Learning Community Construction And Application Of The Analysis Of Network-based Inter-school Theme

This study focus on exploring learning community technology basing on three theories--learning community, Legitimate Peripheral Participation(ab. LPP) and Cognitive Apprenticeship . The corresponding application using this technology has been carried out to solve the problem of "understanding complex concepts". Complex concepts possess characters of practice, diversity and integration, so students need experiences such as taking part in social activities, doing experiment, communicating for grasping them completely. While traditional teaching can't reach the goal, learning community provides new possibilities to solve the problem, grasping the complex concept, which had not been solved in the traditional instructional practice.In Lave's theory, the fundamental character of learning is the process to Legitimate Peripheral Participation into the community of practice. Combining the learning forms of classroom teaching, integrative study, web-based collaborative study and the GBS instructional design method, the author develops a web-based thematic learning community technology, which construct the "classroom-practice-internet" learning tactics step by step. Firstly, by solving simple problem in classroom, students get in touch with the thematic concept and know the basic meaning; then, by thematic practical activities they explore in nature and social life and go through the method and process which expert usually use in special field; at last, basing on the first two steps, students locating in different areas and possessing different background knowledge communicate with each other on internet where field experts are invited to participate the discuss to help students understanding the implication of complex concept completely. The whole learning process embodies the rules of the LPP theory on the one hand, on the other hand, it integrates learning contents, real activities and information technology by focus tasks of the complex concepts.Using the learning community technology, the author constructed a learning model of thematic learning community on internet among middle schools. Then choosing several complex concepts-air temperature, light shadow, light pollution from middle school physics book as learning topic, the author carried out two turns of action research in several middle school class in different areas. The main procedures of the actions are: 1) the practice of concept-being process by thematic learning in classroom;2) the practice of concept-acquiring process by thematic practical activities; 3) the practice of concept-constructing process by web-based interschool collaborative learning. After the action research, by qualitative and quantitative analysis, the author testified the hypotheses: (1) The web-based interschool thematic learning community can promote students reach the goal to understand gradually the complex concept completely. (2) The model of thematic integrative study in subject can cultivate the integrative abilities of learning attitude, problem-solving abilities, cooperative skills, information techniques, etc.