风雨十三年 咬定青山不放松——记江阴市祝塘中心小学科技教育探索历程

江阴市祝塘中心小学始终坚持以下办学方针：瞄准特色农业,开辟农村科技新途径;走进生活科技,校园成为创造的乐园;构建校本课程,孕育科技创新的智慧摇篮。该校把科技教育置身于新课程改革中去探索研究,放大科技教育的功能,从培养学生的科技素养和人文素养入手,实现教育的可持续发展。     

小学科学课程中的技术教育因素及教学策略

通过对技术及其过程的分析,阐释了技术因素,即材料、形状(结构、系统)、能量、控制;阐释了技术教育因素,即技术的使用、管理、评价和对技术性质的理解。依据小学科学课程的性质与内容,将技术的存在形态分为三种,即科学的技术、应用的技术和经验的技术。对于经验的技术课,对应技术过程的不同阶段,分为技术制作类、技术应用类和技术认识类三类,并分别提出相应的教学策略。     

Linking to the infosphere: The telecommunications in Primary Science project

This article reports on the Telecommunications in Primary Science (TIPS) project. A central aim of the TIPS project was to explore the feasibility of tackling problems associated with some primary teachers' lack of confidence and competence in the physical sciences through a computer network linking together a small number of schools and a university. In the course of the project, teachers became convinced of the potential of using the Internet in the classroom and also valued the electronic delivery of pedagogical guidance.     

小学科学教师的科学素养结构要素及其具体要求

全民科学素养的高低，是制约社会发展水平的重要因素，而教育是提高全民科学素养的主要途径，小学科学是以培养科学素养为宗旨的科学启蒙课程。小学科学教师自身科学素养的高低，直接影响到人才培养的质量。基于对科学素养基本要素的共识、科学素养概念的弹性以及对小学科学教师的特殊要求，提出“小学科学教师的科学素养结构要素”这一概念，并对结构要素进行界定，对各要素的品质提出具体要求。     

探究素质教育背景下的小学美术教学

小学美术是对小学生进行审美教育的重要学科,并在确保素质教育全面推进过程中发挥着重要的作用。小学美术教学应该以学生为中心,给学生提供更多发展的空间,不断拓宽教学思路,让小学生在学习美术时身心愉悦。因此,小学美术教师应探索摆脱传统教学方式的困扰,使教师适应现代素质教育的要求。     

将创新教育融入美术课堂教学

创新人才的培养需要具有创新素质的教师,教学并非机械、千篇一律地演习教材,而是一种对教材的充分理解。文章以苏教版第一册《圆形》这一单元为例,具体阐述了创新教育融入美术课堂教学的必要性,并在课堂教学阶段、教学方法、创新拓展活动等方面全面优化教学设计,深入革新教学方法,融入创新教育理念。     

多媒体信息技术在小学美术教学中的运用研究

多媒体信息技术在现代教育领域的应用逐渐广泛。教师利用多媒体信息技术,使美术教学元素更加多元、生动、有趣,对学生的美术素养、审美能力以及创造力都有一定程度的改善,美术课堂教学效率也因此得到提高。本文就小学美术教学中多媒体信息技术应用的现状进行分析,并对提高多媒体信息技术运用水平的有效策略进行研究和探讨。     

中小学教育科研:培养专家型教师的沃土

知识经济时代要求中小学教师不仅是一个“教书匠”，而且是一个教育科研的能手，“科研型”、“专家型”教师成为时代的呼唤。中小学教师要充分认识教育科研的重要性，培养教育科研方面的基本素质，掌握教育科研的基本方法，在教育科研这块沃土中取得丰硕的果实。     

Reviews Editorial: Art & Design in the Primary School

Art in the Classroom: A Handbook for Primary Teachers, Pat Southern. Design and Technology in the Primary School: case studies for teachers, Makiya, Hind & Rogers, Margaret. The Handbook for Primary Art in the National Curriculum, John Bowden. Teaching Art at Key Stage 1, Nigel Meager. A Year in the Art of a Primary School, Robert Clement and Elizabeth Tarr. Art in Practice Motivation and development 3–12 years, Margaret Morgan. The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood, Edith Cobb. Experience in Art - Teaching Children to Paint, Nancy R. Smith with Carolee Fucigna, Margaret Kennedy, Lis Lord Foreword by Elliot Eisner. Drawing to Learn, Sedgwick, Dawn and Fred. Designs We Live By, Loeb, H., Slight, P., and Stanley, N. (Eds).     

