This forum was provided with academic support by the major project of the "14th Five-Year Plan", namely "Research on the Construction of Primary and Secondary School Textbooks from the Perspective of National Knowledge Management", in ECNU ICI, a key research base for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education and the project is hosted by Professor Chen Shuangye. This forum is not only a grand event for academic exchanges, but also an in-depth exploration of the development trends of education, and an innovative attempt to jointly promote teaching material theory and construction mechanisms. This forum attracted nearly 300 participants and was reported by more than ten well-known domestic media.
Opening Ceremony
Speech by professor Han Zhen, a member of National committee of Teaching Materials
The opening ceremony of this forum was held on the morning of the 18th. Professor Han Zhen, a member of the National Teaching Materials Committee, delivered a speech. He mentioned that the General Secretary emphasized that the construction of teaching materials should closely focus on the fundamental task of nurturing morality and fostering talent, adhering to the correct political direction, carry forward fine traditions, promoting reform and innovation, carefully creating high-quality teaching materials that make greater new contributions to cultivating socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and labor development and to building an educational power. He believes that in the digital age, the form of knowledge has derived a third form based on the empirical form and the principled knowledge of the industrialization era, that is, overlapping knowledge based on digital intelligence technology. It is hoped that this forum can provide the professional wisdom and contribution of education scholars to the exploration of new forms of teaching materials in the context of new changes in knowledge forms.
Speech by Professor Cui Yunhuo, ICI Director
Professor Cui Yunhuo, ICI Director, delivered a speech on behalf of the forum organizers. While expressing his sincere welcome to all guests, he emphasized that in the age of digital intelligence, technology-empowered education has become an irreversible trend. Through the in-depth study of this forum, experts from academia and industry will jointly review the current status of teaching material construction, explore future development directions, jointly promote the construction of a teaching material system with Chinese characteristics and world standards, and better provide solid support for building teaching materials for cultivating new people in the era who are responsible for national rejuvenation. The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by ICI Professor Wu Gangping.
The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by ICI Professor Wu Gangping.
Keynote Reports
This forum specially invited 12 experts to deliver keynote reports on the topic of teaching material construction and knowledge management in the digital intelligence era, and put forward their own new insights and new thinking. ICI Professors, Zhou Yong, Zhou Wenye, Zhang Wei and An Guiqing are the moderators of the keynote report and Professor Chen Shuangye gave a concluding speech on the keynote report.
ICI Professors, Zhou Yong(upper left), Zhou Wenye(upper right), Zhang Wei(left bottom) and An Guiqing(right bottom) are the moderators of the keynote report
Theme One. Exploration of theories of knowledge and teaching materials in age of digital intelligence.
Report by Deng Zongyi, professor of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society
Deng Zongyi, professor of curriculum and pedagogy at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, delivered a report titled "Core Competencies, Curriculum Outlines and Teaching Materials - Inspiration from German Didaktik " at this forum. Professor Deng first introduced the different international ways of incorporating 21st century core competencies into the national curriculum, and specifically analyzed how Singapore integrates these competencies into its national curriculum. He expressed doubts about discourse on competencies promoted by the OECD and criticized the basic assumptions that Singapore incorporate 21st century competencies into the national curriculum framework. Based on German Didaktik, Professor Deng proposed a new way of thinking about 21st century abilities and explored possible ways to incorporate these abilities into the national curriculum. Professor Deng’s report not only provides important inspiration for the construction of teaching materials in the digital intelligence era, but also provides a new perspective for the development of international education theory and teaching material research.
Report by Professor Fan Lianghuo, Distinguished Professor of the School of Mathematical Sciences at East China Normal University
Professor Fan Lianghuo, Distinguished Professor of the School of Mathematical Sciences at East China Normal University and Director of the Asian Mathematics Education Center, delivered a report at the forum entitled "Improving the paradigm of teaching material research and enhancing the scientific level of teaching material research." Professor Fan pointed out that although the importance of textbooks in teaching various disciplines has been widely recognized, research on teaching materials has not been regarded as an independent academic field in general for a long time. In the report, Professor Fan reviewed and examined the development of textbook research in the past ten years from the perspective of academic research, especially from the perspective of methodology, and shared his understanding of the issues and challenges in this research field. The report focuses on international teaching materials research and mathematics textbook research, but also pays due attention to domestic textbook research and general (including other disciplines) textbook research.
