Applying an Activity Theory Lens to Designing Instruction for Learning About the Structure, Behavior, and Function of a Honeybee System
Applying an Activity Theory Lens to Designing Instruction for Learning About the Structure, Behavior, and Function of a Honeybee System
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10.1080/10508406.2013.856793
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发表时间：
2014-04-03
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3.8
通讯作者：
Danish, Joshua A.
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作者：
Danish, Joshua A.
本文报道了一项研究，其中使用活动理论来设计、实施和分析为期 10 周的课程单元，内容涉及蜜蜂如何采集花蜜，特别关注复杂系统概念。多年制幼儿园和一年级教室的学生 (n = 42) 参加了这项研究，作为他们 10 次常规课堂活动的一部分。课程单元由 4 种具体活动类型组成，每种活动类型旨在让学生关注内容的特定维度： (a) 使用 BeeSign 软件进行探究旨在帮助学生探索个人采蜜行为对整个蜂巢的好处； (b) 传统绘画活动旨在帮助学生了解 15 种蜜蜂的结构； (c) 参与式代表活动，学生在活动中扮演蜜蜂采集花蜜时的行为，旨在帮助学生将蜜蜂的结构与个人行为联系起来； (d) 一个具体的花蜜采集游戏旨在帮助学生认识到为个别蜜蜂寻找花蜜的挑战。测试前和测试后的访谈显示，随着学生从讨论系统的表面结构发展到讨论行为和功能，学生个人的理解发生了转变20。
This article reports on a study in which activity theory was used to design, implement, and analyze a 10-week curriculum unit about how honeybees collect nectar with a particular focus on complex systems concepts. Students (n = 42) in a multi-year kindergarten and 1st-grade classroom participated in this study as part of their 10 regular classroom activity. The curricular unit was composed of 4 specific activity types, each of which was intended to focus students on a particular dimension of the content: (a) Inquiry with BeeSign software was intended to help students explore the benefit of individual nectar-collecting behaviors for the hive as a whole; (b) traditional drawing activities were intended to help students learn the structures of 15 the bees; (c) participatory representation activities, in which students enacted the behavior of the bees as they collect nectar, were intended to help students link bee structures to individual behaviors; and (d) an embodied nectar-gathering game was intended to help the students recognize the challenges of finding nectar for individual bees. Pre- and posttest interviews reveal a shift in individual student understanding 20 as students progressed from discussing the superficial structures of the system to discussing both behaviors and functions.