Observation And Support Of Middle Class Children’s Symbolic Representation Ability ——Take Construction Game "Plan" As An Example

In recent years,with the continuous innovation of educational ideas,the domestic educational idea of "taking children as the foundation" has been recognized and advocated more and more.The research on the development law of children’s Noumenon must be explored by educators,which will become the theoretical basis for the implementation of all educational means.This study focuses on the development of children’s symbolic representation ability,exploring the characteristics and development rules of symbolic representation of middle class children.As an explicit expression of ontology learning,children’s records can intuitively present the path of children’s cognitive development.It is a "window" for teachers to understand them.Researchers try to "witness" the general law of children’s thinking development through the observation of children’s symbolic representation,and try to explore some possible educational strategies to support children’s recording ability.Researcher selected 32 middle class children in a kindergarten as the research object,observed their symbolic representation for four months.During this time,researcher collected hundreds of construction plans of middle class children,and used work analysis method,interview method,observation method,experimental method and case-study method,exploring the basic types,characteristics,development rules and influencing factors of symbolic representation in the construction plan.In addition,the researchers also randomly divided all subjects into experimental group and control group,and the experimental group of children for a variety of forms of guidance intervention,sorting out the supporting strategies to promote the symbolic representation ability of middle class children,for preschool educators to promote the application in work practice.The research concluded that: 1.The symbolic representation of middle class children in the construction plan can be divided into three types: Random Representation,Concrete Representation and Graphic Representation.2.in the natural state,most of the middle class children are randomly represented.After four months of independent learning without teacher’s guidance,they can transition to the Concrete representation by themselves,but they can’t achieve the Graphic representation.3.Under the guidance of the teacher,middle class children can basically turn from Random Representation to Concrete Representation,and even18% of the Graphic Representation.4.In the construction games,teachers can effectively improve the symbolic representation level of middle class children through a variety of supporting strategies,such as number design,block design,proposition design,speech incentive,replay design,error correction game and so on.