Report by ICI professor Chen Shuangye
ICI professor Chen Shuangye delivered a report titled "Research on Knowledge Order, National Knowledge Management and Teaching Materials in the Digital Intelligence Era" at this forum. Professor Chen made an in-depth analysis of the new challenges that generative artificial intelligence technology brings to knowledge production and order in the current digital era. She pointed out that the rapid development of this technology will greatly break the distinction between traditional domain knowledge and common sense general knowledge, and will have a profound impact on the supply, composition, distribution and order of world knowledge. Professor Chen emphasized that in this context, teaching materials, as product of the pre-industrial era, are facing a huge impact on the underlying logic of their construction. She proposed that it is necessary to transform from "known" to "ignorant", from critical "official knowledge" to transformed and constructed "national knowledge", and to rethink the construction of teaching materials in the digital intelligence era with national knowledge management as the logical starting point. At the same time, teaching materials research also needs to introduce more macro and multidisciplinary perspectives to establish theoretical confidence. Professor Chen’s report provides a new perspective and thinking for understanding the transformation and innovation of teaching materials in the era of digital intelligence, and provides forward-looking guidance for the future direction of teaching material research.
Theme Two Preparation and Presentation of Teaching Materials in the Age of Digital Intelligence
Report by Duan Yushan, professor at the School of Geographic Sciences at East China Normal University
Duan Yushan, a professor at the School of Geographic Sciences at East China Normal University, delivered a report titled "Digital Expression of Moral Education Elements in Geography Textbooks" at the forum. Professor Duan emphasized that moral education, that is, the education of morality, plays a key role in the educational task of “cultivating people with moral integrity”. He emphasized the importance of geography in national education and pointed out that geography textbooks play a unique role in cultivating students' patriotism, patriotic sentiment, and international perspective. Professor Duan pointed out that the "Integration of Moral Education in Colleges, Middle Schools and Primary Schools" project divides the goals of moral education in middle schools into four aspects: political identity, national awareness, cultural self-confidence and personality development. In the report, he demonstrated how to use frequency statistics and text analysis methods to quantitatively evaluate the realization of these four moral education goals in middle and high school geography textbooks, and applied algorithm models for digital expression.
Report by ICI professor Gao Desheng
ICI professor Gao Desheng launched a discussion on the genre selection of primary school moral and rule of law textbooks. His report was titled "Narrative or Reasoning? - Stylistic Choices for Primary School Teaching Materials of Morality and Law." Professor Gao pointed out that for a long time, the style of moral education textbooks has been mainly based on argumentation and reasoning. This "collective unconscious" style choice may have limited the effectiveness of the teaching materials. In the development of primary school ethics and rule of law textbooks, they tried to introduce narrative style and achieved good results, although they also faced many doubts and challenges. Professor Gao emphasized that stylistic choice should not be based solely on unconsciousness or adult preference, but should be determined based on the nature of moral education and the characteristics of children's moral learning. What he advocates is a choice of textbook style that focuses on narrative and supplements with reasoning.
Report by Xia Xuemei, deputy director of the Institute of General Education of Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences
Xia Xuemei, deputy director of the Institute of General Education of Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, presented a report titled "Analysis of Literacy-Oriented Science Teaching Materials: A Comparison and Evaluation Framework to Support Teaching Materials Development." Deputy Director Xia pointed out that teaching materials serve as an important intermediary for transforming literacy into practice, supporting and guiding teachers’ practical activities. She reviewed the main directions of scientific textbook analysis research in the past two decades, including difficulty analysis, content analysis and analysis based on specific theoretical frameworks, and pointed out that these methods have limitations in guiding literacy-oriented teaching material preparation. She proposed building a comparison and evaluation framework for science textbooks to effectively absorb international experience, support the transformation of core competencies into teaching material tasks, and provide important support for China to establish a think tank system of teaching materials.
