Application of the“Life-Practice”Educational Concept in Primary School Mathematics Teaching
YU Ximei
(Xingzhi Primary Schodl, Wuhan 430030)
Abstract: This study explores the application of Tao Xingzhi's"Life-Practice”educational philosophy-comprising“Life as Education”“Society as School”and the “Integration of Teaching, Leaming, and Doing”-in primary school mathematics teaching, establishing the practical paradigm of “Tao-style Mathematics”, It roots mathematical knowledge in students’daily lives through authenticscenario design, breaking classroom boundaries to achieve the life-oriented contextualization and socialization of knowledge acquisition and application. Core implementationinvolves life-oriented curriculum design to transform abstract concepts into concrete problems, diversified activity design to enhance engagement and deep inquiry,interdisciplinary integration to solve authentic tasks, and the implementation of teaching-learning-doing integration emphasizing practical operation driving cognition. The reform significantly enhances students’practical application abilities, innovative thinking, and learning attitudes, while fundamentally transforming teachers from knowledgetransmitters into learning designers and situational facilitators. It also profoundly restructures the curriculum system towards life-relevant content, socially extended implementation beyond the classroom, and an integrated structure blurring disciplinaryboundaries. Providing an actionable, locally-rooted approach grounded in Chinese educational philosophy, this study facilitates a shift in primary mathematics education from knowledge-centered to student-centered,competency-oriented learning, substantiating Tao Xingzhi's assertion that authentic education must be deeply rooted in life and dedicated to serving practical needs.
Keywords: Integration of Teaching; Learing and Doing; Life-Oriented Curriculum; Diversified Teaching Activities; InterdisciplinaryIntegration
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