Core Literacy Research Articles

Carrying Out Training Courses in Creative Graphic Design based on Design Thinking and Problem-based Learning to Increase Students’ Creative Thinking Abilities

Background and aim: This study focuses on the influence of creative graphic design training courses based on design thinking and problem-based learning on the cultivation of the creative thinking ability of Chinese art students, expands the breadth and depth of research on students' core literacy, and contributes to the development of students' all-round ability. The purpose of this study was to compare the students’ creative thinking ability before and after learning through the creative graphic training course based on design thinking and problem-based learning. Materials and methods: In this experimental study, 30 students of art majors from Xi’an University were investigated. This study used a scoring rubric of creative thinking ability given to students before and after learning through a creative graphic design training course based on design thinking and problem-based learning. Data were collected and analyzed by means, standard deviation, and t-test for the dependent sample. Results: From the study, it was found that: The mean scores of pretests of students’ creative thinking ability were 35.13, SD was 2.76, and the mean scores of post-tests were 41.53, SD was 2.83. The finding after implementing a creative graphic design training course based on design thinking and problem-based learning, post-test scores of students’ creative thinking ability were greater than pretest scores at 0.01 level of statistical significance (t=20.21, p=0.001). The average scores of this study developed increasingly higher than the pretest. The effect size of Cohen’s in this study was 3.70 it was considered to be a large effect of implementing creative graphic design training courses based on design thinking and problem-based learning on students’ creative thinking ability. Conclusion: The developed creative graphic design training course based on design thinking and problem-based learning has a significant effect on enhancing the creative thinking ability of art major students in college.

The impact of smart classrooms on the core literacy of college English learners and the relationship between core literacy and learning outcomes: Evidence from China

College English major students are taken as the subjects of evaluation, applying learning analysis technology based on learning behaviour data sets and traditional evaluation and comprehensively using the analytic hierarchy process for index weighting and evaluation practice to construct a comprehensive evaluation index system for the core literacy of college English major students. Secondly, this study deeply examines the impact of smart classrooms on the core literacy of college English learners. By applying different regression models, including Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), fixed effects model, and dynamic lagged fixed effects regression, the research results consistently show that the smart English teaching model significantly improves the core literacy of college students. The regression coefficients of all models are between 0.2150 and 0.2818, and they are robust and reliable at a significance level of 1%. In addition, the study explores the role of academic resources as a mediating variable and finds that smart English classrooms improve students' English core literacy by increasing academic resources. Academic resources are confirmed to mediate the positive impact of smart English classrooms on students' English core literacy, producing a mediating effect of 30.78%. Using deep neural networks, this study further explores the complex relationship between core literacy and learning outcomes. Therefore, as an innovative teaching model, the application potential of smart English classrooms in improving students' English core literacy is significant.

Research on the Application of New Media Technology in College Physics Teaching

Physics is a basic subject with a high degree of abstraction, and it is an indispensable and important course for science and engineering majors in universities. College physics teaching is mainly concentrated in the classroom, yet, in the limited teaching time, students find it difficult to fully understand the relevant teaching content, which not only affects their follow-up study but also greatly hits the student’s confidence in physics learning, thus, college physics teaching reform is imperative. This paper will briefly explain the relevant concepts of new media technology, then analyze the advantages of its application in college physics teaching, and finally explore the application strategies of new media technology in college physics teaching. This aims to improve the effect and quality of classroom teaching, improve students’ physics learning ability and level, and enhance the core literacy of disciplines by integrating new media technology into college physics teaching, as well as to lay a solid foundation for the study of professional knowledge.

Analysis of the Construction of Core Literacy of Students in Vocational Undergraduate Education

Vocational undergraduate education has evolved from its initial stages to a full-scale implementation, achieving historic milestones along the way. However, its appeal still lags significantly behind that of general education. The development of students’ core competencies in vocational undergraduate education faces several challenges, including the need for improvements in top-level design, a stronger focus on connotation development, and an upgraded linkage mechanism. To address these issues, it is suggested to refine the top-level design, enhance internal motivation, and build a robust vocational education ecosystem.

