明代科技教材探析

Analysis on Science and Technology Textbooks in the Ming Dynasty

明代前期科技教育滞后,科技教材在官学和私学中部分推行。明代中后期在社会经济发展、“实学”思潮崛起和西学东渐背景下,西方传教士与知识界觉醒者翻译、介绍西方的先进科技著作及知识文化,促进明代科技教育和科技教材水平提升,涌现出不同门类、丰富多样的科技教材。总结明代科技教材的特点,对我国当代科技教材建设具有积极意义。

Science and technology education was out moded in the early Ming Dynasty,and science and technology textbooks were only used in a few official and private schools.With the development of the social economy,business and commerce,as well as the invasion of the western culture in the middle and late Ming Dynasty,western missionaries and local intellectuals translated western scientific and technological works to introduce advanced knowledge and culture,promoting science and technology education and textbooks of different categories.Summarizing the characteristics of science and technology textbooks in the Ming Dynasty are of positive significance for the construction of contemporary science and technology textbooks.