国际科学、技术与工程教育改革的范例--美国马萨诸塞州STE标准草案述评

A Review of Massachusetts Draft Revised Science and Technology/Engineering Standards: Example of STE Education Reform

美国马萨诸塞州的科学教育颇具特色,在NGSS颁布之后,该州2013年颁布了新的《科学与技术、工程标准的修订草案》(简称STE草案)。在旧标准和NGSS的基础之上,该草案的内容结构发生转变,体现了该州STE教育改革的主要特点,具体包括整合学科核心概念与实践、注重概念与实践的连贯一致性、为升学就业做好准备等,反映了该州乃至美国未来STE教育改革的发展动向。STE草案的重要转变和特点,值得我国当前科学教育深化改革的借鉴。

The science education in Massachusetts is distinctive and has the advantage over other states in America. After the promulgation of NGSS, the latest Massachusetts Draft Revised Science and Technology/ Engineering Standards were published in 2013. Based on the old standards and NGSS, the content and structure of the draft revised science standards have been changed, the major shifts have embodied main characteristics of the STE education reform in Massachusetts and the whole nation, which included integration of disciplinary core ideas and practices, emphasis of science and technology/engineering concepts and practices progress coherence from Pre-K to high school, preparation for post-secondary success in college and careers and so forth. The major shifts and characteristics of the revised draft, reflecting the future developing tendency of Massachusetts and American science education （or STE education）, is worth using for reference.