Practical Patterns and Optimization Pathways for Classroom Application of the Smart Education of China Platform for Primary and Secondary Education

Abstract

The Smart Education of China platform for primary and secondary education (SECPSE) serves as a crucial support for achieving the digital transformation of classroom teaching. Focusing on the practical efficacy of this platform in empowering classroom teaching, this study employs a mixed-methods approach. It conducts a questionnaire survey involving 69,304 primary and secondary school teachers nationwide, supplemented by an in-depth analysis of teaching behaviors and epistemic networks of 20 typical cases, as well as a grounded theory analysis of 845 demand texts. This comprehensive investigation systematically explores the platform’s application status, typical models, and optimization pathways. The findings reveal that, firstly, teachers exhibit relatively high overall satisfaction with the platform, and its application has preliminarily formed a pattern covering the entire teaching process. Secondly, the application of the SECPSE in classroom teaching primarily manifests in three typical models. The tool-enabled model deeply embeds technology into the teaching process through on-demand utilization of platform resources and tools. The dual-teacher model leverages expert teacher video lectures from the platform to implement collaborative teaching between online experts and offline teachers, effectively expanding the coverage of high-quality resources. The self-directed inquiry model relies on the platform’s learning resources, task-pushing capabilities, and learning analytics to promote students’ autonomous knowledge construction. Thirdly, based on the grounded theory, a model encompassing content, tool, service, and mechanism needs is constructed. Accordingly, targeted optimization strategies are proposed. These include optimizing content supply to build a precise resource ecosystem, upgrading tool functionalities to enhance teaching adaptability, improving service support to establish a full-coverage guarantee system, and innovating mechanism development to stimulate momentum for sustained application. The theoretical model and methodological strategies constructed in this study may provide theoretical support and practical references for the promotion and application of the SECPSE.

Keywords

Smart Education of China platform for primary and secondary education (SECPSE) / classroom teaching application / grounded theory / optimization framework

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