科学素养:由理念到实践——美国化学课程改革透视

Scientific literacy: From theory to practice ——Perspectives of chemistry curriculum reforms in U.S.

科学素养 (ScientificLiteracy)是当代科学教育的核心概念。本文以美国科学教育改革为背景 ,介绍了美国化学会开发的旨在提高科学素养的化学课程。文章重点分析了“社会中的化学”(ChemCom )中的科学素养要素 。

Scientific literacy is a central concept in the contemporary science education initiatives. In this paper, some chemistry curricula developed by the American Chemical Society are introduced in the context of science education reform in the United States. The focus of this paper is put on analyzing the dimensions of scientific literacy found in chemistry in the community (ChemCom), and the relationship between scientific literacy and science curriculum development is discussed in the end.