Theme Three Exploration of an Ology of Teaching Materials in the Age of Digital Intelligence
Report by Professor Fok Ping-kwan, former director of Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong
Professor Fok Ping-kwan, former director of Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong, gave a report titled "Construction of Hong Kong's Digital Textbook System in the Digital Intelligence Era". Professor Fok discussed the development and transformation of digital textbooks in Hong Kong’s education system since the mainland proposed digital intelligent education in 2022. He emphasized the major changes that traditional paper textbooks are undergoing, among which textbooks in the form of digitalization, visualization, virtual reality and other forms have become new trends. Professor Fok pointed out that the development of electronic textbooks in Hong Kong is entering a new era of openness, interaction and diversification, which not only realizes the dream of adapting to the needs of individual students, but also brings challenges in improving the quality of electronic textbooks. His report cited five research reports and evaluation data, analyzed the current situation of promoting e-textbook policies, support measures, and e-learning applications in Hong Kong, discussed the challenges faced by the development and teaching application of e-textbooks, and emphasized the importance of challenges brought by digital intelligent education to electronic textbooks and daily teaching.
Report by Chen Youfang, deputy dean and professor of the Institute of Science, Technology and Society of South China Normal University
Chen Youfang, deputy dean and professor of the Institute of Science, Technology and Society of South China Normal University, discussed the importance of building an independent theoretical system of teaching material science in China in his report "Teaching Material Science in China's Independent Knowledge System". Professor Chen emphasized our country's unique national conditions and teaching material advantages, and proposed the necessity of changing the dependence on Western teaching material research and building an independent theoretical system of teaching material science. He pointed out that China can contribute its own major theoretical perspectives and academic language to issues such as the generation, transformation, and condensation of teaching materials. He proposed that in order to build an independent knowledge system for teaching materials, we should adopt a multi-disciplinary research approach that looks at the big picture from the micro.
Report by Professor Yu Hongliang, Director of the Journal Editorial Office of the People's Education Press
Professor Yu Hongliang, Director of the Journal Editorial Office of the People's Education Press, discussed the importance of theoretically examining teaching material science from the perspective of academic science in his report "Further Discussion on Constructive Teaching Material Science: Analysis Based on the Study of Disciplines". He pointed out that the study of disciplines that takes "subject matters" as its research object, has a profound impact on the discipline rules, nature and construction direction of the study of teaching materials. From the perspective of subject history and subject ecology, the report analyzed the origin, development process and disciplinary nature of teaching materials, emphasizing that the study of teaching materials is a supporting discipline, a composite discipline that integrates multiple disciplines, and a synthetic discipline that emphasizes both theory and practice. It is also proposed that the construction of teaching material science needs to comply with the laws of subject development, activate the internal driving force of the subject, and improve the external environmental mechanism of the subject.
Theme Four Cognition and Learning of Teaching Materials in the Age of Digital Intelligence
Report by Li Hongxiu, professor of the Department of Education of Tianjin Normal University
In his report "Understanding and Implementation of Digital Textbooks", Li Hongxiu, professor of the Department of Education of Tianjin Normal University, deeply discussed how digital technology promotes changes in textbook presentation methods and reconstructs textbook understanding in the context of the digital transformation of education. From the perspective of philosophical hermeneutics, Professor Li examined the process of understanding digital textbooks and pointed out the challenges existing in the current understanding of digital textbooks, including the lack of understanding subjectivity caused by the delocalization of knowledge production, rigid understanding due to the misalignment of the temporal order of textbook organization, and disordered understanding process resulted from insufficient teaching regulations in textbooks. In order to overcome these challenges, Professor Li proposed that the realization of understanding digital textbook needs to focus on the subject of understanding and promote the historical construction of digital textbooks; at the same time, it should be based on educational logic to promote the construction of legitimacy of digital textbooks and reforms of understanding digital textbooks.
Report byWang Xiaoming, associate professor of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University
Wang Xiaoming, associate professor of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University, gave a report titled "Textbook Illustration Design from the Perspective of Cognitive Load Theory: Current Situation, Problems and Suggestions". Based on cognitive load theory, Professor Wang discussed the impact of textbook illustration design on learners’ understanding. He pointed out that pictures and text are different representations of learning content, and it should be convenient for learners to establish meaningful connections between the two. His research used text analysis methods to analyze the design of illustrations in textbooks for major junior high school subjects. The findings showed that most illustrations were relevant to the text content and used methods supported by cognitive load research to facilitate students in making meaningful connections between illustrations and text. Professor Wang put forward suggestions for improving the illustration design of teaching materials, emphasizing the importance of illustration design in promoting student learning.
