【作者】 罗敏；

【导师】 张承平；

【作者基本信息】 中南大学 ， 外国语言学及应用语言学， 2006， 硕士

【摘要】 建构主义学习理论作为认知学习理论的一个重要分支于20世纪80年代逐渐发展流行，其理论认为学习是学生主动积极构建知识的过程，是学习者以自己原有的知识经验为基础，对新信息进行重新认识和编码，建构自己的理解。该理论强调学生的认知主体地位，重视学习过程，有利于培养学生自主学习能力和创新能力。国内外许多教育专家学者多年来努力研究把该理论应用于教学实践活动中，推进教学改革和发展。当前国内高职教育事业蓬勃发展，但高职教育教学理念和教学模式仍主要采用以教师为中心的传统的教学模式，尤其是高职英语教学困难重重，极需打破这种传统的教学模式，提高教学效率。建构主义学习理论虽然早已涉足教育实践活动，但很少问津于高职教育。本研究试图探索运用建构主义学习理论指导高职英语阅读教学。阅读是英语学习的核心部分，是语言输入的重要形式。本研究在建构主义学习理论框架指导下，结合自主学习理论和图式理论，采用实证研究方法，探究这种新的教学模式对高职英语阅读教学的影响和效果。本文作者以所任教的高职院校的两个平行新生班共88人作为研究对象。控制班采用传统的阅读教学方法，即以教师讲授为中心；而实验班采用建构主义教学模式，强调以学生为中心。该实验历时一个学期共20周，根据训练步骤和培养侧重点分为四个阶段：自信心培养阶段、学习策略培养阶段、自主学习能力培养阶段和阅读能力检测阶段。本论文作者通过英语阅读能力测试、问卷调查、学生访谈、教学观察日记相结合来收集数据，并用SPSS进行数据分析来探究新的英语阅读教学方法给学生带来的变化。实验研究结果表明建构主义教学模式具有明显的优势：(1)能满足学生的情感需要，激发学生的自信心，增强学习欲望；(2)有利于培养学生的学习策略，发展各种阅读技巧。(3)训练学生熟练运用现代手段，利用各种学习资源，提高自主学习能力，从而最终提高学生的英语阅读能力。研究还发现，建构主义教学模式可充分发挥学生的主体地位作用，培养学生的合作学习精神，创造轻松和谐的课堂教学环境，推动阅读活动，提高阅读水平。本研究为高职英语阅读教学和研究提供了真实有效的数据，对促进高职英语教学改革具有一定的启示意义。更多还原

【Abstract】 Constructivist learning theory as a branch of cognitive learningtheory has become prevailing in America and Europe since the 1980s.The theory holds the view that learning is not the passive acceptance ofknowledge but an active process in which learners construct their ownmeaning by anchoring new information to preexisting knowledge. Thetheory which puts emphasis on the learners and the learning process canhelp develop the learners’ capacity for autonomy and creativity. Manyeducational experts and scholars home and abroad have been attemptingto apply the theory to the teaching practice and promote educationalreform.Currently vocational college education has been developingincreasingly in China, but its teaching of English is confronted with greatdifficulty which has mainly resulted from the traditional teacher-centredmethod. Though constructivism has already been applied to education fora long time, few researches have been made on vocational collegeeducation. This research is going to discuss how to apply constructivistlearning theory to reforming the teaching of English reading in thevocational college.Reading is the core of English learning and a main form of input.This research, under the guidance of constructivism, learner autonomy and schema theory, seeks to investigate the effect and efficiency of thenew teaching approach on English reading competence. The author chose88 freshmen in two classes as participants from the vocational collegewhere the author works. One class was the control group which wastaught in a relatively traditional way, that is, the teaching was focused onthe explanation of the reading materials and language points; the otherwas the experimental group which was instructed in constructivistapproach in which students were trained to construct their own meaningin the learning process. The experiment covered a period of twenty weekswhich was divided into four stages for different purposes: developingself-confidence, training learning strategies, cultivating capacity forautonomy and testing reading competence. By using reading tests,questionnaires, interviewing with students, teaching journals, the authoracquired substantial data and analyzed them by running SPSS.The study has showed that constructivist approach has obviousadvantages in the following aspects: (1) to meet students’ need for affect,to activate their confidence and to encourage their desire for reading; (2)to help develop learning strategies and reading skills; (3) to promotestudents to utilize modem technology and make full use of learningresources to develop their capacity for autonomy. With these qualities, thestudents have improved their reading competence. Meanwhile, the studyhas found that the new approach can activate the students’ learning roles, develop their cooperative spirit, create harmonious learning environmentsand help them read more.The findings in this study reveal that it is feasible and beneficial forEnglish teacher to apply constructivist approach to the teaching ofreading. Meanwhile, this study provides reliable data for readinginstruction and research, and also provides a complete picture ofvocational college students’ mentality and performance in Englishreading. The study has great positive significance to the future teaching ofEnglish reading.更多还原