关于中小学科学教育的理念探讨

Discussion on Ideas about Scientific Education in Primary and Middle Schools

本文探讨了中小学科学教育的功能定位,并就如何实现其功能及中小学科学教育的内容和形式进行了论述,认为,中小学科学教育主要的目的不在于教给青少年多少科学知识,而在于如何启迪学生的智慧。为达到这一目的,必须遵循孩子们的发育特点和成长的规律搞好教育;重视学科知识的普适性和综合性;坚持科学教育与社会实践的结合。而对于如何发挥青少年科学教育资源的作用,作者以科技场馆为例,提出科学教育类场馆的建设,不仅要有展品内容建设方案,也要有展示教育方案。

This paper explores what the functions of primary and middle school education are and how to realize those functions, and discusses the contents and forms of science education. The main aim of primary and middle school science education doesn＇t lie in the quantity of knowledge, but in the enlightenment of wisdom. To meet this goal, characteristics and maturity of students＇ physical and mental development should be taken into account, much more attention should be paid to universality and comprehensiveness of diverse disciplinary knowledge, and method of science education connecting with social practice should be stuck to. Taking science and technology museum as case study, the author advises that not only the design of exhibits, but also the educational project of exhibiting is needed for the construction of educational science museums to dramatise the function of science education resources for children and adolescents.