Report by Wang Zhe, associate professor of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University
Wang Zhe, associate professor of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University, gave a report titled "Empirical Research Pathways for Textbook Illustrations: Type, Sequence and Emotion." In his report, Professor Wang discussed the importance of textbook illustrations in the field of multimedia learning, and adopted theoretically driven, scientifically designed and data-oriented experimental methods to conduct a study on how illustrations impact text comprehension from three dimensions of illustration type, sequence and emotion. Research results show that using both explanatory and decorative pictures in learning seems to be more helpful in improving the accuracy of learning judgments than using one type of picture alone. At the same time, the decorative pictures that appeared in the test phase still had an adverse effect on learning. However, providing effective prompt cues could compensate for it to a certain extent. In addition, the emotional direction and arousal degree of the image in emotional design have a significant interactive effect on the learning effect. Professor Wang's research provides deep insights into teaching material illustration design and explores how to more effectively apply multimedia principles to design teaching materials.
Concluding Remark by Chen Shuangye, president of 21th Shanghai Curriculum Forum Committee
Sub Forums
On November 19, the three sub-venues of this forum focused on "Basic Theory of Teaching Materials Construction in the Digital Intelligence Era", "Multidisciplinary Methods of Teaching Materials Research in the Digital Intelligence Era" and "Key Mechanisms for Implementing National Rights in Teaching Materials Construction in the Digital Intelligence Era". ICI Associate professors, Yang Xiaozhe, Liu Junyan and Shi Yuchen, served as the moderators of the branch sessions respectively. More than 20 teaching material researchers and educators from all over the country discussed theoretical innovation, practical approaches, national knowledge management and teaching material media in the construction of teaching materials in the era of digital intelligence. Participants jointly paid attention to the development trend of teaching materials in the digital intelligence era, the innovation of teaching material content, and the deepening of teaching material research from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Sub Forum 1-2
The sub-forum with the theme of "Basic Theory and Multidisciplinary Methods of Teaching Materials Construction in the Digital Intelligence Era" was chaired by Associate Professor Yang Xiaozhe. This sub-forum focused on the construction logic, content and approach of high-quality teaching material systems, as well as aesthetic-oriented basic education. Important issues such as textbook content construction.
Sub Forum 3-4
The third and fourth sub-forums focused on "the key mechanisms for implementing national authority in the construction of teaching materials in the digital intelligence era and the national knowledge management mechanism and the construction of high-quality teaching materials in the digital intelligence era", chaired by Associate Professor Liu Junyan. During the meeting, participants analyzed what could and can be done with institutionalizing digital textbooks based on the experiences of Japan and South Korea’s policy, and reviewed the practice of digital textbook construction in primary and secondary schools in the era of digital intelligence. They also analyzed the inspiration from South Africa's digital exercises on the construction of teaching materials in the digital intelligence era in our country.
Sub forum 5-6
The sub-forum with the theme of “Experience and Value of High-Quality Teaching Materials Construction” was chaired by Associate Professor Shi Yuchen. The sub-forum not only discussed the importance of critical thinking in the era of digital intelligence, but also analyzed the knowledge that allows individuals to establish meaningful connections with disciplines from the perspective of students, and discussed "what knowledge is the most valuable in the era of digital intelligence".
Session for Graduate Students
This forum also has a special session for graduate students, hosted by Liu Xin, a doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Institute. The sub-forum is themed "International Comparison of Teaching Materials Construction in the Digital Intelligence Era" and is divided into two modules: practical reflection and round table forum. The report in the first module mainly discussed and shared international experience and local wisdom in the construction of teaching materials, involving issues such as national identity, ecological discourse, and digital applications. In the subsequent round table forum, the master and doctoral students shared their thoughts in the field of teaching material construction research.
In addition, the "Global Education Outlook" round table forum chaired by Professor An Guiqing of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction invited more than 20 experts to actively participate. In the round table forum, participating scholars discussed in depth the international experience and local experience in teaching material construction. They jointly explored the future direction of education development in the digital intelligence era.
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