在"整合"中创新--小学综合艺术课《神秘的地下宫殿》教学及反思

《神秘的地下宫殿》是国家义务教育实验课程综合艺术教材三年级上册第三单元《小小建筑师》中的一课。本单元分为《神秘的地下宫殿》、《瞧这一家子》、《我们有个甜蜜的家》三个课题,以小动物的巢穴为着眼点,了解小动物繁衍生息的生命过程,探究小动物不同的筑巢形式,介绍动物巢穴的结构特点及其给人类生活与艺术带来的影响与启示。在课堂教学中,我尝试在一个电脑实验班将信息技术与综合艺术课程进行整合,探索整合的四个要素(信息技术、学科教学内容、学生和教师)之间的联系,使四个要素的整合符合艺术教学的规律,并且动态地体现在课前准备、…     

Developing Scientific Literacy in a Primary School

The science education literature demonstrates that scientific literacy is generally valued and acknowledged among educators as a desirable student learning outcome. However, what scientific literacy really means in terms of classroom practice and student learning is debatable due to the inherent complexity of the term and varying expectations of what it means for learning outcomes. To date the teacher voice has been noticeably absent from this debate even though the very nature of teacher expertise lies at the heart of the processes which shape students' scientific literacy. The research reported in this paper taps into the expertise of (participating) primary teachers by analyzing the insights and thinking that emerged as they attempted to unravel some of the pedagogical complexities associated with constructing an understanding of scientific literacy in their own classrooms. The research examines the processes and structures within one primary school that were created to provide conditions to allow teachers to explore and build on the range of ideas that presently inform the scientific literacy debate. The research reports these teachers' views and practices that shaped their actions in teaching for scientific literacy.     

论小学科学探究课

小学科学探究课是学生在教师指导下进行观察、提出问题、做出假设、制定计划、实施计划、得出结论和表达、交流并开展评价的科学探究活动。小学科学探究课能培养学生的科学思维能力、科学精神与科学态度，使学生初步习得科学方法，逐步获得对科学本质的理解。     

Critical Enquiry in Art in the Primary School

This article considers how primary teachers might introduce children to critical studies, in the light of an examination of recent developments in art theory, to show how these can inform our approach. It looks at the work of one teacher, Caron Ementon, to show how this relates to contemporary art theory. Thus, practice is contextualised within theory and vice versa. Some procedural principles are suggested which, in responding to developments in art theory, can provide an approach to critical enquiry that is educationally enriching. This approach can enable children to relate to the work of other artists in ways that are appropriate to their own level of development. It also lays the foundations for later learning, in terms of procedural knowledge both for interpreting art works, and, ultimately, for understanding that theory itself. Furthermore, the metacognitive dimension of critical enquiry, implicit both in the theory and the concomitant processes of learning described, opens up rich possibilities for developing critical thinking.     

科研、教研与中小学教师

科研与教研各有特定内涵,二者在范畴、直接目的、思维路线、操作过程和研究成果等方 面存在诸多不同。由于都具有创造性,都把促进学生全面发展作为终极目的,二者又有密切联系。中小学教 师的教研是必需的,也很通俗;中小学教师的科研是高尚的,但要正规。     

Attitudes to Making Art in the Primary School

Recent research suggests that the majority of primary school teachers in the UK believe that the purpose of teaching art and design is to develop skills associated with creativity, communication and expression. This article is based on research into the attitudes held by primary school pupils towards making art. The reflective nature of many of the responses to the survey provides persuasive evidence of young children's capacity for absorbing relatively complex ideas, which in turn has implications for teacher expectations of pupil learning in art and design.     

中学理科教育中的科学人文精神

中学理科教育也具有人文精神的教育功能,在中学理科教育中教师应将科学教育与人文教育有机地结合起来,将人文精神的教育渗透于各科知识的传授过程中.教师在教学中可从科学的发展史和科学家的典型故事、从教材和学科特点、从美育功能入手,培养学生的科学人文精神.