Research on the Cultivation of Aesthetics among Art Students under the New Era Background

Through understanding the history and current situation of aesthetic education in China, this paper explains some misunderstandings in the aesthetics of contemporary university art students, such as the insufficiency of aesthetic value and ability, as well as the inadequacy of students’ creativity due to traditional art education. It is also pointed out that the cultivation of core literacy of art students is a multidimensional and comprehensive process, and these problems need to be solved by schools, teachers, and students, so as to strengthen the inner aesthetic education of students and improve their aesthetic awareness and ability. Aesthetic education is not only an important part of the art classroom but also a key part of fostering students’ all-round development and enhancing their humanistic literacy. It is necessary to cultivate students’ observation, imagination, image-thinking ability, and creativity, so that they can become artistic talents with independent thinking and innovation.

Innovative Design and Practical Exploration of Junior Middle School English Unit Teaching Under the Guidance of New Curriculum Standards

This paper aims to explore the innovative design and practice of junior middle school English unit teaching under the background of new curriculum standards. Under the guidance of the new curriculum standards, the establishment of unit teaching objectives should be guided by core literacy, focusing on cultivating students' ability and quality of doing things in English, and improving their language ability, cultural awareness, thinking quality and learning ability in the process of problem solving. When designing the unit teaching content, we should take the big concepts as the core, refine and focus on these big concepts according to the teaching objectives, and build the logical structure and timing structure of the teaching content around them, so as to effectively promote students' understanding of the big concepts. When arranging the unit teaching process, English practice should be taken as the path, and practical English teaching process should be built through project-oriented, task-based and activity-based design methods, so that students can achieve comprehensive improvement of core literacy in the complete English practice process.

On the Integration of "Teaching, Learning and Evaluation" from the Perspective of Core Literacy and its Construction Paths

In the curriculum standards for various subjects in compulsory education issued in April 2022, it is advocated that the "teaching, learning, and evaluation" be integrated, and teachers are required to transform their educational approach and pay attention to the educational function of evaluation. The integration of "teaching, learning and evaluation" is not only the basic requirement of the new curriculum scheme, but also an important path to deepen the reform of basic education curriculum teaching, but also an important measure to develop students' core quality and implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and people. However, from the current teaching practice, there are still many problems in the integration process of "teaching, learning and evaluation". This study makes a specific analysis of this, and tries to put forward the strategy of constructing the integration of "teaching, learning and evaluation", explore the effective path to promote teaching, so that the integration of "teaching, learning and evaluation" can be implemented.

Design and Application of “STEM+” 6E Teaching Mode in Information Technology Teaching

The concept of “STEM+” integrates art, humanistic literacy, and social values in the traditional STEM education concept, advocates cross-disciplinary integration, and aims to cultivate compound talents equipped to tackle future challenges. In 2022, the Ministry of Education issued the “Compulsory Education Information Technology Curriculum (2022 Edition),” emphasizing the core literacy of information science and technology and the integration of interdisciplinary disciplines, and encouraging the teaching mode suitable for discipline characteristics. The 6E teaching mode is a student-centered teaching strategy characterized by active exploration and cross-disciplinary integration. This article innovatively designed the “STEM+” 6E teaching mode, which is applied to junior high school information technology teaching, which can better achieve core literacy teaching goals.

Research on the Implementation Strategy and Path of Teaching-Learning-Evaluation Consistency in Junior Middle School Subjects under the Core Literacy

Guided by the core literacy, it is of great significance to study the integration strategy of teaching-learning-evaluation in junior middle school English. The purpose of this study is to improve the English learning effectiveness and the core literacy of junior middle school students through three levels of teaching, learning and evaluation. However, some problems and challenges appear in the implementation process. In this regard, teachers need to conduct in-depth research, adopt effective teaching methods, and realize the integration of teachinglearning-evaluation , so as to improve the core quality of students and lay a good foundation for their future development.

