解读社会研究中的探究性学习——新加坡中学教师对“问题调查”的理解初探

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Peidong Yang
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摘要

摘要探究式学习正成为一种被广泛认可和使用的教学方法。然而,现有的研究主要集中在科学教育中的探究性学习,而忽视了社会研究等领域。在新加坡,当一个名为“问题调查”(II)的组成部分被引入2016年的义务中学教学大纲时,SS的探究性学习得到了推动。鉴于这一介绍的时间较晚,实证研究存在空白。针对这两个研究空白,本文提出了新加坡中学SS教师与II相关的观点和经验的初步研究的定性结果。基于对教师代理以及教师在中介课程和教学中所起作用的认识,本文重点探讨了教师如何在新加坡背景下解读SS中探究性学习的本质。研究结果表明,教师大致持有两种II概念:一些人认为它旨在本着参与公民的精神,为社会问题制定切实可行的解决方案;其他人则将其视为培养批判性和分析性思维的社会科学探究过程。此外,还简要讨论了教师在实施和颁布第二章时遇到的挑战及其应对策略。
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Interpreting inquiry learning in social studies: Singapore secondary school teachers’ understandings of “Issue Investigation”—a preliminary study
ABSTRACT Inquiry-based learning is becoming a widely recognized and used pedagogical approach. However, existing research has largely focused on inquiry learning in science education, neglecting fields such as social studies (SS). In Singapore, inquiry learning in SS received an impetus when a component called “Issue Investigation” (II) was introduced into the compulsory secondary school syllabus of 2016. Given the recency of this introduction, there has been a lacuna of empirical research. Addressing both these research gaps, this paper presents qualitative findings from a preliminary study of Singapore secondary school SS teachers’ perspectives and experiences relating to II. Building on a recognition of teacher agency and of the role teachers play in mediating curriculum and teaching/learning, this paper focuses on how teachers interpret the nature of inquiry learning in SS in the Singapore context. Findings suggest that teachers held broadly two conceptions of II: some saw it as aimed towards working out practical solutions to societal issues in the spirit of participative citizenship; others treated it akin to a social science inquiry process that fostered critical and analytical thinking. In addition, the challenges teachers encountered in implementing and enacting II, and their coping strategies are also briefly discussed.
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