Today, I will tell you about the curriculum design and lessons of spark thinking. What is the course of Spark Thinking, which was established only one year ago?
Curriculum design:
The course system of Spark Thinking is divided into six stages, corresponding to L 1- small class, L2- middle class, L3- large class, L4- senior one, L5- senior two and L6- senior three respectively:
What parents need to pay attention to here is that in the early stage of Spark Thinking, only middle classes, large classes and Grade One courses are launched, mainly for children in the transitional stage. Although the quality has matured after several months of polishing, the time is still too short compared with those institutions that have conducted research and experiments on the course for several years.
Moreover, the small classes and courses in the second and third grades were launched only after the recent internal test, and the quality was even more uncertain. Therefore, parents can wait and see for a while if they want to apply for small classes and courses in grade two or three.
In order to attract children's attention, its courseware runs through the whole course in the form of animated scenes and game interaction, with three small animals: white rabbit, red monkey and squirrel. Small animals appear in a dynamic form, jumping from time to time, waving their hands and moving their ears, which can attract children's attention and even I, an adult, find it very interesting. However, for younger children, too lively animation content in the formal teaching process is likely to distract children's attention in class.
In the difficulty design of the course, Spark fully considered the children's acceptance ability, which I still appreciate. For example, there is a section about lines and columns in their kindergarten class. Teachers mainly teach children how to know rows and columns. After the teacher explains, he will use three small games in turn, such as shooting balloons, fishing small fish and playing football, to let the children gradually deepen their impression of the ranks, so as to accurately find out which line and which column the small animals want.
However, spark thinking is taught at a fixed time every week, so it is not very friendly to many parents who want to spend their time freely and choose online classes. However, their course time is divided according to age groups. It only takes 25 minutes for small classes, 30 minutes for middle classes, 35 minutes for large classes, and 40 minutes for senior one to senior three. I still like this. A 40-to 50-minute course in a similar institution is more suitable for children of the corresponding age.
Classroom experience:
Spark thinking is a live online broadcast of small class teaching, and a teacher takes 4-6 children. Before class, the teacher will introduce himself first, then cut the pictures to each child in turn and let the children introduce themselves one by one. This piece allows children to see each other and get familiar with each other.
Having said that, I have to mention two kinds of class modes of spark thinking. One is that the teacher can see and hear all the children, but the children can only see themselves and the teacher. In this mode, children are not easily disturbed by classmates, but they also lack the atmosphere of peer learning.
Another mode is to see everyone at the same time and hear the voices of teachers and classmates. If students have good self-discipline, if there are naughty children, it will greatly affect the class effect. In particular, they are still fixed companions in class. After a long time, children can't learn anything at all.
But they give me a particularly good feeling in the interaction between teachers and children, and they are more interested in children. For example, in the class of "playing many amusement parks", the teacher will ask the children whether they have been to amusement parks and what small animals they have when they enter the class. Take children's favorite amusement park as an example to stimulate children's interest in class.
Besides, there will be interaction in class. The teacher will ask each child to answer questions, and the children who perform well in the task will send out little stars to encourage them. Children who don't do well or don't do well will also give individual guidance, but relatively speaking, this takes up the time of other children who do well, which is also the shortcoming of 1 many-to-many mode.
Luo Jian, the founder of Spark, said that they hope that students can share his answers with other children in class in a student-centered way, and tell his thinking process, so that he can embody the knowledge points and abilities he has just learned through practice and interaction.
The original intention is very good, but at present, the interaction between teachers and children is relatively high, but the interaction between peers is not very ideal.
After the course is over, some institutions will carefully explain their children's lessons to parents through course review, and make analysis and feedback. But teachers with spark thinking will not review the course with their parents, and it will be over when it is time to end. Parents who want to know the effect of their children's class can only view the effect through the video recorded in class and analyze and summarize it by themselves.
To tell the truth, the school time of spark thinking is relatively short. Although it is interesting and the children like it, they like it. In the long run, whether it can bring substantial help to children remains to be tested by time.
Therefore, parents should report classes rationally and don't go with the flow.