美国“项目引路”计划的价值动因、课程样态与行动路径——以威斯康辛州为例

The Motivation, Curriculum Pattern and Action Path of Project Lead the Way in the United States:Taking Wisconsin as an Example

推进STEM教育,已经成为全球许多国家实现教育创新、培养科技人才,增强国家核心竞争力的重要战略。"项目引路"(Project Lead the Way)计划作为美国STEM教育中最重要的课程提供者,通过基于活动、基于项目、基于问题解决的STEM课程项目,致力于推进STEM跨学科整合的课程与教学方式,旨在提高学生参与STEM学习的兴趣以及选择STEM领域的职业意愿,培养学生STEM素养。通过分析"项目引路"计划的价值动因、课程样态和行动路径,可以对我国STEM课程的开发与实施提供有益的参考与借鉴。其主要特点包括:秉持跨学科整合的基本理念,为培养STEM学习兴趣和职业选择做准备;拓展STEM课程资源,凸显STEM课程内容的先进性;积聚多方力量,保障STEM课程的有效衔接和评价反馈;重视PLTW师资培训,促进STEM教师专业发展。

Promoting STEM education has become an educational innovation strategy to cultivate scientific and technological talents and enhance the country ’s core competitiveness. Project lead the way（PLTW）, as the most important American STEM curriculum provider, is committed to the interdisciplinary integration of curriculum and teaching methods to improve students ’interest in participating in STEM learning and making occupation choice in STEM field by providing activities-based, project-based,and problem-based STEM programs.The value motivation, curriculum pattern and action path of PLTW can provide useful reference for the development and implementation of STEM curriculum in China. Its main features include upholding the basic concept of interdisciplinary integration,cultivating the learning interest and occupation selection in STEM field; expanding curriculum resources and ensuring the advanced STEM course content; accumulating all kinds of forces and promoting the effective convergence and evaluation feedback of STEM course; paying attention to PLTW teacher training, and facilitating STEM teachers’ professional development.