This book contains the research of Innovative Education Informatization conducted by researchers from School of Educational Technology, Beijing Normal University since early 1990s. There are three main parts of the book. The first part is about six pillars supporting the theory of Innovative Education Informatization with Chinese Characteristics. Six theories are: 1) Theory of Creative Thinking, 2) New Constructivism, 3) Theory of In-depth Integration of Information Technology and Subjects Teaching, 4) New Theory of Teaching Design, 5) Theory of Children’s Thinking Development, and 6) Language Sense Theory. The second part pays attention to advocating maker education system with Chinese characteristics. The third part focuses on Chinese-style flipped classroom. The book will have profound impact on education informatization.
Part I. Theory of Innovative Education Informatization with Chinese
Characteristics Supported by Six Pillars.
Chapter
1. Foundation Theory of
Training Creative TalentsTheory of Creative Thinking.
Chapter
2. Support
for Integration of Information Technology and Subject Teaching: New
Constructivism.
Chapter
3. Theory of Integration of Information Technology
and Subjects Teaching in Curriculum.
Chapter
4. A New Theory of Teaching
Design for Integration of Information Technology and Subjects Teaching.-
Chapter
5. An Innovative Teaching Theory Supporting Mother Tongue Teaching
Qualitythe New Theory of Childrens Thinking Development.
Chapter
6. An
Innovative Teaching Theory Supporting Foreign Language Teaching
QualityLanguage Sense Theory (the New Theory on Childrens Language
Development).- Part II. Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Informatization of
Innovative Education with Chinese Characteristics: Advocate and Implement
Maker Education System with Chinese Characteristics.
Chapter
7. The Reason
for Advocating Maker Education with Chinese Characteristics.
Chapter
8.
Implementing Maker Education with Chinese Characteristics.
Chapter
9. Deep
Learning in Maker Education with Chinese Characteristics.- Part III.
Chinese-style Flipped Classroom Widely Applied in China.
Chapter
10. Why
Chinese-Style Flipped Classroom.
Chapter
11. Essential Features of Flipped
Classroom from Perspectives of China.
Chapter
12. Implementation of
Chinese-Style Flipped Classroom and Relevant Cases.
Kekang He (1937-2021) was a professor at Beijing Normal University and the first doctoral supervisor in the field of educational technology in China. He served as the Director of Modern Educational Technology Research Institute of Beijing Normal University. For many years, Professor He and his research team havd been engaged in the fields of education informatization engineering, primary and secondary school teaching reform experiment, and education innovation theory. At the same time, he had explored innovation education theory in the Internet era, gradually creating a new educational theory based on creative thinking theory, information technology and curriculum integration theory, childrens thinking development theory, language sense theory (a new theory on childrens language development), and constructivist teaching design theory.