英语课程与教学论研究生批判性思维能力培养的实践研究:学科教学视角

A Practical Research on Fostering Critical Thinking of Postgraduates Majoring in English Curriculum & Teaching Methodology: Perspective of Subject Teaching

批判性思维培养是新世纪研究生教育的重要任务。本文以批判性思维培养的通用能力标准为基础,提出了英语课程与教学论硕士研究生批判性思维培养五维能力体系,结合"英语教学法理论与实践"的课程教学,探讨了如何从教学目标、教学主题内容、授课方式、培养模式与课程考核的学科教学角度开展批判性思维能力培养的实践研究。通过跟踪两届学生的反馈信息表明,从学科教学视角开展批判性思维能力培养的实践研究具有必要性、可行性和有效性。本研究对不同学科课程与教学论研究生教育与教学改革具有参考价值。

Fostering critical thinking is an important task for the general competency standards of critical thinking, this postgraduate education in the new century. Based on paper suggests a five-dimension-competency-standard system of critical thinking for postgraduates majoring in English Curriculum ＆ Teaching Methodology, and discusses the cultivation of those competencies in five aspects ： Teaching goal, teaching content, teaching method, cultivating mode and course assessment in the subject course of English Teaching Methodology： Theory and Practice. Feed- back data from two batches of students show the necessity, feasibility and validity of developing critical thinking competency from the perspective of subject teaching, which may provide reference for professionals in other subjects of curriculum and teaching methodology as how to cultivate students＇ critical thinking competency by involving it into subject teaching.