Overview
Maximizes reader insights into the collision and fusion of traditional Chinese culture and the Western situational learning theory
Provides complete instructions for creating situations in language teaching
Includes case studies that illustrate the real classroom practice of situational literacy, situational reading, and situational writing
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(20 chapters)
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Story of the Beginning: First Steps of Contextualized Learning
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Developmental Necessity: Constructing Contextualized Education
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Absorbing Elements from Traditional Culture and Modern Science
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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The Jiangsu Institute of Situation Education, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
Li Jilin
About the author
Li Jilin is a respected Chinese educator, the founder of Chinese contextualized education, professor emeritus and a special class teacher from Jiangsu Province. She is currently the director of Jiangsu Institute of Situation Education, and a consultant for the “National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan”. She is also a member of the China National Committee of Experts on Teaching Materials.
She started studying and researching children's contextualized learning in 1978. Over more than thirty years, the theory and application evolved from children's first language learning and constructing a contextualized learning paradigm, to a contextualized curriculum and a practical system. Elements of ancient Chinese literary theory are integrated in current educational work, and combined with advanced, modern education theories. She offers a unique educational proposition, which unites the cognition and emotion in finely tuned ways. With Chinese cultural traits and a spirit of the times, it mobilizes children to learn. Li Jilin’s Collected Works were published in 8 volumes in May 2006. She also has published more than 200 papers and led 5 research projects that have won first prizes for National Outstanding Achievements in Education from the Chinese Ministry of Education. In 2011, she was named a national model for educators. In 2014, she won the only special personal award of the First National Award for Teaching Achievement in Basic Education.
She has participated in various academic conferences, such as the International Symposium on Constructivism and Curriculum Reform, the International Forum of Principals, the 2004 International Symposium on the Heritage and Reform of Sukhomlinski's Educational Thoughts. The International Forum on Li Jilin Contextualized Education was held in 2008, which introduced Chinese educators to the world. In 2014, the American National Science Foundation (NSF), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the East China Normal University jointly organized the International Conference on Learning Science, where Li Jilin was invited to make the keynote speech and communicate with learning experts from all around the world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Constructing a Paradigm for Children’s Contextualized Learning
Authors: Li Jilin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55612-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany and Educational Sciences Publishing House 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-55610-8Published: 11 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57244-3Published: 15 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-55612-2Published: 22 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 228
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Curriculum Studies, Educational Psychology