International Educational Research

Integrated Teaching Design of Junior High School "Parallelograms" Unit Based on UbD Theory

Liu Shuo — 2025-03-04

The "Mathematics Curriculum Standards for Compulsory Education (2022 Edition)" require "teachers to conduct overall teaching design for each unit to promote students' understanding of knowledge". The teaching design using UbD method, through three stages of "determining expected results", "seeking evaluation evidence", and "designing learning activities", can enable students to achieve true understanding and overcome the drawbacks of traditional education such as "indoctrination teaching" and "isolated teaching activities". Firstly, propose the design basis for the overall unit teaching design based on UbD theory; Secondly, conduct a textbook analysis of the "parallelogram" unit in middle school mathematics published by People's Education Press in terms of "textbook content" and "core content"; Again, based on the UbD theory, a unit based overall teaching design for "parallelogram" is carried out, and the first lesson of the first section, "Properties of Parallelograms", is taken as an example for lesson teaching design; Finally, reflect on the teaching design of the "parallelogram" unit based on UbD theory.

Research on the Construction of Project-Based Curriculum System for Applied Undergraduate Education under the Background of Industry-Education Integration

Pengteng Huang — 2025-03-06

With the transformation and upgrading of China's economic structure, the demand for high-quality applied talents in society is becoming increasingly urgent. However, the traditional undergraduate education model is difficult to meet the needs of the industry, and the reform of education and teaching is urgent. Taking Guangdong University of Technology as an example, this paper focuses on the construction of project-based curriculum system for applied undergraduate education under the background of industry-education integration, systematically analyzes the existing problems of the current curriculum system, and proposes a curriculum reform plan oriented by market demand, based on work process logic and students' cognitive laws. The research aims to improve students' practical and innovative abilities and promote the transformation of education and teaching models through theoretical construction, school-enterprise cooperation, resource matching and evaluation system optimization. The results show that the construction of project-based curriculum system can effectively promote the organic connection of education chain, talent chain and industry chain, and provide reference for the reform of applied undergraduate colleges.

The Power of Humor: Its Impact on Cognitive Load and Affective Filtering in EFL Learning

Chunyan Peng — 2025-03-07

In the context of globalization, the effectiveness of teaching and learning in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom has a direct impact on the development of students’ language proficiency. While traditional teaching methods have been criticized for inadequately addressing learners’ Cognitive Load (CL) and Affective Filtering (AF) in the learning process, this research examines the impact of humor discourse strategies on modulating these dual dimensions within EFL learning contexts. Through systematic experimental design and data analysis, it was found that humor discourse strategies can effectively reduce students’ CL and improve learning efficiency, while reducing AF on the emotional level and enhancing students’ classroom engagement and motivation. This finding provides new perspectives and methods for EFL teaching, which has important practical significance and application value. The findings not only enrich the theoretical research on the application of humor in the field of pedagogy, but also provide actionable strategic suggestions for teachers in practical teaching.