建构主义理论在外语教学思维活动中的应用

21世纪 ,我国的建设急需一批创新型外语人才 ,而创新个人只有通过创新教育来培养。创新教育的核心内容是思维教育 ,即培养创新人才必须具备三类思维能力 :继承性思维、批判性思维和创造性思维。皮亚杰的建构主义学习理论对思维教育具有指导意义和实用价值。在语言教学过程中 ,导入建构主义理论 ,指导课堂中的各项思维活动 ,可以达到双重目的 :既激活学习者头脑中原有的认知图式 ,促进同化和顺应 ,不断达到认知上的新的平衡 ;又可促使学习者积极思考 ,发展思维能力

On the Application of Constructivism to the Training of Thinking Skills in ELT

st Century requires a number of foreign language talents. Such talents can only be cultivated in innovation oriented education of which the core is to develop students' ability in inheritable thinking, critical thinking and creative thinking. On a brief introduction to Piaget's Constructivism, this paper sees the application of his notions to the training of thinking skills. Based on Piaget's learning theory of Constructivism, the author proposes an input of thinking activities in language learning process, which aims at achieving a twin objective i.e. to help students stimulate schema, promote assimilation and accommodation, seek equilibration and to enable students to think more actively, scientifically and creatively.