Practical Research On The Cultivation Of Students’ Divergent Thinking In Junior High School Biology Teaching

Innovation is the soul of national progress,it is the source of one national science and technology development.The cultivation of creative talents is an important task of contemporary education.J.P.Guilford,a psychologist in the United States,pointed out that: cultivating divergent thinking is conducive to the development of innovative thinking,so it is of great value to cultivate divergent thinking.The divergence of thinking is also an important indicator to measure the level of a person’s innovation ability.Biology,as a logical,open,thinking and scientific natural subject,not only integrates the knowledge of life phenomenon from macro to micro,from phenomenon to essence,from qualitative to quantitative experimental analysis,but also closely combines with information development,engineering technology,social economy and human production and life.It is in line with the law of the development of the young people and is conducive to the cultivation of students’ innovative thinking.Therefore,junior high school biology classroom is an important way to cultivate students’ divergent thinking.This study first uses the literature analysis method,through the collection of relevant data,then analyzes the current domestic and foreign research status of divergent thinking training,and puts forward corresponding problems according to the current situation.Based on the literature,the questionnaire of divergent thinking of junior high school students was compiled,and the current situation of the students in the first and second grade of 10 middle schools in Chongqing was analyzed.After investigation,we have learned the following three aspects: the level of divergent thinking,the awareness of students using divergent thinking and the external conditions conducive to the development of divergent thinkingFirst,the biological divergent thinking ability of junior high school students is in a medium level,and the fluency and flexibility of thinking have a good foundation,and the flexibility of thinking is better than the fluency of thinking;however,the level of students’ thinking uniqueness is in a middle and lower level,and the uniqueness of thinking is obviously lacking.Secondly,most students have good use consciousness for the students’ awareness of using divergent thinking,but they lack the initiative of learning and are not good at setting up independent learning plans.Third,most teachers have strong creative cultivation consciousness,but in teaching methods are still more traditional,and innovation is obviously insufficient.Fourthly,both the school environment and the family environment can create an atmosphere of encouragement and creation.A democratic and harmonious home school environment is conducive to the development of children’s divergent thinking.After consulting teachers with multi-party data,a series of new principles and teaching strategies are put forward according to the investigation status.Chongqing Yucai Middle School is chosen as the practice base,and the action research method is used to carry out two months of teaching practice and the experimental method is used in teaching practice.Through the observation and the comparison of students’ performance,this study selects two classes with the same level,class 1(5)as the control class and the first(6)class as the experimental class.Before teaching practice,the revised version of TTCT was issued in the control class and experimental class respectively,and the pretest was conducted in a fixed time to collect the measurement results.After the experimental teaching,the questionnaire of the middle school biological divergent thinking scale prepared by Qixin was distributed in two classes respectively,and the post-test data was collected regularly.After the results of the pre and post test experiments,SPSS software is used to analyze and analyze the data.The difference between the two classes is significant.Finally,the conclusion is that the strategies proposed by the author can promote the cultivation of divergent thinking,especially in the fluency and flexibility of students’ thinking.Due to some unavoidable factors,there are still some shortcomings in this study.But based on the author’s personal investigation and practice,some new teaching principles and teaching strategies are put forward,which can be used for reference for teachers and researchers.It is hoped that the researchers can make a long-term practical comparison,make the results more reliable,and on this basis,put forward more reasonable teaching suggestions and teaching strategies.It is hoped that researchers can work closely with the first-line teachers to promote the development of divergent thinking and innovation ability of middle school students,and cultivate innovative talents for the motherland.