A Study On The Application Of STEAM Project-Based Learning In Biology Teaching In Rural Junior Middle Schools

With the modernization of basic education,STEAM,as an education model that integrates multiple disciplines(Science,Technology,Engineer,Arts,and Mathematics)has become an important way of education reform.In recent years,it has attracted the attention of domestic scholars.,And is committed to localized applied research.At present,researchers and research teams are mainly concentrated in research institutes,educational institutions,and universities in first-and second-tier cities with higher education levels,while schools in towns,rural areas,etc.,where educational development is relatively weak,are due to various aspects such as geographical conditions,educational resources,and teacher quality.Factors are relatively lack of understanding of STEAM education,leading to certain restrictions on the application of STEAM education.Project learning is a "learning by doing" teaching method,which can reflect the main status of students,can give full play to the advantages of cooperative learning,and set up a beneficial "scaffolding" for the organic integration of biology teaching with STEAM education.In order to explore the application of STEAM education in biology,accelerate its localization and popularization,in order to make some useful explorations in shortening the education gap between urban and rural areas,this research uses the teaching of the second volume of the seventh grade of "Biology" published by Beijing Normal University as an example.For example,some rural biology teachers in Zheng’an County,Guizhou Province and seventh-grade students of Miaotang Middle School were used as the survey subjects,and students from Class 7(1)of Miaotang Middle School were used as experimental subjects.Applied research.First of all,the research uses the literature research method,summarizes the related research results of STEAM education and project learning,combines the relevant knowledge of constructivism theory,deep learning theory,pragmatism theory and multiple intelligence theory,and proposes that STEAM project learning is used in the biology teaching of rural junior high schools.The feasibility.Secondly,using the survey method to understand the "teaching" of 7 biology teachers and 198 students "learning" in rural junior high schools,and to investigate their understanding of STEAM education and their attitudes towards the integration of STEAM into biology.Thirdly,combined with the biology curriculum standards and biology textbooks,the STEAM teaching content suitable for rural junior middle school biology is selected and set in the form of themes.After that,STEAM education and biology theme are related to construct a teaching model,which specifically includes five parts,which are clarifying the theme,confirming evidence,planning teaching,designing a framework,and reflecting process.On this basis,the teaching design is carried out and the teaching practice is implemented.Subsequently,the teaching evaluation and data processing of this study were carried out.The evaluation included practical evaluation in the course of practice and paper-and-pencil tests on academic performance.Finally,summarize and reflect,and on this basis,look forward to the application of STEAM education in rural junior middle school biology.Research shows that by formulating STEAM project learning design and putting it into actual teaching,students’ skills in problem solving,cooperative participation,model design,process reflection,etc.can be improved,and at the same time,their academic performance has also improved significantly.This proves that the application of STEAM project learning in rural junior high school biology has a certain feasibility and effectiveness.The researched subject cases and results can provide certain theoretical references and practical examples for rural junior high school biology teaching.In the follow-up research work,the author will continue to explore the teaching mode of STEAM project learning in rural schools and expand the scope of research,in order to draw more STEAM teaching cases and summarize more effective teaching methods and teaching experiences.