以辩论游戏提升大学生批判性思维能力--以新闻传播学课堂实践为例

辩论教学具有游戏性和可学性,其目标是培养批判性思维。通过比较实验组班级和控制组班级的数据,本研究证实辩论游戏可以改善学生的批判性思维能力,提高学生对学术观点的包容性,给予学生挑战常识的机会,引导学生理性地表达,并重新认识自我,因此辩论游戏课堂体验受到学生欢迎。而教师的课堂把控能力至关重要,只有传授学生“思维的弹性边界”才能使辩论游戏教学策略产生积极的效果。

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Debate Games:A Case Study of Journalism and Communication Courses

Debate-oriented teaching is a combination of game and learning,and its goal is to cultivate critical thinking.By comparing the data of the experimental group and the control group,this study confirms that debate games can improve students'critical thinking skills,increase students′tolerance for academic views,give students opportunities to challenge common sense,guide students to express rationally,and re-understand themselves.Therefore,the debate game classroom experience is welcomed by students.However,the teacher′s classroom control ability is very important.Only by teaching students the“flexible boundary of thinking”can the debate game teaching strategy have a positive effect.