ABSTRACT

General Studies (Sachunterricht) lesson, which includes social and science themes because of its interdisciplinary form, takes place in the curriculum of each class level at primary schools in Germany. The aim of this descriptive case study is to examine how the teaching process of third-grade General Studies lesson is run in terms of learning place, teaching methods and techniques, and materials. The participants of it are six teachers of third grade from three different primary schools. The data were collected through classroom observations and interviews with teachers. While analysing the data, the content and the descriptive analysis methods were used. The results indicate that the teachers use classrooms, corridors, the workshop room, the schoolyards, trip fields and sport fields as learning spaces. Some of the teaching methods and techniques used are learning stations, project, class council, field trips, experiments, cooperative learning and teachers choose various teaching materials, depending on the theme.

摘要

通识教育 (Sachunterricht) 课程因其跨学科形式而包括社会和科学主题，在德国小学的每个班级级别的课程中进行。本描述性案例研究的目的是从学习场所、教学方法和技术以及材料等方面考察三年级常识课的教学过程是如何进行的。参加者是来自三所不同小学的六名三年级教师。这些数据是通过课堂观察和与教师的访谈收集的。在对数据进行分析时，采用了内容分析和描述性分析方法。结果表明，教师使用教室、走廊、工作室、校园、旅行场和运动场作为学习空间。