以学生思辨能力培养为导向的美国历史文化课程教学研究

Research on Cultivating Critical Thinking for English Majors Through the Introduction to American History Course

美国历史文化作为一门英语专业内容依托课程,在融合"内容.语言"的教学过程中应加强对学生思辨能力的培养。立足内容依托教学理念的特点和优势,美国历史文化课程应从教学内容的选择、教学方法的改进和教学评估的改革着手,构建以"开放性学习""三思型教学""互动式评价"为核心的教学模式来加强学生思辨能力的培养。实证研究发现,这种内容依托教学模式有助于激发学生的学习兴趣,并促进其思辨能力的发展。

Based on psychological and educational theories,this paper attempts to probe into the unique traits and merits of CBI courses,and discuss at length how the course of ＂Introduction to American History＂ can help to develop students＇ critical thinking by encouraging open-end study,taking thinking-oriented teaching approach and adopting dynamic assessment.The relevant empirical researches showed that the new teaching approach could help to arouse students＇ learning interest and to improve their critical thinking.