美国《科学教育框架》的特点及启示

On the Characteristics of《A Framework for K-12 Science Education》 in the United States and Its Implication

《科学教育框架》提出了新阶段美国科学教育的发展愿景,反映出美国人才培养方案的新动向,在对科学的理解上,实现从"探究"到"实践"的跨越,在科学教育方面,体现从"科学与技术"到"科学、技术与工程"的整合,在学科教育内容方面,体现从科学"概念"到学科核心思想的提升。推进我国中小学科学教育,应提高中小学科学课程地位、重视中小学科学教育在人才培养系统中的启蒙性和基础性作用;注重中小学科学课程的统整性、综合性与实践性,适应社会发展需求;充分重视科学教育研究及其成果运用。

《A Framework for K-12 Science Education》 released by the National Research Council has proposed the new vision of the science education in the U. S. of the new stage, which has reflected the new tendency of the scheme of talent cultivation of the U.S. as follows ： as for the understanding of science, the key points have been transformed from ＂exploration＇! to ＂practice＂; as for the realm of science education, the domains have been transformed from ＂science and technology＂ to the integration of ＂science, technology and engineering＂, as for the contents of disciplinary education, the key issues have been transformed from the concept of science to the core thoughts of discipline. To carry forward science education of primary and secondary schools in China, we should promote the status of the curricula of primary and secondary science education; pay attention to the enlightenment and fundamentality of science education of primary and secondary schools in the system of talent cultivation; attach great importance to the integration, comprehensiveness and practicality of science curricula to meet the requirement of social development; think highly of the research of science education and the application of the research achievements.