Xingzhi Middle School has put "promoting scientific inquiry learning and cultivating creative talents" into the five-year development plan of the school and promoted it as a whole. After years of efforts, the school has formed a perfect promotion and training management network. Headed by President Zhang Buhua and Vice President, there are eight inquiry learning groups, including robot group, invention group, social science group, mathematics group, physics group, chemistry group, biology and environment group and earth and space group. The school also regards teachers' achievements in exploring learning topics as one of the bases for business assessment and professional title evaluation and employment, and has clear reward regulations and measures, and regularly commends and rewards outstanding teachers at the end of each year. Perfect management network and incentive measures ensure the steady development of research-based learning and innovative talent training in schools.
With the strong support of the school, the hardware of each inquiry project is complete, and seven inquiry laboratories have been set up: robot inquiry laboratory, invention inquiry laboratory, physical inquiry laboratory, chemical inquiry laboratory, microorganism and plant tissue culture laboratory, biochemistry and molecular biology laboratory, and environmental and ecological evaluation laboratory. The school has continuously increased its investment in the laboratory and purchased advanced equipment and instruments.
In order to adapt to social development and reflect the spirit of the second-phase curriculum reform, the school has strengthened the construction of basic courses "Science and Technology" and "Labor Technology", fully infiltrated inquiry learning, and continuously broadened the ways to cultivate innovative talents. At the same time, the school also regards elective courses as an effective way to promote inquiry learning and cultivate innovative talents. This year, Xingzhi Middle School has launched 53 elective courses, all of which focus on inquiry learning. The school also encourages teachers to make their own teaching materials in the course construction of independent inquiry.
Every June 165438+ 10, Xingzhi middle school holds the "Campus Culture, Art, Science and Technology Festival", and carries out a series of inquiry learning activities with distinct themes and various forms by combining individuals with classes, which greatly stimulates students' enthusiasm for inquiry learning, and the student participation rate reaches 100%, and a number of innovative students emerge. During the 20 10 Campus Culture and Technology Festival, the school organized the activity of "Collection of Inquiry Learning Topics for Teenagers", and invited Wei Liu, a special teacher in Shanghai, to give a lecture to the teachers and students at school. Under the strong cultural atmosphere, students learned the ways and means of creating inventions and exploring learning in the activities, which set off a strong atmosphere of "I'll try".
At present, the school's scientific and technological community activities are in full swing, and the number of people who create inventions is also expanding. Radio direction finding group, scientific and technological invention group, car module, competition group (golden key, thinking Olympics, etc. ) Under the leadership of Mr. Fu, the innovation and invention research group of the school continued to win many honors for the school this year. The intelligent robot interest group of Professor Yang Rong, the school robot research group, has also become a characteristic science and education community in Xingzhi Middle School, and won many awards in national and municipal robot competitions this year. Students' enthusiasm for inquiry learning has been continuously improved, and the participation rate has reached 100%. More than 90% of students have participated in innovative research projects. Teachers guide students to participate in various scientific and technological innovation competitions, winning international awards and more than 0/000 national, municipal and district awards, especially robot contest, Golden Key Competition, Youth Scientific and Technological Innovation Competition, Tomorrow's Science and Technology Star, Chen Jiageng Youth, etc. Xingzhi Middle School won the "Shanghai Youth Tomorrow Science and Technology Star Contribution Award" for three consecutive years.