Teacher curriculums arranged compactly,no extra time to develop nature experience teaching courses;(3)The most nature experience goals requires outdoor locations,but safety management not guaranteed.According to the above survey results,proposing teaching suggestions as follow:(1)Paying attention to the affection goals of students' nature experience;(2)Enriching students' body proprioception and muscle kinesthetic experience;(3)Experiencing scientist's inquiry process;(4)Using physical teaching aids and learning materials as much as possible;(5)Creating a naturalized teaching situation;(6)Cultivating behavioral habits to protect nature;(7)Building a home-school community to experience nature.