Deep Active Learning: An Inevitable Choice for Literacy-oriented Education Reform in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Under the background of the advent of artificial intelligence, the intensification of the Sino-US game, and the imminent national rejuvenation, the mission of education must point to the cultivation of top-notch innovative talents. Moral cultivation of people, literacy orientation has become the core of educational reform, China's education is undergoing rapid changes, the traditional seat middle school, listening middle school, practice middle school, remember middle school is being done middle school, replaced by middle school, creation middle school, enlightenment middle school, which is an inevitable choice for cultivating innovative talents in practice. The essence of the three learning methods advocated by the new curriculum is "deep active learning", the so-called deep active learning, the essence of which is that the brain independently constructs mental models and cognitive models about the external world. Deep active learning is an educational concept and method that aims to cultivate students' self-directed learning ability and higher-order thinking ability. It emphasizes students' active participation and independent inquiry, focusing on cultivating students' creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and teamwork.

Deep active learning encourages students to actively explore knowledge through observation, questioning, practice and reflection, starting from practical problems. Teachers play the role of guides and guides, providing students with appropriate resources and environments to help them build their understanding and ability to apply knowledge.

Deep active learning focuses on cultivating students' core competencies, including critical thinking, innovative thinking, communication and collaboration skills, information acquisition and processing skills, etc. It emphasizes the development of autonomy, responsibility and creativity in students, making them lifelong learners with independent thinking and problem-solving skills.

In short, deep active learning is an educational concept and method aimed at cultivating students' independent learning ability and higher-order thinking ability. It encourages students to discover knowledge from problems, construct their own learning experience through practice and reflection, and cultivate students' creativity and problem-solving skills. It refers to the process of inspiring and guiding students to actively explore, think and construct knowledge, so that knowledge, skills and thinking are generated and developed from students' own cognitive processes. This philosophy is based on the following theoretical grounds:

1. Based on constructivist theory:

Constructivism sees learning as a process in which individuals actively construct new knowledge and understanding, rather than passively being indoctrinated by teachers. Deep active learning emphasizes students' active participation and active exploration in the learning process, and constructs knowledge through self-discovery, problem solving, and cooperative communication.

2. Based on cognitive psychology theory:

Cognitive psychology studies human thinking processes and information processing mechanisms, and puts forward concepts such as "constructive learning" and "situational learning". Deep active learning advocates the creation of meaningful situations and tasks to promote students' deep thinking, information processing, and meaning-building.

3. Based on social interaction theory:

Social interaction theory holds that humans are social animals that co-construct knowledge by interacting with others. Deep active learning focuses on cooperative learning, discussion and interaction, and develops students' cooperative spirit, communication skills and critical thinking in small groups or teams.

4. Based on deep learning theory:

Deep learning theory refers to a teaching method based on cognitive science and constructivist learning theory. It emphasizes students' active participation and deep thinking in the learning process, promoting lasting learning by establishing deep connections of knowledge. Here are a few key takeaways from deep learning theory:

Active participation: Deep learning theory holds that students should be the leaders of their own learning process, not just passively accept knowledge. They should actively participate in problem solving, exploration, and discovery, and build new knowledge from it.

Deep thinking: Deep learning emphasizes the importance of thinking and reflecting. Students think deeply about what they have learned through activities such as asking questions, analyzing information, evaluating evidence, and forming opinions.

- Connection construction: Deep learning encourages the connection and integration of new knowledge with existing knowledge. This connection can be achieved through comparison, classification, induction, deduction, etc., to help students better understand and apply what they have learned.

- Persistent learning: Deep learning pursues persistent learning effects, and students are able to maintain their understanding and ability to apply what they have learned even after the course is over. This requires teachers to design challenging and relevant tasks to stimulate students' interest and motivation.

- Social interaction: Deep learning theory states that learning is a social activity that promotes deep learning by collaborating, discussing, and sharing ideas with others. Teachers should encourage cooperation and interaction among students to create a positive learning environment.

The practice of deep active learning includes the following aspects:

1. Create meaningful learning situations: authentic, challenging, thinking, practical learning.

Teachers can design inspiring questions, simulations, case studies, etc., to create challenging and realistic learning situations to stimulate students' interest and curiosity, and guide them to actively explore and solve problems.

2. Provide guiding guidance: problem-based, task-based, project-based, and scaffold-based learning.

Teachers play the role of facilitators and facilitators in the learning process, guiding students to think and explore through questions, prompts, demonstrations, etc. Teachers should focus on heuristic teaching, encouraging students to ask questions, provide diverse solutions, and give appropriate feedback.

3. Emphasize cooperation and interaction: socialization, dialogue, sharing, and output learning.

Emphasize cooperation and interaction between students, and cultivate students' teamwork spirit and social skills through group discussions, cooperative projects, etc. At the same time, positive interaction between students and teachers is encouraged to establish a good teacher-student relationship.

4. Guided self-directed learning: it is active, creative, reflective, metacognitive learning.

Emphasizing the development of students' self-directed learning ability, teachers should provide appropriate learning resources and tools, and guide students on how to use these resources effectively for learning. At the same time, students are encouraged to formulate learning goals, plan the learning process, and reflect on their own learning effects to cultivate students' metacognitive learning ability.

5. Pay attention to comprehensive evaluation: it is process, performance, development and comprehensive evaluation.

Pay attention to the evaluation of students' all-round development, not only on the degree of knowledge mastery, but also on the evaluation of thinking ability, problem-solving ability and cooperation spirit. Teachers can use a variety of evaluation methods, such as project evaluation, performance evaluation, etc., to fully understand the development of students.

Through the concept and practice of deep active learning, students' initiative, creativity and critical thinking ability can be stimulated, their self-directed learning ability and cooperation spirit can be cultivated, so that knowledge, skills and thinking can be generated and developed from within students. This type of education helps to cultivate human resources with lifelong learning ability and adaptation to the needs of future society.