PAD Class-A New Teaching Mode of Online and Offline in China: : A systematic review of the literature

Abstract

With the passage of time and advances in educational technology, Chinese students are increasingly unwilling to accept traditional teaching modes. PAD paradigm is a relatively novel teaching model proposed in the field of education in China in recent years. This paper takes 938 journal literatures about PAD class published from 2014 to June 2018 CNKI which is the acronym of China National Knowledge Infrastructure. It includes China knowledge resource database, digital publishing platform and literature data evaluation. that educational uses of PAD as the research object, combs and studies the literatures about PAD class on Chinese CNKI, and using qualitative and quantitative methods, focusing on four Research Questions (RQ) were reviewed and analyzes and reflects on the distribution of articles published by PAD Class on CNKI, the authors, the characteristics of PAD Class, and the challenges it faces now and in the future. It is found that the number of articles has increased rapidly in recent years, and the research institutions, research topics and research methods are diversified. However, some studies are superficial and lack of depth, and some topics have not been deeply explored. Through analysis, this paper finds out the enlightenment of these studies to future education and teaching. Based on PAD class, it expounds the effectiveness of PAD course in improving students' active learning ability. The research results show that since 2014, with the emergence and application of PAD class paradigm, the biggest advantage of PAD classroom is that it can promote the improvement of classroom efficiency.