A Preliminary Study on the "Big Idea" Teaching for Outline of Modern Chinese History Course
"Big Idea"teaching is the teaching concept which has important influence in the world, while the research of"Big Idea"teaching in Chinese universities obviously lags behind. The important concepts of"Big Idea"teaching include"Big Idea","Big Ideas"teaching, transfer,"unit", basic issue, and expressive task. Using the Reverse Teaching design concept of American scholars Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe for reference, the"Big Idea"teaching for Outline of Modern Chinese History course is divided into the following three stages. The first stage is to determine the desired results with the"Big Idea"as the core;The second stage is to design expressive task with the aim of evaluating the"Big Idea"transfer capacity;The third stage is to design a learning experience centered on exploring basic issues and completing expressive task. The"Big Idea"teaching adheres to the unity of teachers' leading role and students' subjective role, and guides students to autonomous, cooperative, and inquiry learning, which is conducive to breaking the obvious drawbacks of traditional"one-sided"teaching.
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