美国科学教材FOSS、STC、INSIGHTS比较分析

A Comparative Analysis on U.S.Science Textbooks FOSS,STC,INSIGHTS

FOSS、STC、INSIGHTS是在20世纪80年代末美国新一轮科学课程改革的背景下,在"2061计划"的推动下启动的三项科学课程研究项目,也是当下美国较为流行的三套小学科学课程教材。本文对三套教材的出台背景作简要介绍,并通过对三套教材的课程内容、教学资源、特点等进行对比,透视美国科学教育的特点及整体发展趋势。

FOSS（Fu11 Option Science System）、STC（Science and Technology for Children）、INSIGHTS（An Elementary Hands-On Inquiry Science Curriculum）In the late 1980s,a new round of the U.S.science curriculum reform in the context of the ＂2061 Plan＂ to promote the launch of three science courses under the research project,but also the more popular three current U.S.primary school science curriculum materials,this paper the introduction of background material to make three brief,and through three sets of curriculum materials,teaching resources,characteristics of contrast,perspective of the characteristics of American science education and the overall trend.