Diversified Teaching Practice of High School Music Appreciation Course under the Background of Core Literacy

In order to deeply implement the requirements of the new curriculum standards and cultivate the core competencies of high school students in music, this article is based on the background of core competencies and explores the practical path of diversified teaching in high school music appreciation classes. The application of diversified teaching methods is conducive to improving the effectiveness of cultivating students core competencies in high school music appreciation courses. By adopting different teaching strategies, the teaching content of music appreciation courses can be further enriched, which is conducive to meeting the learning needs of different students.

The Practice of Discourse-based English Reading Teaching in High School from the Perspective of English Learning Activities — Taking the Unit Theme "Launching Your Career" as an Example

The paper outlines the meaning and significance of the English Learning Activity View and analyses the concept of writing teaching based on the English learning activity view. Take Summer Camp Helpers Wanted, a writing board in the selective compulsory for Launching Your Career of the Public Version of High School English (2019 Edition) as an example, explore how to implement the English learning activity view in high school English writing teaching, that is, to introduce the topic before writing to stimulate the students' interest in writing; to cultivate the students' higher-order thinking during writing;and to cultivate the students’ ability to evaluate each other in high school from the perspective of English learning activities. It is argued that teachers should actively establish correct teaching concepts and optimize the teaching design by applying the English Learning Activity View to effectively improve students’ language proficiency, thinking ability, cultural awareness and learning ability, thus improving students’ core literacy of English.

Practical Strategies of “Soldiers Leading Soldiers” Mode in Primary School Teaching in Suburban Areas

With the promotion of curriculum reform, China’s basic education is moving from the era of “knowledge” to the era of “core literacy.” In the face of this teaching reform, teachers should focus on the main body of education and teaching-students, let students become the master of the classroom, and let the core literacy really land. The “soldiers leading soldiers” mode is a teaching method carried out given the large number of students with learning difficulties in class and the backward quality of class teaching. Through “soldiers teaching soldiers” and “soldiers training soldiers,” students’ mutual assistance can be achieved and the overall improvement of class teaching quality can be promoted. It extends from classroom to after-school, giving full play to the enthusiasm of students of different ability levels. This paper carries out practical research on primary school teaching by studying the organizational structure and evaluation mode of the “soldiers leading soldiers” mode.

A Practitioner’s Guide to the Illinois Comprehensive Literacy Plan, and Implications for the Advanced, Accelerated, High Potential, and Gifted Literacy Learner

This is the first of a two-part series that will support an understanding of the Illinois Comprehensive Literacy Plan (ICLP) and its use in districts and schools with an asset-based mindset of flexibility and local autonomy. The ICLP was crafted and designed as a core literacy initiative. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), with support and input from educators across the state, used the outline and guidelines of Illinois Public Act 103-0402, including directives that support the differentiation of literacy instruction in a no one-size-fits-all philosophy of literacy instruction. After an overview that includes highlights of the ICLP, the instructional focus for this series will be on how the population of advanced, accelerated, high potential, or gifted literacy learners, who are present in all demographics and economic strata, have a home in the ILCP through the Goals, Values, and Seven Competencies of Literacy.

Adolescent core literacy cultivation and institutional framework development

The core literacy of adolescents is the starting point and the ultimate goal of education, serving as a touchstone for assessing the quality of talent and the level of education, and also as a guiding compass for the development, reform, and construction of education. Countries around the world attach great importance to the core literacy of adolescents, showing characteristics of macro cognitive consistency, diversified element selection, and specific operational aspects. To achieve the goals of core literacy for our country's adolescents, it is necessary to influence the attitudes, concepts, behavioral habits, and interactive relationships of participants and stakeholders in the educational process, including the government, schools, enterprises, families, and students. It is also necessary to improve the literacy monitoring mechanism, reform the educational examination system, transform the educational evaluation methods, improve the employer's employment orientation, optimize the social education environment, innovate the educational supply mode, and strive to build a modern educational system to create a good atmosphere for enhancing the core literacy of adolescents.

