Volume 4,Issue 5
A Study on Methods for Cultivating Innovative Thinking in Primary and Secondary School Students
Under the background of the in-depth development of the knowledge economy and intensifying global innovation competition, innovative thinking has become an indispensable core literacy for high-quality talents in the 21st century. This study constructs a three-dimensional cultivation framework covering innovative personality, innovative thinking and innovative practical ability. It summarizes four core cultivation paths: building a psychologically supportive educational environment, applying structured thinking training tools, implementing interdisciplinary project-based learning, and establishing a diversified evaluation system. Targeting the practical dilemmas prevailing in current innovative education, including lagging educational concepts, disconnection of teaching arrangements across schooling stages, and imperfect evaluation mechanisms, this paper puts forward targeted optimization strategies. The strategies involve constructing a staged spiral curriculum system, developing classroom-embedded evaluation tools, and improving the tripartite collaborative education mechanism among schools, families and communities. The research findings can provide theoretical reference and practical paradigms for the standardized and high-quality implementation of innovative thinking cultivation in primary and secondary education.
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