英国STS教育及对中国军校研究生教育的启示——以爱丁堡大学和剑桥大学为例

STS Education in British Universities and Its Implications for Chinese Postgraduate Education in Military Academies——Take University of Edinburg and University of Cambridge as Examples

英国是开展STS教育较早的国家,其教育理念的形成有其浓厚的科学文化传统。爱丁堡大学和剑桥大学研究生的STS教育目标及课程设置,一定程度上体现了英国大学教育目标民主化与社会化、教学内容方式多元化及教育机构专门化之特点。中国军校研究生的STS教育应借鉴英国的经验,确立符合中国国情的STS教育理念,构建合理的STS课程体系,拓展已有的学术平台,建立优良的师资队伍,以培养既具人文科学精神又具创新能力的新型人才。

As one of the earliest countries to develop STS education, Britain has formed its education ideas based on its strong scientific and cultural traditions. Postgraduate STS education aims and curriculum provisions in University of Edinburg and University of Cambridge embody the features like democratization, socialization, diversification and specialization in some degree. Chinese postgraduate education in military academies can learn from their experience to establish STS education ideas suitable for China＇s national conditions, to set up reasonable curriculum systems, to expand current academic platform and to reserve excellent teachers in order to train high caliber military personnels with human spirit of science and innovation abilities.