An Exploration of Spoken English Strategies in Secondary Vocational Schools from the Perspective of Core Literacy

The core literacy of student development is an important content of promoting education reform and has an important effect on adapting the strategy of developing English talents in the future in our country. The cultivation of English core literacy depends on the innovation of teaching methods, the improvement of teachers' professional ability and the application of information technology, which is integrated into the training of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. At present, the emphasis of English teaching is mainly placed on reading and writing, ignoring the cultivation of students' oral English, and students' awareness of oral communication is very weak, which is not conducive to the comprehensive development of students' core English literacy. English teachers should start from the concept of core literacy, develop targeted oral learning strategies for students, broaden the learning channels for students, and promote the improvement of students' oral English ability. This paper analyzes the present situation of oral English teaching and discusses the strategies to improve the oral English of secondary vocational students under the concept of core literacy.

Building an evaluation index system of musical collaborative capacity for China’s compulsory music education: Using a combined Delphi method and Analytic Hierarchy Process approach

The latest version of China’s National Compulsory Education Curriculum Programme and Standards 2022 (hereafter CECPS 2022) emphasises the cultivation of students’ collaborative capacities, mentioning ‘ carrying out the core literacy effectively’. From the perspective of music education, this study summarises the requirements for collaborative activities in compulsory courses of the music discipline within CECPS 2022 in the light of Social Interdependence Theory, and builds an Evaluation Index System of Collaborative Capacity (hereafter EISMCC) by employing the Delphi method and an Analytic Hierarchy Process approach. After 3 rounds of expert consultations and revisions, it was found that EISMCC in compulsory music education is comprised of 3 first-level indices, 7 second-level indices and 20 third-level indices. The index framework and the results of the weight distribution with reliable quality reflect the experts’ emphasis on the process, goal orientation and synergistic interaction of collaborative activities in music learning. The whole system considers people’s general understanding of collaborative capacity, the calls within CECPS 2022 for collaborative music activities, and the practical demands of music teaching in compulsory education. This study provides a theoretical basis, a design process paradigm, practical guidance and a valid tool for the evaluation of collaborative capacity in compulsory education.

Research on a New Model of Cultivating Creative Thinking in the Language Discipline Based on ChatGPT--Taking Project-based Learning of Senior Secondary Language as an Example

This paper This paper discusses a new model of cultivating creative thinking in the language discipline based on ChatGPT, aiming to provide new ideas and methods for language teaching reform. ChatGPT, an advanced natural language processing technology with powerful language comprehension and generation capabilities, provides new means and methods for language teaching. The study presents a case study of the teaching practice of the new model of creative thinking cultivation in language discipline based on ChatGPT through the casestudy method, which provides guidance for the further improvement and optimization of the new model. The model takes ChatGPT as the core, combines the characteristics of language teaching and students' needs, and designs teaching processes and activities suitable for cultivating students' creative thinking. The study emphasizes the importance of changing teaching concepts when using the Humanistic Version of the senior secondary language textbook, as well as incorporating practical language activities to improve students' core literacy through personalized participation and practice.

Research on Teaching Reform of Integrating "Ideological and Political Curriculum" to Cultivate English Core Literacy of Vocational School Students

With the increasing development of the world economy and culture, we have gradually formed the concept of "ideological and political curriculum", which has put forward higher requirements for the cultivation of vocational education talents. As a crucial foundational discipline, English plays an irreplaceable role in students' future growth and development. In vocational English teaching, teachers should carefully study the connotation of the core competencies of the English subject in vocational schools, cleverly integrate ideological and political education into English teaching content, and continuously optimize teaching methods, in order to effectively strengthen students' English subject literacy, and lead students to comprehensive development.

Analysis of the Impact of Physical Education and Health Courses on the Cultivation of College Students’ Core Literacy in Colleges and Universities

Analysis of the Impact of Physical Education and Health Courses on the Cultivation of College Students’ Core Literacy in Colleges and Universities

Assessment of Core Literacy Cultivation Level of Physical Education and Health Curriculum under the Concept of OBE

Assessment of Core Literacy Cultivation Level of Physical Education and Health Curriculum under the Concept of OBE