The Concept, Characteristics and Achievements of Science and Technology Education in Southwest Middle Schools in Yu Wei

Reflecting on the carrier and mode of science and technology education in the past ten years, the school's science and technology education has also experienced a series of processes such as the scale of interest groups and the diversification of interest projects. Such as: thinking Olympics, ship model, airplane model, hot air balloon, photography, video, editing, origami, robot, chess, bridge, computer, painting, medical first aid, chemistry in life, plant cloning, magic, water rocket, etc. The content, scope and form of science and technology education are vivid. However, after summing up the experience of science and technology education for ten years, reflecting on the characteristics of school science and technology education and thinking about the future development needs of students, the school put forward the concept of science and technology education based on robots, and achieved good results in practice. In the past two years, we have constantly reflected and summarized the teaching practice of robots, especially adjusted and practiced the curriculum, teaching objects, teaching equipment, teaching objectives and teaching evaluation. At present, we have formed an effective teaching mode that meets the characteristics of students.

With intelligent robots as the leader, research-based learning as the main body and interest groups as the basis, the mode of science and technology education has begun to take shape in this school. The participation rate of students is increasing year by year, and the importance of science and technology education (nature, status and function) is rooted in all teachers and students. Years of science and technology education can be reflected in the following aspects.

1) the leader of science and technology education

-Intelligent Robot Education Series.

Combined with the characteristics of the school and parents' expectations, the popularization of proofreaders' scientific and technological skills is based on the development and utilization of intelligent robots. In the process of learning, students not only use their hands and brains, but also play an introductory role in computer language programming, which lays the foundation for students to further their studies and cultivates their interest. The school strictly follows the principle of gradual popularization of intelligent robots, and an effective model has begun to take shape in the school.

Stimulation of interest: Preparatory students take the form of elective courses, students voluntarily sign up to participate, adopt Lego products, assemble in the form of building blocks, and program in the form of graphic connection, which is very suitable for the characteristics of preparatory students. Judging from the participation of students, the number of participants has increased year by year, reaching 40 last year and 109 this year.

Popularization of skills: in the form of compulsory courses for the first grade of junior high school, the popularization effect is achieved, and the single chip microcomputer is used as the carrier to play a popularization role through students' welding assembly, downloading programs, self-programming and standard assessment.

Research improvement: In view of the intelligent robot enthusiasts emerging in the first two items, the school selects activists from the students in Grade Two, Grade Three, Grade One and Grade Two, and organizes them to conduct research and creative development by forming interest groups. The research group is divided into four categories: Lego group (group 7), single chip microcomputer group (group 2), ability storm group (group 2) and future star group (group 2).

2) The main body of science and technology education

-Research-oriented Extended Learning

Combined with the requirements of the second phase of curriculum reform, the school attaches great importance to the implementation of research-based learning, and specially arranges a deputy director to be in charge. There is a special plan, which is fully rolled out in the second grade, first grade and second grade and incorporated into the class plan. The method adopted is as follows.

Theoretical learning stage: taking the class as a unit, the tutor will give guidance, learn research methods, how to choose topics, collect data, make plans, investigate, experiment and write papers. This work usually lasts for one semester.

The stage of establishing subjects: group discussion, selecting subjects, collecting information, determining subjects, and determining tutors according to the subjects involved.

Research stage: the tutor is responsible for guidance, and the students conduct experimental research and collect data.

Conclusion stage: the tutor is responsible for guiding and writing students' papers.

The Foundation of Science and Technology Education —— Interest Groups

Students' interest in science and technology lies in the stimulation of interest. Therefore, the school's interest groups are carried out in all disciplines to cultivate its various talents. In the implementation process, students' interest in science and technology is no less than their interest in subject knowledge. At present, the school's interest group has become a unique science and engineering group, and various disciplines are blooming. There are more than 30 interest groups in the form of elective courses in junior high school and senior high school every year, with science and technology 15 ~ 65433. More than 50%, there are five interest groups set up in their spare time, Lego, single chip microcomputer, ability storm, future star and computer network group. Over the years, the school's science and technology education has been combined with all aspects, popularization and improvement, and activities and competitions, especially intelligent robots, which have laid the foundation for the school's science and technology education to build plateaus and peaks. The production and programming of intelligent robots have been popularized in schools, and the student participation rate has reached more than 80%. At the same time, a group of activists emerged and participated in various competitions in the district, city and country, and achieved excellent results.

In the process of science and technology education, a number of outstanding science and technology instructors like Mr. Ye Xinjian have emerged. After eight years' efforts, the first extracurricular tutoring class for robots was established in 2000. Today's robot class is gone, replaced by Southwest Vocational Education Robot Society, which has the title of excellent club in Xuhui District and is well-known in Shanghai. Driven by the robot course, the school is thriving, and a large number of small science and technology stars have been trained, with numerous achievements and numerous awards. In 2006, Southwest Vocational Education Science and Technology Team won 6 national science and technology competitions, 26 municipal prizes and 4 district prizes. Incomplete statistics show that there are more than 60 winners. In 2007, it won 3 international science and technology competitions, including national 1, municipal1,and district-level 2. The number of winners is not completely estimated at 30. What's more, among the stars, there are stars such as Feng Siyuan, Xue, Li Jing and Gong, who won the titles of "Tomorrow's Science and Technology Star" and "Science and Technology Hope Star" from the first to the fourth Shanghai Youth respectively.