From November 24 to 25, the third project-based learning achievement exhibition and evaluation activity in Yantian District with the theme of "Beautiful Yantian" was held at Yantian District Foreign Language School . The activities are carried out simultaneously online and offline. At the meeting, the Yantian District Academy of Education and Science released the first batch of Yantian District project-based learning fine cases and invited well-known education experts from all over the country to comment on the "Beautiful Yantian" project-based learning achievements cases.
Li Tiancai, director of Yantian District Education and Science Academy, introduced the background and implementation of the "Beautiful Yantian" project-based learning activities. Project-based learning is of great significance to promoting educational and teaching innovation, improving school teaching ecology, and realizing in-depth changes in learning methods. In recent years, Yantian District has vigorously promoted project-based learning. The District Institute of Education Science has successively formulated and issued multiple reform and innovation documents such as the "Yantian District Education Quality Improvement Action Plan (2017-2019)", "Guidelines for the Overall Promotion of the "Classroom Revolution" by Yantian District Education Bureau", "Let Learning Really Take Away - Yantian District's Learning Method Change Action Plan for Future Education-oriented Education (White Paper)", and "Yantian District Project-based Learning 2.0 Construction Plan Based on Curriculum Reconstruction", which has greatly promoted the transformation of regional teaching and learning methods and promoted the improvement of regional education quality.
"Beautiful Yantian" project-based learning activity has been successfully held for two consecutive sessions, with a total of 34 results released. In this event, a total of 35 projects from 31 school-running units participated in the evaluation, which is the most popular in previous sessions. All public primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the district have project exhibitions and evaluations, becoming the widest coverage of exhibitions and evaluation activities, achieving full coverage of project-based learning.
Sun Xiaokui, Secretary-General of the Maker Education Research Center of the "China Education Informatization" magazine of the Ministry of Education, and Director of the China Region of the International StarT Project, delivered a speech through online videos. In his speech, he said that Yantian District's project-based learning and interdisciplinary education rank a leading position in the country and is the first region in the country to conduct interdisciplinary education research and practice with projects.
Dr. Huang Zhihong, deputy director of the Basic Education Research Office of Guangdong Provincial Institute of Education, sent blessings to the exhibition and evaluation activities through online videos. In her speech, she affirmed the exploration and results of project-based learning in Yantian District and highly praised the highlights and characteristics of project-based learning in Yantian District.
Pan Haihui, deputy secretary of the Education Working Committee of Yantian District Committee and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, pointed out in his speech that Yantian District has 7 projects won international StarT-related awards, including 2 global gold medals, 4 global top ten, and 1 special honorary award from the organizing committee. These achievements are important achievements made by schools in actively promoting changes in learning methods, especially in the context of promoting STEM education and project-based learning.
The third "Beautiful Yantian" project-based learning achievements exhibition and evaluation activity is not only a concentrated display of phased results of Yantian District's vigorous promotion of learning methods in recent years, but also a concrete action by the District Education and Science Academy to promote the implementation of learning methods. We hope that through the holding of the "Beautiful Yantian" project-based learning exhibition and evaluation activities, we will fully explore the ecological culture, marine culture, , 日本 culture and historical culture of Yantian, enhance our sense of identity with the Beautiful Yantian, expand the influence of the Beautiful Yantian, and allow Yantian's project-based learning to continue to go to the whole country and the world. At the opening ceremony of
, the Yantian District Institute of Education and Science awarded the first batch of project-based learning boutique case honorary titles to projects that have achieved outstanding results in the international StarT project exhibition and evaluation activities in recent years, and used this to inspire Yantian District to develop towards curriculum, boutique and systematization, and jointly create a project-based learning boutique case resource library belonging to Yantian District.
Yantian District Yunhai School's "Library Protection Plan", Yantian District Yangang Primary School "A preliminary study on the silt control of Yantian River", Yunhai School's "Wutong Mountain Spring Water Protection Plan", Donghe Branch of Yantian District Foreign Language Primary School "Discussion on Shatoujiao River", Donghe Branch of Yantian District Foreign Language Primary School "Discussion on the Secrets of the Roots of Mangroves", Yantian District Education and Science Kindergarten "Jewelry Designer", Yantian District Foreign Language Primary School "Enhanced the Safety of Yihaicheng Amusement Facilities" and other seven projects were rated as the first batch of project-based learning boutique cases.
During the event exhibition and evaluation session on the morning of the 24th, seven schools (kindergartens) from Yantian District first appeared to showcase their respective project-based learning results. After the exhibition, Professor Dong Yan and Director Wu Dandan, on behalf of the expert group, commented on the projects displayed by each school (kindergarten).
Experts said that in this activity, each project team chose real problems, used real situations to generate real learning, enter real life, cross disciplines, and practice, bringing situational learning to students and driving sustainable learning and exploration. Each project allows children to actively construct learning, make full use of experimental tools and modeling tools, and how to appreciate, show and create beauty in life. Project-based learning also fully reflects children's learning in diverse interactions, and shows the beautiful scenery of Yantian through diversified methods. Each project also allows students to solve problems around them and experience the social role of an actor, from acting as a small master of society to gradually becoming a future master of society.
With the release of the new curriculum standards in 2022, project-based learning has become a research hotspot that the education community has paid attention to in recent years, and has also become the direction of exploration for many domestic education peers. Yantian District Teaching and Research Institute began to explore project-based learning in 2016, and began to focus on building the "Beautiful Yantian" project-based learning brand characteristics from 2020, using project-based learning as an innovation point and breakthrough point in education and teaching reform, so that learning can happen more realistically, echoing the national " double reduction " policy requirements and the needs of top talents to cultivate, so that beautiful Yantian has a promising future.
[Written by] Ye Shuping
[Component] Chen Shangbao Yao Yifeng
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[Source] Southern Media Group Southern + Client
